CareerPlan

Traffic (User Acquisition) Team Lead

Centurion, TshwaneRemoteFull-time2026-10-30
Remote

Core

Lead multi-channel user acquisition strategies across paid search (PPC) and affiliate marketing, optimizing budgets and profitability while mentoring a team.

Role type

Senior IC traffic (user acquisition) team lead

Builds

Scalable user acquisition across PPC and affiliate channels

Domain

Performance marketing / User acquisition

Required skills

PPC campaign management, affiliate partnership negotiation, budget allocation, unit economics analysis, fraud detection, tracking infrastructure management, team leadership, data analysis, SQL, experimentation design

Preferred skills

AI-powered prospecting tools, custom dashboard building, multi-touch attribution modeling, EdTech or Gen Z market experience

Technologies

GA4, Mixpanel, TUNE, Affise, Everflow, SQL, Clay, automated web scrapers, LLMs

Responsibilities

Lead and coach PPC and Affiliate Managers; develop and execute acquisition strategies across PPC and affiliate channels; optimize paid search campaigns including bidding and creative testing; negotiate affiliate partnerships and evaluate partner economics; monitor full-funnel metrics (CAC, CPA, ROAS, LTV); maintain tracking and attribution integrity; identify and mitigate traffic fraud; analyze campaign data to drive growth recommendations; implement process automation and testing frameworks.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC