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About You
- You are a highly organized, customer-centric Senior Product Manager with experience in SEO. You love reading and want to help more people discover Scribd's unique offering on Google.
- You excel at clarifying and simplifying complex concepts and ideas, with the ability to communicate effectively to stakeholders with varying degrees of knowledge of your domain.
- You view your role as a cross-functional partner. You understand that your work doesn't stop after requirements are written, and you work with your team through execution.
- You don't differentiate between SEO experiences for bots vs. users - understanding that anything you put on a page has user impact.
You Will
- Own the SEO product roadmap, balancing technical improvements with content opportunities.
- Oversee and manage the technical aspects of our SEO strategy, including but not limited to website architecture, link-building strategies, metadata, structured data, XML sitemaps and website speed optimization.
- Partner with SEO engineering to implement scalable, high-impact SEO solutions.
- Perform regular SEO audits to identify areas of improvement and strategize on feasible solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product, engineering, and data analysis to implement SEO best practices throughout product development.
- Utilize data-driven insights to recommend and implement innovative SEO techniques that will increase organic traffic, improve ranking positions, and drive user acquisition.
- Educate internal stakeholders on the importance of SEO, sharing updates on algorithm changes, industry trends, and competitor strategies.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on SEO KPIs (e.g., crawl errors, site performance, rankings, traffic, and conversions).
You Have
- 5+ years of proven experience as a Product Manager or a similar role with at least 3 focused on technical SEO for a platform with substantial web content (50 million+ URLs).
- Experience with taking a customer-centric approach to SEO -- improving quality for users while achieving business goals.
- Strong knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, and other industry SEO and analytics tools.
- Deep understanding of SEO guidelines, algorithms, ranking signals, and search engine updates.
- Strong technical understanding of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and server-side factors.
- Hands-on knowledge of complex crawl \& log file analysis, site information / URL architecture optimization, core web vitals, site speed optimization, and advanced structured data implementation.
- Experience with SEO crawling software (e.g. Botify, Deepcrawl) and rank tracking (e.g. Conductor, Brightedge)
- Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
- Knowledge of international SEO and managing multi-language or multi-region sites.
- Hands-on experience with site migrations.
- Familiarity with the tech subscription market for ebooks, audiobooks, and other media is a plus.
Remote employees must have their primary residence in:
Benefits, Perks, And Wellbeing At Scribd
- Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Scribd and the geographical location where you work.
- Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Short-term/long-term disability plans
- 401k/RSP matching
- Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals + accessories
- Learning \& Development allowance
- Learning \& Development programs
- Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc.
- Mental Health support \& resources
- Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends \& family
- Referral Bonuses
- Book Benefit
- Sabbaticals
- Company-wide events
- Team engagement budgets
- Vacation \& Personal Days
- Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
- Flexible Sick Time
- Volunteer Day
- Company-wide Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace.
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