Google Ads Manager | Full time – Fully Remote (South Africa)

About the job

Fluid DM – Remote Google Ads Manager (South Africa) – Applications Open

This role starts at R45,000 per month with the opportunity to earn R63,000+ per month with bonuses.

Company Overview:

We’re a digital advertising agency focused on performance marketing. Our team is made up of analytical problem-solvers and creative people focused on profitable growth for our clients.

We don’t chase impressions or vanity metrics. We’re judged on whether our clients make money, and we let the performance data tell us what’s working rather than guessing. Our culture runs on trust and accountability, and we expect everyone here to keep learning.

We’re fully remote with talent across a few regions, and we’re looking for someone who takes Google as seriously as we do.

We’re a small team of 8 marketers and creatives, all working to drive real results for our clients.

What we’re looking for:

We need a Google Ads Manager.

This is a remote (work from home) position, available to work South African business hours with occasional flexibility for client calls.

You’ll own Google across a portfolio of client accounts. Search, Shopping, Performance Max, Demand Gen and YouTube. That means the structure, the budgets, the bidding, the feed, the tracking, and the calls about what to scale and what to switch off.

Our clients are ecommerce brands in the UK, US and UAE, plus lead gen clients in the US and UK. You’ll be working to ROAS on one account and cost per qualified lead on the next.

Salary & growth opportunities:

This role starts at R45,000 per month with the opportunity to earn R63,000+ per month with bonuses.

You’ll be measured on: account performance against ROAS and CPA targets, client retention, and your ability to scale spend profitably rather than just spend it.

You’ll start on a handful of accounts while you learn our systems, standards and reporting

You’ll take on more accounts and more budget as you prove your results.

Growth opportunities:

High performers take on more accounts and bigger budgets, and earn more

We actively promote from within, so your growth is limited only by your performance

Opportunities to expand into other platforms based on interest and aptitude

The ideal candidate:

Account Craft You can build and run Search, Shopping, Performance Max and Demand Gen properly. Clean structure, disciplined negatives and search term work, and a bidding strategy you chose for a reason rather than out of habit.

You know your way around Merchant Center and can spot a feed problem before it costs anyone money. You know what’s genuinely changed lately, from AI Max to the newer PMax controls.

Tracking & Measurement

You’re comfortable in GA4, you can set up and audit conversion tracking rather than assuming it works, and you understand enhanced conversions and consent. On lead gen you know how to get CRM outcomes back into the account.

Reading the Numbers

You can look at an account and say what to do next. You know when a drop is a real problem and when it’s noise, when a campaign needs more budget and when it needs leaving alone, and how the platform numbers line up with what the client actually sees in their store or their CRM. When something isn’t working, you say so early.

Ownership & Communication

You run your accounts without being chased. You spot problems before the client does, you explain performance in plain English rather than jargon, and you write updates people can actually act on. You ask when you’re unsure instead of guessing.

Make sure…

These are non-negotiables:

Strong English proficiency (written and spoken), since you’ll be talking to clients and presenting performance

Willing to work South African business hours with occasional flexibility for client calls

At least 3 years managing Google Ads accounts on real client budgets, not personal or learning accounts.

Hands-on experience with both ecommerce and lead gen, or strong in one and honest about the other

Reliable internet and power backup, infrastructure that won’t let clients down.

Your own computer that can handle Ads Manager, analytics tools and video calls at the same time

A proper remote work setup, since this is a work-from-home role.

A 60-day trial period on all offers, so both sides can be sure it’s the right fit.

Our values:

Truth

Everything starts with truth. If a campaign isn’t working, we say so straight away. If we get something wrong, we own it. If we don’t know something, we say that too and then go and figure it out. We let the performance data do the talking.

Responsibility

We lean into the work instead of dodging it. You won’t hear “that’s not my job” around here. We take ownership of outcomes, not just tasks, and when something isn’t performing we ask what we could be doing differently.

Heart

We care about our clients getting results. There’s a real person behind every account who’s counting on us to help them grow, and that’s what pushes us to do our best work. We look after each other too, share the wins, and back our teammates up.

Google Ads Manager | Full time – Fully Remote (South Africa)