(Senior) UA Manager (mfd) Remote (Germany)
Job Summary
A small piece of paper with numbers that have the power to change a life forever! Okay... lets replace the paper with an app and one person with 600000 monthly users. This is our business!
As a (Senior) UA Manager (m/f/d) your mission will be to scale NextLottos user acquisition engine across paid channelsincluding Meta TikTok Google Ads DSPs Apple Search Ads CTV/LTV and emerging platformsas well as ASO. As Lotto Scanner continues its rapid growth and our paid budgets expand you will partner with the existing Performance Marketing team to drive day-to-day campaign management creative testing reporting tracking and channel optimization. Your ultimate goal will be to lower CAC build a robust high-velocity creative-testing muscle and unlock and scale entirely new acquisition channels.
Daily campaign management on owned channels (Meta ASA Google Ads TikTok) bid optimisation budget pacing audience and placement testing
Creative testing work with the creative team to brief ship and iterate ad creative; document learnings
Performance reporting weekly dashboards monthly deep-dives channel-level CAC ROAS Conversion Rates and quality-of-acquisition metrics (e.g. Payback period & Retention Rate)
Channel testing design and run structured pilots on new channels with proper measurement and stop/scale decisions
Tactical coordination with our external partners on CTV/LTV/programmatic execution briefs weekly check-ins creative reviews
Attribution tooling keep our MMP setup clean (Adjust) work with our data team to understand analyze data and MMM
Cross-team coordination with organic Social Media Brand CRM and Creative
Stay close to compliance (German lottery regulation / GlüStVGGL) work within paid-marketing guardrails specific to lotteries
35 years of hands-on paid user acquisition or performance marketing for a B2C app or consumer product
Deep platform expertise on at least 2 of: Meta Ads Manager TikTok Ads Manager Google Ads Apple Search Ads.
Familiarity with programmatic display / DSPs (DV360 The Trade Desk etc.)
Hands-on creative testing experience you can brief creative design A/B structures read results and iterate
Strong attribution and data literacy working knowledge of MMPs and attribution (Adjust AppsFlyer Branch) iOS/Android tracking SKAN event mapping. You love to work with data!
Analytics fluency comfortable with dashboards GA4 Adjust or similar spreadsheet modelling; can build clean dashboards
Demonstrated track record of lowering CAC at scale with documented case studies
Fluent English (working language). German is a plus not a requirement.
Experience scaling a consumer app through paid
Web-to-app experience is a plus
Experience in regulated industries (lottery fintech gambling gaming)
Experience with CTV/LTV paid (Joyn RTL Waipu)
Familiarity with MMM incrementality testing geo-lift experiments
Influencer-paid or affiliate marketing background
Experience working with a media agency partner
Ownership mindset take responsibility for channel performance end-to-end dont wait for instructions
Detail-oriented data-driven make decisions on evidence not gut; check the numbers twice
Curious experimenter always testing always learning comfortable with structured failure
Collaborative work closely with creative brand social CRM data and the partners
Resilient under change ad platforms shift constantly (iOS privacy algorithm updates); rolls with it without losing momentum
Strong communicator explain paid performance clearly to non-paid people; dont hide behind jargon
Comfortable with startup ambiguity fast pace lean processes evolving priorities
Take full ownership of channels day-to-day (e.g. Meta Apple Search Ads Google Ads) daily optimisation creative briefing budget pacing performance reporting
Drive measurable CAC improvement vs current baseline on owned channels (specific % target to be set after month 1)
Build a creative testing framework structured A/B testing on Meta and TikTok with proper learnings documentation accelerating creative iteration
Set up proper attribution and reporting infrastructure dashboards that replace ad-hoc reporting; clean data flow from MMP (Adjust) into a single source of truth
Test at least 2 new channels through structured pilots (e.g. native ads DSPs for niche segments) with clear go/no-go decisions at the end
Take coordination of the agency relationships on tactical execution (briefs weekly reviews creative reviews)
35 years in user acquisition performance marketing or growth marketing
B2C consumer app background strongly preferred (mobile-first install-driven business model)
Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience
Bonus: experience working alongside other team-members in a structured team
Competitive salary and trust-based working hours.
Private health insurance.
Generous training budget.
Extraordinary team events.
Meal benefit.
Open honest and direct communication. Your ideas are welcome!
A feedback meeting every quarter to help us grow together.
We encourage innovation and are open to new ideas that push the boundaries.
Everything you need for your daily work: MacBook monitor headphones and more.
One training day per month and a generous training budget for your personal development.
An experienced team member will support you from day one to help you get started.
We are a colorful bunch from different nations and backgrounds. We dont distinguish by religion gender age marital status... For us the focus is on what you can do!
Drive results - Own the problem the goal and the outcome through self-organization and decisions backed by data
Speak up with courage - Challenge ideas and raise issues directly when it matters
Getting things done - Be pragmatic keep momentum and bring the energy
Deliver quality impact - Ship solutions that move our mission and strategic goals forward
Communicate openly and respectfully - Be transparent assume positive intent and set aside own ego when interacting with others
Help others win - Proactively share knowledge time and strengths in an interdisciplinary set-up
Work across cultures - Learn from others perspectives and actively refine own style for trust-based collaboration in a diverse team
Bring team spirit - Create moments of joy and belonging that fuel big outcomes together
Experiment to learn - Run tests measure outcomes treat mistakes as an invitation to learn and adapt insights into action
Spot opportunities - Stay close to customers and market trends to identify whats next
Build user-first innovation - Deliver trustworthy data-driven solutions and services that set the bar
Grow yourself - Challenge and reflect on the way you work seek feedback and keep developing your skills
Sound like you