Performance engineer Jobs in St Louis, MO

Company Overview

With its headquarters in Singapore and strategically placed offices across the United States, Turkey, Japan, and Malaysia, Rapsodo represents more than just sports technology and data analytics. It stands as the clear front-runner in providing affordable, professional-grade technology for athletes aiming to enhance their performance.

The company currently collaborates with partners such as The PGA of America, Golf Digest, Troon, various Major League Baseball teams, USA Baseball, and over 1000 NCAA athletic departments.

Become a part of Team Rapsodo as we challenge limits and unveil endless potential, one data point and one heartwarming success story at a time.

Powered by Athletes who get it, and Engineers who can do it.

Role Overview

The Performance Marketing Lead is responsible for driving paid media performance and improving the marketing systems that support customer acquisition, conversion, and lifecycle execution.

This role combines hands-on channel ownership with a strong understanding of how marketing systems and data flow together. The goal is to improve performance while bringing greater structure, visibility, and consistency to how marketing operates.

This is a hands-on role with clear ownership of acquisition performance and a meaningful role in improving how the growth engine functions end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

1. Paid Media Performance

Own the performance of paid media campaigns across Meta and Google platforms, including:

• Campaign setup and execution
• Audience targeting and segmentation
• Creative testing and iteration
• Budget management and scaling

You are responsible for continuously improving acquisition performance and identifying opportunities to scale effective campaigns.

Key metrics include:

• Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
• Return on Ad Spend (ROAS)
• Click-through rate (CTR)
• Conversion rate

2. Funnel Analytics & Conversion Optimization

• Own visibility into the digital customer journey from initial engagement through purchase and activation.
• Analyze funnel performance and identify drop-off points
• Connect paid media performance to on-site behavior and downstream outcomes
• Partner with Product, CX, and Growth teams to improve conversion across the funnel

3. Marketing Systems & Workflow Optimization

Support and improve the marketing systems that enable campaign execution and lifecycle coordination.

• Work with platforms such as Pardot, Iterable, and workflow tools (e.g., Zapier)
• Ensure campaigns, lead flow, and automation workflows function reliably
• Identify gaps in how systems support marketing performance and propose practical improvements

This role focuses on marketing ownership of systems and workflows, not technical administration or IT infrastructure.

You will also identify gaps in current workflows and improve how systems support marketing performance and scalability.

4. Attribution & Performance Insights

Develop a clearer understanding of what drives acquisition and conversion.

• Analyze performance across channels and touchpoints
• Identify what is working and where budget can be optimized
• Provide insights that improve campaign strategy and overall marketing effectiveness

5. SEO Strategy & Performance

Own SEO strategy and performance tracking at a high level.

• Conduct keyword research and identifying opportunities
• Track organic traffic and search rankings
• Identify technical and content gaps impacting SEO performance

Partner with the Content team to ensure SEO priorities are reflected in execution.

6. Efficiency & Automation

Improve how marketing operates by introducing more efficient and scalable ways of working.

• Streamline reporting and analysis workflows
• Improve campaign execution processes
• Leverage tools, including AI where appropriate, to reduce manual effort and improve consistency

7. Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with:

• Growth & Marketing (campaign execution and performance)
• Product (experience and conversion improvements)
• Customer Experience (onboarding and insights)
• Commercial Strategy & Operations (performance visibility and planning)

Ensure marketing performance and systems support how these teams operate together.

Requirements

Role Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in performance marketing, digital marketing
• Proven ability to independently manage and optimize Meta and Google ad campaigns
• Experience working with marketing automation platforms (e.g., Pardot, Iterable, HubSpot, or similar)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret performance data
• Experience working with or strong interest in automation and efficiency tools
• Ability to operate independently and manage multiple priorities