Senior SEO Manager

Why This Role Is Awesome:

If you enjoy the thrill of increasing rank on thousands of keywords, working fast, and being at a company where the CEO truly “gets” SEO, this role might be for you! 

• Tripadvisor is growing its world class Search Engine Optimization team and is looking for an Sr Manager of SEO to own analysis, execution, and search strategy.
• Tripadvisor provides a unique, global work environment that captures the speed, innovation and excitement of a startup, at a thriving, growing and well-established industry brand.
• We take pride in our SEO and are looking for a superstar to add to our high-performing team. 

What We're Looking For:

• You are a passionate search marketer who is knowledgeable about best practices and the latest new areas of SEO, and you also relish in the analytical aspects of the industry. 
• You are detail-oriented, but can balance these details with the larger business objectives. 
• You are quantitative, pragmatic, and methodical in your approach to SEO.
• You have relentlessly high standards, and are never satisfied with the status quo.
• You are invigorated, not intimidated, by large volumes of data and keywords. You are adept at analyzing data at scale.
• You have deep experience working on SEO on a global scale. You might even speak another language fluently. 
• You are an ambitious self-starter who takes pride in being “first in class.”
• You are results-driven and have strong business acumen. 
• You enjoy problem-solving and have a genuine curiosity about how consumers search for information.
• You work well with many types of people and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• You’re an excellent communicator, especially when incorporating data to substantiate your winning point. 

What You’ll Do:

• Monitoring daily performance metrics to understand organic search performance across multiple global markets.
• Identifying growth opportunities in core areas such as site infrastructure, keyword selection, or on-page factors optimization. 
• Writing specification documents and designing experiments to test new strategies and opportunities for growth. 
• Analyzing experiment results and pushing forward next steps at a rigorous pace.
• Performing granular traffic and conversion analyses across multiple global markets to gain insight into keyword and landing page performance.
• Identifying and analyzing competitor techniques, as well as benchmarking Tripadvisor’s performance against competitors. 
• Optimizing internal linking structures to maximize rankings across our keyword portfolio. 
• Assessing and understanding each market’s needs related to Search, and communicating them to various internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with leaders of other teams across the company, to educate them on SEO best practices, and to discover solutions to challenges beyond traditional SEO.
• Oversee and mentor junior team members across various projects.

What We Seek: 

• 10+ years of in-house SEO work experience with an industry-leading website.
• Demonstrated track record of analytical ability, including strong skills with Excel/Google Sheets and working knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with technical SEO, especially analysis and experimentation with on-page factors.
• Excellent interpersonal capabilities with a history of productive partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Previous experience using data warehouses (Hive/Spark), interactive analytics systems (Presto), and data visualization tools (Tableau) strongly desired.
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS (Javascript is a bonus).
• BA or BS degree (preferred in quantitative field such as economics, mathematics, statistics, or computer science/engineering).

Tripadvisor provides a unique, global work environment that captures the speed, innovation and excitement of a startup, at a thriving, growing and well-established industry brand.  At TripAdvisor, you will be part of a dynamic, fun, and energetic team where you can immediately make meaningful contributions. 

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