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Senior Search ManagerCanva · Sydney, au
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Senior Search Manager

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🗓️ Posted 2026-09-03 Sydney, au Full-time Hybrid General
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$10,000–A$15,000/mo

About the Company

Canva is redefining how the world experiences design. Their flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of their Surry Hills neighbourhood, a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus and connect. They offer a hybrid way of working, giving flexibility to work remotely and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection.

About the Job

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of their DNA. This role offers a dynamic environment where you'll be focused on owning a portfolio of Search accounts across assigned markets, being the go-to Search expert, and driving global strategies. The position will evolve over time, but the core focus will be on performance, campaign structure, and budget decisions.

Role & Responsibilities

  • ● Own a portfolio of Search accounts (SEM, PMax/Shopping, GAC, ASA, ChatGPT Ads) across assigned markets, with full accountability for performance, campaign structure, and incrementality-informed budget decisions.
  • ● Be the go-to Search expert for assigned markets, leading stakeholder communications and partnering with regional and cross-functional stakeholders, educating them on how Search works and what it's contributing to their market.
  • ● Go deep on strategic focus areas, driving the global approach and strategy in that space.
  • ● Use AI as your default workflow accelerant - propose, build and maintain shared automation or process improvements, especially where manual, repeatable work is slowing the team down.
  • ● Support new market launches and major platform changes (eg. AI Max testing and rollout or responses to bidding algorithm updates), that affect the whole team's approach.
  • ● Partner with measurement/data and AdTech teams on measurement and experimentation plans, flagging signal or tracking issues and communicating fixes clearly.
  • ● Stay ahead of platform and industry changes, including how AI is reshaping search, adjusting our strategy proactively.

Requirements

  • ● You've run Search & Shopping accounts at genuine multi-market scale, with meaningful budget, in-house or agency-side.
  • ● You're hands-on with Google Ads and Bing Ads, plus a bid management platform like SA360 or equivalent.
  • ● You use AI tools to speed up reporting, analysis, testing and workflow automation.
  • ● You have a natural curiosity for platform mechanics, auction dynamics and bidding algorithms, not just campaign management.
  • ● You can dive deep enough into the numbers to spot when something doesn't add up, and diagnose why.
  • ● You bring high attention to detail on account hygiene, structure, measurement setup and reporting.
  • ● You can prioritise across multiple markets and workstreams at once.
  • ● You communicate clearly with regional stakeholders who don't have deep Search expertise, translating technical mechanics into plain language.
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  • ● You build relationships across regional teams without formal authority, and work closely with Search, measurement/data and AdTech partners.
  • ● You're comfortable working across timezones with a globally distributed team, including some evening calls for EMEA.
  • ● You thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership, ambiguous environments, turning a loosely defined brief into a concrete plan.
  • ● You're proactive by default, transparent about capacity and blockers, open to direct feedback, and you move at pace.