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Search Analyst roles sit squarely within USCIS's specialty occupation definition, making H-1B visa, O-1 visa, and E-3 visa (for Australians) sponsorship realistic for qualified candidates. Employers in this space regularly file LCAs, and competition for sponsored slots is lower than in software engineering. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Poshmark is the leading fashion marketplace where style comes alive through discovery, self-expression, and human connection. Powered by a vibrant community of 165 million members, Poshmark brings real people and taste to shopping through a social experience shaped by shared discovery. Buying and selling fashion feels simple, joyful, and personal, while every item tells its own story. Poshmark empowers sellers to grow meaningful businesses, keeps fashion in circulation longer, and gives shoppers access to unique and trusted finds, from everyday pieces to one-of-a-kind vintage and luxury. Poshmark is looking for a Paid Search & Shopping Manager to lead the hands-on execution and operational excellence of our Google Search and Shopping programs within the Growth team. This is a senior individual contributor role with direct management responsibility — you will own the day-to-day performance of Poshmark’s search and shopping channels while guiding and developing a direct report. As a platform expert and operational leader, you will be responsible for the full campaign lifecycle: from trafficking and QA through to optimization, testing, and performance reporting. You will work in close partnership with the Paid Search Director to translate channel strategy into flawlessly executed programs, and you will serve as a key voice for search and shopping best practices across the Growth team. If you are a seasoned search operator who is energized by both precision execution and developing others — and you want to apply your expertise at the scale of a nationally recognized marketplace — this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Trafficking, QA & Execution:
- Own end-to-end trafficking, setup, and quality assurance of Google Search and Shopping campaigns, ensuring flawless execution across all campaign types, match types, bidding strategies, and feed configurations.
- Maintain rigorous QA standards across tracking implementation, UTM structures, audience targeting, and creative copy — ensuring every campaign goes live to spec.
- Oversee Shopping feed health and structure in close coordination with data and product feed partners, proactively identifying and resolving feed issues.
- Manage campaign naming conventions, account structure, and budget organization to ensure operational clarity and reporting accuracy across all accounts.
- Serve as the team’s escalation point for complex trafficking and execution challenges, driving fast and effective resolution.
Optimization & Performance:
- Lead ongoing optimization of Search and Shopping campaigns across bids, budgets, keywords, audiences, ad copy, and landing page alignment — always connecting tactical actions to strategic KPIs.
- Design and execute structured testing programs across keyword strategy, bidding approaches, ad copy, creative formats, and audience segmentation, documenting and communicating learnings clearly.
- Monitor campaign performance daily, identifying trends, anomalies, and opportunities and translating them into actionable recommendations for the Paid Search Director and broader team.
- Implement Smart Bidding, Performance Max, and other automation-forward strategies with a disciplined, test-and-validate approach.
- Champion the use of AI and automation tools to streamline workflows, reduce manual overhead, and drive operational efficiency at scale.
Reporting & Measurement:
- Build and maintain performance reporting frameworks that clearly communicate Search and Shopping investment, efficiency, and business impact to internal stakeholders.
- Contribute to regular performance reviews, monthly recaps, and ad-hoc analyses, translating complex data into clear, executive-ready narrative.
- Develop a strong working understanding of attribution methodology and contribute to cross-channel measurement conversations in partnership with data and analytics teams.
- Maintain accuracy and consistency across all performance data pipelines, tagging, and measurement tooling for owned channels.
Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership:
- Directly manage one Analyst, providing day-to-day direction, structured feedback, and ongoing development support to help them grow as a paid search practitioner.
- Partner closely with the Paid Search Director to ensure tactical execution is fully aligned with channel strategy and business objectives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, product, data, and growth teams to ensure search and shopping programs are well-integrated and operationally sound.
- Contribute to broader Growth team initiatives including new channel testing, measurement strategy, and paid media best practice development.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of hands-on paid search experience with deep, proven expertise in Google Ads — including Search, Shopping, Performance Max, and the Google ecosystem broadly.
- Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring at least one direct report, with strong instincts for delegation, feedback, and developing junior practitioners.
- Expert-level command of Google Ads campaign architecture, Smart Bidding strategies, Shopping feed management, and keyword strategy across match types.
- Proven track record of delivering against performance KPIs at scale, ideally within a consumer marketplace, e-commerce, or app-based environment.
- Strong familiarity with Google Merchant Center, feed optimization best practices, and Shopping-specific diagnostic and performance tooling.
- Solid command of measurement and analytics fundamentals, including Google Analytics, UTM tagging, conversion tracking, and attribution modeling.
- Experience designing and executing structured A/B and multivariate tests, with the ability to communicate findings clearly and drive action from results.
- Excellent organizational skills — you manage multiple accounts, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously with precision and without things slipping.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting performance data and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Experience with Microsoft Advertising (Bing) and/or retail media channels is a plus.
- Google Ads certification is strongly preferred.
WHY POSHMARK
Poshmark is the leading social commerce marketplace for secondhand fashion in North America, connecting millions of buyers and sellers through a community-first, mobile-native platform. Since our founding in 2011, we’ve built something rare: a marketplace where shopping is social, sustainability is built in, and every closet is a storefront. With tens of millions of users across the US, Canada, Australia, and India, Poshmark operates at genuine scale — and our Growth team sits at the center of that engine. Search and Shopping are critical levers for Poshmark’s buyer acquisition and revenue growth, and the right person in this role will have direct, visible impact on how the business performs. At Poshmark, you’ll find a collaborative, high-performance culture where your work matters, your voice is heard, and the mission — empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs — is something the whole company shows up for every day.
About Poshmark
Poshmark is the leading fashion marketplace where style comes alive through discovery, self-expression, and human connection. Powered by a vibrant community of 165 million members, Poshmark brings real people and taste to shopping through a social experience shaped by shared discovery. Buying and selling fashion feels simple, joyful, and personal, while every item tells its own story. Poshmark empowers sellers to grow meaningful businesses, keeps fashion in circulation longer, and gives shoppers access to unique and trusted finds, from everyday pieces to one-of-a-kind vintage and luxury. Poshmark is looking for a Paid Search & Shopping Manager to lead the hands-on execution and operational excellence of our Google Search and Shopping programs within the Growth team. This is a senior individual contributor role with direct management responsibility — you will own the day-to-day performance of Poshmark’s search and shopping channels while guiding and developing a direct report. As a platform expert and operational leader, you will be responsible for the full campaign lifecycle: from trafficking and QA through to optimization, testing, and performance reporting. You will work in close partnership with the Paid Search Director to translate channel strategy into flawlessly executed programs, and you will serve as a key voice for search and shopping best practices across the Growth team. If you are a seasoned search operator who is energized by both precision execution and developing others — and you want to apply your expertise at the scale of a nationally recognized marketplace — this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Trafficking, QA & Execution:
- Own end-to-end trafficking, setup, and quality assurance of Google Search and Shopping campaigns, ensuring flawless execution across all campaign types, match types, bidding strategies, and feed configurations.
- Maintain rigorous QA standards across tracking implementation, UTM structures, audience targeting, and creative copy — ensuring every campaign goes live to spec.
- Oversee Shopping feed health and structure in close coordination with data and product feed partners, proactively identifying and resolving feed issues.
- Manage campaign naming conventions, account structure, and budget organization to ensure operational clarity and reporting accuracy across all accounts.
- Serve as the team’s escalation point for complex trafficking and execution challenges, driving fast and effective resolution.
Optimization & Performance:
- Lead ongoing optimization of Search and Shopping campaigns across bids, budgets, keywords, audiences, ad copy, and landing page alignment — always connecting tactical actions to strategic KPIs.
- Design and execute structured testing programs across keyword strategy, bidding approaches, ad copy, creative formats, and audience segmentation, documenting and communicating learnings clearly.
- Monitor campaign performance daily, identifying trends, anomalies, and opportunities and translating them into actionable recommendations for the Paid Search Director and broader team.
- Implement Smart Bidding, Performance Max, and other automation-forward strategies with a disciplined, test-and-validate approach.
- Champion the use of AI and automation tools to streamline workflows, reduce manual overhead, and drive operational efficiency at scale.
Reporting & Measurement:
- Build and maintain performance reporting frameworks that clearly communicate Search and Shopping investment, efficiency, and business impact to internal stakeholders.
- Contribute to regular performance reviews, monthly recaps, and ad-hoc analyses, translating complex data into clear, executive-ready narrative.
- Develop a strong working understanding of attribution methodology and contribute to cross-channel measurement conversations in partnership with data and analytics teams.
- Maintain accuracy and consistency across all performance data pipelines, tagging, and measurement tooling for owned channels.
Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership:
- Directly manage one Analyst, providing day-to-day direction, structured feedback, and ongoing development support to help them grow as a paid search practitioner.
- Partner closely with the Paid Search Director to ensure tactical execution is fully aligned with channel strategy and business objectives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, product, data, and growth teams to ensure search and shopping programs are well-integrated and operationally sound.
- Contribute to broader Growth team initiatives including new channel testing, measurement strategy, and paid media best practice development.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of hands-on paid search experience with deep, proven expertise in Google Ads — including Search, Shopping, Performance Max, and the Google ecosystem broadly.
- Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring at least one direct report, with strong instincts for delegation, feedback, and developing junior practitioners.
- Expert-level command of Google Ads campaign architecture, Smart Bidding strategies, Shopping feed management, and keyword strategy across match types.
- Proven track record of delivering against performance KPIs at scale, ideally within a consumer marketplace, e-commerce, or app-based environment.
- Strong familiarity with Google Merchant Center, feed optimization best practices, and Shopping-specific diagnostic and performance tooling.
- Solid command of measurement and analytics fundamentals, including Google Analytics, UTM tagging, conversion tracking, and attribution modeling.
- Experience designing and executing structured A/B and multivariate tests, with the ability to communicate findings clearly and drive action from results.
- Excellent organizational skills — you manage multiple accounts, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously with precision and without things slipping.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting performance data and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Experience with Microsoft Advertising (Bing) and/or retail media channels is a plus.
- Google Ads certification is strongly preferred.
WHY POSHMARK
Poshmark is the leading social commerce marketplace for secondhand fashion in North America, connecting millions of buyers and sellers through a community-first, mobile-native platform. Since our founding in 2011, we’ve built something rare: a marketplace where shopping is social, sustainability is built in, and every closet is a storefront. With tens of millions of users across the US, Canada, Australia, and India, Poshmark operates at genuine scale — and our Growth team sits at the center of that engine. Search and Shopping are critical levers for Poshmark’s buyer acquisition and revenue growth, and the right person in this role will have direct, visible impact on how the business performs. At Poshmark, you’ll find a collaborative, high-performance culture where your work matters, your voice is heard, and the mission — empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs — is something the whole company shows up for every day.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Search Analyst
Lead with your degree field, not just your title
USCIS requires a direct connection between your bachelor's degree and the Search Analyst role. A degree in statistics, computer science, marketing analytics, or economics strengthens your specialty occupation case significantly more than a general business degree.
Target employers with a history of LCA filings
Not every employer knows how to sponsor a Search Analyst. Focus on companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for analytics or marketing research roles before, that institutional knowledge makes the process faster and reduces denial risk substantially.
Frame your role around data methodology, not job duties
When employers describe your position for an H-1B petition, the role must require a specific degree. Emphasize quantitative methods, search algorithm analysis, and statistical modeling, framing that distinguishes the role from general marketing work without a degree requirement.
Australians should explore the E-3 route first
The E-3 visa has no lottery, processes in weeks rather than months, and the 10,500 annual cap has never been reached. Search Analyst roles qualify as specialty occupations, making E-3 one of the most practical sponsorship paths available to Australian candidates.
Get your I-94 and LCA status confirmed before starting
Before your first day, confirm your employer has a certified LCA and that your I-94 reflects the correct visa classification. Mismatches between your authorized role and actual job duties are a common compliance issue that creates problems at renewal time.
Use OPT strategically while your H-1B is pending
F-1 graduates can begin working as a Search Analyst on OPT while the employer files an H-1B petition. Cap-gap protections extend your OPT authorization through September 30 if your status expires during the transition, keeping you work-authorized without interruption.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Search Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just any degree. Search Analyst roles that involve statistical modeling, search algorithm analysis, or performance attribution generally qualify, particularly when the job description ties duties to a quantitative discipline like statistics, computer science, or applied mathematics. Generalist roles that accept any degree are more vulnerable to challenge.
What degree do I need to get sponsored as a Search Analyst?
A bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, economics, information systems, or marketing analytics is the strongest foundation. The key is that your degree field must logically connect to the analytical requirements of the role. USCIS looks at whether the position requires that specific field, not just that you happen to have a degree. Three years of qualifying work experience can substitute for one year of formal education if your degree is in a related but not directly matching field.
How likely is it that employers will sponsor a Search Analyst for an H-1B?
Sponsorship willingness varies by employer size and industry. Large technology companies, e-commerce platforms, and digital agencies with established immigration programs are more likely to sponsor. Smaller agencies often lack the infrastructure. The H-1B lottery adds uncertainty, only about 25% of registrations are selected in competitive years. Australians can sidestep this entirely with the E-3 visa, which has no lottery. Browse open Search Analyst roles on Migrate Mate to find employers who actively sponsor.
Can I work as a Search Analyst on OPT before getting H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. F-1 graduates can work as a Search Analyst on post-completion OPT for up to 12 months. STEM OPT extension adds another 24 months if your degree qualifies, degrees in statistics, computer science, and information systems typically do. During STEM OPT, your employer must enroll in E-Verify and provide a formal training plan. This gives you up to three years to work while pursuing H-1B sponsorship, which can include multiple lottery cycles.
What makes a Search Analyst application more likely to be approved?
Two factors drive approval: a well-written job description that ties every major duty to a specific degree requirement, and a degree that directly matches the field. Petitions that describe duties in generic marketing terms, without connecting them to quantitative analysis or a specific academic discipline, face higher rates of Requests for Evidence. Having an employer experienced with H-1B filings, and an immigration attorney who understands analytics roles, meaningfully improves outcomes.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Search Analyst jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.