Joblaze summary

The Performance Marketing Manager at Cursor is responsible for developing and optimizing comprehensive paid media campaigns across various platforms, including Google Ads and LinkedIn, to drive qualified signups and revenue. This role requires a strong analytical background, with skills in campaign execution, creative testing, and performance measurement. It is well-suited for someone with B2B paid media experience and a track record of managing substantial budgets while maintaining performance. The position involves close collaboration with multiple teams to enhance conversion rates and overall marketing effectiveness.

Joblaze insights

Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 10, 2026. Last confirmed on Cursor's careers page November 10, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Cursor: San Francisco, CA.
Salary band is above the typical range for Sales/Marketing roles (median ~$140,000).
Starts above 89% of 19 comparable mid sales/marketing roles in United States that list B2B we track (median $125,000 across 15 companies). See B2B salary trends
B2B appears in 2% of 1850 comparable mid sales/marketing roles in United States; Reddit appears in 0.3% of 1850 comparable mid sales/marketing roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Performance Marketing Manager role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, CA, United States.
What's the salary range?: Cursor lists $180,000–$220,000 for this role.
Where is the role based?: Cursor is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: B2B, Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, YouTube.
What seniority level is this role?: Cursor targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Performance Marketing Manager role at Cursor.

From the original posting

PERFORMANCE MARKETING MANAGER

We're hiring a Performance Marketing Manager to help scale our growth engine. You'll build and optimize full-funnel campaigns across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, YouTube, and emerging developer-focused platforms, turning paid media investment into qualified signups, pipeline, and revenue. This is a highly analytical, hands-on role with ownership spanning channel strategy, campaign execution, creative testing, landing-page experimentation, and measurement. You'll work closely with creative, content, product marketing, sales, lifecycle, data, and engineering to improve performance at every stage of the funnel, from the first impression through downstream conversion.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Paid acquisition: Own and scale paid acquisition across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, YouTube, and emerging developer-focused platforms; build and optimize full-funnel campaigns that drive qualified signups, pipeline, and revenue, not just clicks
Channel strategy: Develop channel strategy across search, paid social, retargeting, and experimentation budgets; manage campaign structure, keyword strategy, audience segmentation, and bidding to improve CAC and payback
Creative & landing pages: Test ad copy and creative angles tailored to technical audiences; partner closely with creative, content, and product marketing to ship high-performing ad concepts and landing page iterations
Measurement & reporting: Own measurement and attribution, with support from ops and engineering (tracking setup, conversion quality, offline conversion imports, and incrementality testing); analyze performance trends and communicate results clearly through dashboards, reporting, and weekly insights
Experimentation: Run structured experiments to identify new growth levers (new audiences, formats, offers, onboarding flows); stay current on platform changes, AI-driven campaign formats, and new opportunities in the paid media ecosystem
Downstream conversion: Collaborate with sales, lifecycle, and data teams to improve lead quality and conversion rates downstream

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with Google Ads (Search, YouTube, Performance Max) and at least one major paid social platform
Experience in B2B paid media

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Track record of managing meaningful monthly budgets and scaling spend efficiently while maintaining performance
Experience managing paid media for a mobile app
Understanding of funnel metrics: CAC, LTV, payback period, and conversion rates
Experience with analytics and attribution tools
Analytical mindset with comfort in spreadsheets, cohort analysis, and performance modeling
Ability to move fast, test often, and iterate based on data and user insight
Comfort working cross-functionally in a high-ownership, fast-paced environment

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Onsite role: must be able to work in person at the San Francisco office

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary:

$180,000 - $220,000 USD

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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Performance Marketing Manager

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