Manager, Search, GCS (SEO)

Location: London, United Kingdom. Hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. This is a UK-based role and requires the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Company

hirify.global is WPP’s AI-driven media operating unit, combining media, data, partnerships, and the WPP Open platform to deliver personalized marketing at scale for leading brands.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day SEO client engagements, organic search processes, and on-page and off-page execution.
• Develop and oversee organic search best practices, global strategies, optimization recommendations, reporting, and actionable performance insights.
• Build client relationships, lead communications, presentations, workshops, QBRs, and strategic discussions with senior stakeholders.
• Develop Organic Search products, roadmaps, pitch resources, templates, and new business, upselling, and cross-selling opportunities.
• Lead and develop SEO executives through recruitment, career planning, training, workload management, and capacity planning.
• Improve integration, onboarding, reporting, automation, budget, task management, testing, and other departmental processes while supporting profitability.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in SEO and Owned Asset Optimisation, including advanced technical SEO competency.
• Experience creating globally scalable strategies and integrating SEO with paid digital channels.
• High-level numeracy and analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable business insights.
• Strong project management, organizational, troubleshooting, and process communication skills.
• Demonstrated career management of SEO executives and the ability to lead junior team members.
• Client relationship, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, including the confidence and gravitas to present independently to mid- and senior-level clients.
• Competency in Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Excel, and SEO tools including Screaming Frog, Lumar, and BrightEdge.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom is required.

Nice to have

• Experience building Looker Studio reports.
• Paid search experience and experience with holistic search strategies.
• Experience building deliverable templates for team use.
• Substantial demonstrable success managing and leading digital teams.
• Additional language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Open, inclusive environment built on trust, respect, collaboration, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Access to hirify.global and WPP networks, professional connections, learning opportunities, employee resource groups, and in-office events.
• Competitive medical, group retirement, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
• Hybrid working with approximately four office days per week; accommodations or flexibility can be discussed during the interview process.