Sr. SEO Program Manager
Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.
Elastic is seeking a Senior SEO Manager to join our current SEO and Brand Marketing organization. This manager will be chartered with developing a large-scale, enterprise SEO program building and executing a global search strategy. Elastic’s online presence is extremely important for the success of our business and this position plays a critical role in our global growth plans.
A successful candidate is a subject matter expert in search engine optimization and an excellent communicator. They take pride in their ability to educate and influence stakeholders on the value of SEO, adopting and evangelizing SEO best practices. Their understand the complexities of technical SEO and are willing to design and deliver insightful audits to help inform teams to continuously improve our results. Their ability to formulate metrics and create regular reporting will be instrumental in communicating performance and insights to the entire organization.
Along with other internal SEO experts, brand, and content leaders, this person will use a host of best-in-class search and content marketing tools to succeed in this role. Elastic’s extended teams including Product Marketing, Growth & Regional Marketing, and Product Engineering are highly engaged and willing to assist with organic search growth efforts. You’ll look forward to partnering with these teams to build a long term roadmap and drive improvements across multiple digital and content experiences – blogs, resources, product content, and highly technical documentation.
What you’ll do:
Own the development of an international SEO strategy focused on establishing technical and on-page best practices at scale in key geographical markets
Design an Elastic SEO center of excellence with consistent SEO principles and defined maturities to guide sustainable SEO growth
Partner with cross-functional product and marketing regional teams to prioritize SEO opportunities and content gaps in key markets to maximize organic visibility and return on investment
Support our technical Elastic documentation team and their growth strategies
Provide SEO training to regional teams and get processes implemented in a timely manner
Own the development and communication strategy of global organic search performance reporting
Own the in-depth website audit workflow and communicate and drive technical improvements across teams
Assist with in-depth competitive analysis and adhoc research requests from stakeholders
Help manage internal SEO support requests via internal ticketing system
What you bring:
10+ years of hands-on SEO, experience in high-tech, B2B software sales, and/or PLG business models is most desirable
Strong analytical skills and deep experience with using tools like Tableau and Looker
Demonstrable success building enterprise SEO strategies
Strong understanding algorithms and ranking methods
Expert communication and presentation skills
Power user of best-in-class SEO tools like SEMrush, Botify, Ahrefs, Content Harmony, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics
Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Comfortable working on a fully distributed team
Additional Information – We Take Care of Our People
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
Double your charitable giving – We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
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