Director, Performance Marketing

Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek. Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career. Marketing at Brex The Marketing team tells the Brex story, turning product innovation into customer obsession. We develop messaging, shape the brand, and bring our platform to life through thoughtful, compelling content. Our team spans Revenue Marketing, Product Marketing, and Brand Marketing, and works cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Business Development, and Design to drive growth and build trust. What you'll do You will lead Brex's performance marketing strategy and paid media investments, driving customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness across an expanding portfolio of channels. Partnering with the Senior Director of Growth Marketing, you will scale an established acquisition engine, build an in-house center of excellence for performance and brand media buying, and lead a growing team of performance marketers. You'll own the strategy and financial performance of our media investments, balancing near-term revenue outcomes with longer-term demand creation. With significant growth investment following Brex's acquisition by Capital One, you'll have the opportunity to shape a rapidly expanding media budget, accelerate experimentation across emerging channels, and build more sophisticated measurement capabilities to inform investment decisions. Responsibilities • Own Brex's paid media strategy and investment across Brand and Growth, accountable for qualified pipeline, self-serve signups, and the revenue they produce. Brand sets campaign vision and brand KPIs; you turn them into full-funnel media plans. • Manage and optimize a growing, multimillion-dollar media budget, balancing acquisition volume, LTV, and incremental revenue contribution. • Build an in-house digital media center of excellence, transitioning brand media buying from a traditional agency model while strategically leveraging platforms and managed services. • Scale existing paid search and paid social programs (LinkedIn, Meta), while expanding investment in YouTube, connected TV, programmatic, and other upper-funnel channels. • Develop an integrated full-funnel investment strategy, connecting demand creation and brand awareness to downstream acquisition, pipeline, and revenue outcomes. • Partner with Marketing Operations, Data, and Finance to improve measurement, forecasting, budget pacing, and investment allocation across channels. • Translate existing attribution and customer journey data into actionable insights, building reporting and analytical frameworks that inform media strategy and optimization. • Drive rapid experimentation across channels, audiences, and creative, identifying opportunities to restructure underperforming campaigns and scale successful investments. • Partner with Brand a