Technical SEO Manager

Technical SEO Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

We started as a small store in 1982 and from there, grew to become a global powerhouse. We are now a collection of the world’s most iconic brands.

We’re reimagining retail and believe the higher the risk, the greater the reward. We’ve never been afraid to push forward and change the way the industry operates, diversifying our portfolio and elevating stores. We’re not sitting back – there’s no room for hesitation.

Finding the fearless. To stay ambitious, we need an Technical SEO Manager who will embrace our heritage as we look to elevate our future. We’re looking for candidates who see the possible in impossible; those who are open-minded and humble, not afraid to take a risk if it’s the best option for our business. Our people are passionate about the business and their area of expertise.

As an experienced Technical SEO Manager, you’ll own all activities aimed at optimising and improving search performance through technical SEO and user experience. You will work closely with head of SEO, the SEO managers, U/X, Front end and Dev teams, and our web product and engineering teams to ensure our web properties have strong technical SEO foundations and that they can be successfully crawled and indexed by search engines. You'll do regular SEO audits and drive the execution of the optimisations you find. You'll lead domain migrations, re-platforming processes and other types of SEO-impacting changes.

SEO is already a critical part of our acquisition activities and by working closely with the SEO managers and the Head Of SEO, you'll implement scalable solutions that will drive significant user and revenue growth from organic traffic sources.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Delivering the Technical SEO strategy- Work with the Head of SEO and SEO Managers to develop the sites Tech SEO roadmap and strategy.
• Provide in-depth technical SEO audits. Break down audits into actionable projects.
• Creating recommendations and plans to implement technical changes against the overall SEO strategy.
• Plan and execute new SEO initiatives and projects to drive business impact.
• Work closely with the managers and the Head of SEO to support and deliver on key targets and the overall SEO strategy.
• Work closely with CRO, product and development teams to ensure releases and tests are SEO friendly.
• Liaise with product teams to prioritise projects and advocate for SEO product updates.
• Continually evaluate and refine online SEO processes, metrics, and tools.
• Provide support and guidance to the EU team regarding the SEO requirements for new tech platform that is being developed to expand SD into global markets.
• Help improve technical SEO processes and activity.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Exceptional knowledge across all areas of technical SEO and the ability to articulate them clearly.
• Exceptional knowledge of SEO Tools such as Screaming Frog, Botify and Google Performance tools (Lighthouse, Page Speed Insights).
• Track record of managing successful SEO technical implementations. You will have demonstrable technical SEO skills with examples of previous work.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including frameworks such as React
• You will have a passion for improving websites and seeing the results of those changes. Always wanting to improve websites for SEO and users alike.
• Experience in regularly audit sites, and document issues with actions to fix.
• Self-motivated and highly organised.
• Passionate about personal growth and development.
• You are a results-driven digital marketer who brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience in technical SEO. You have a track record of driving initiatives that result in explosive organic growth. You're a natural influencer who can rally people behind your ideas and projects to see them executed.
• If you have a data-driven mindset and feel comfortable taking initiative, this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast-growing group and have a concrete impact on the future of the business.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

An opportunity like this is for the fearless. The potential is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits - Think fast, fearlessly, and take the team with you.
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results.
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet.