SEO & GEO Manager

Totaljobs is a leading online job board in the UK dedicated to connecting job seekers with their ideal employment opportunities. As a major player in the UK's job market, we had a key role in facilitating millions of job placements across various sectors and industries. 

We are seeking an SEO Manager (f/m/d) to join our international SEO team of five, based in either London or Düsseldorf.

We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global expert in job-tech platforms. Being part of a global team allows us to leverage cutting-edge technology, data, and industry expertise to enhance our services and continuously innovate our technology to meet the needs of the job market.

• Actively manage a prioritised backlog of performance improvement initiatives, driving investment cases from discovery to scale

• Run experiments to validate SEO performance hypotheses, including SEO A/B tests and custom frameworks

• Leverage your technical and analytical expertise to identify performance improvement opportunities, acquiring data where necessary and combining datasets to generate new insights

• Coordinate the delivery of SEO initiatives, liaising with Product, Tech, and other stakeholders

• Collaborate with Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers as needed

• Maintain SEO performance awareness by monitoring and reporting on relevant indicators, using insights to inform initiatives

• Represent your area of responsibility effectively in cross-functional settings

• Own and report on quarterly objectives at both team level and to senior stakeholders

• Strong analytical capability and expert-level SEO subject matter expertise

• 3 years of experience in (Enterprise) SEO (e.g., travel, e-commerce companies)

• Proven track record in project management and a strong ability to prioritise daily operational tasks

• Advanced user of tools for all main SEO research, reporting, and diagnostic use cases (e.g., keyword research, competitor analysis, bot analysis, scraping, auditing, traffic analysis, analytics, etc.)

• Awareness of emerging LLM / Search landscape and GEO opportunities

• Detailed understanding of datasets relevant to the SEO ecosystem

• Basic proficiency in SQL and Python

We're a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you're with us. Because your job shouldn't take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays   
• Private medical and dental healthcare   
• Matching pension contribution of 4 or 5% (after 3 years of service up to 10%)   
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 
• Life Assurance Cover  
• Cycle to work scheme   
• Hybrid working model  (3 days working from the office)
• Volunteering days   
• and you can bring your dog to the office on Mondays and Fridays   

Our commitment 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.  

As a global business we further our DEI and sustainability progress by working with national and international bodies and are proud to have been recognised for our work - both locally and internationally, including:  

• Armed Forces Covenant: Silver Award, Employer Recognition Scheme 
• EcoVadis: Bronze Award 
• Fertility Friendly Employer, accredited by Fertility Matters at Work 
• RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability) Awards: Inclusive Technology Award 2024 
• Stonewall: Gold Award 
• Stonewall: Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)