Technical SEO Manager

Technical SEO Manager | London | Ecommerce - Consumer | Competitive Salary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a leading multi-channel retailer to recruit a Technical SEO Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business investing heavily in its digital capabilities, online customer experience and technical infrastructure.

Operating across multiple ecommerce brands and websites, this organisation is undertaking a significant digital transformation programme, making this an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical SEO Manager to shape technical search strategy during a period of large-scale change.

This is a role for someone who lives and breathes technical SEO, understands enterprise ecommerce environments and enjoys solving complex technical challenges that drive long-term organic growth.

The Technical SEO Manager will own the technical SEO strategy across multiple high-traffic ecommerce websites, ensuring organic visibility continues to improve while supporting major platform developments, website enhancements and digital transformation projects.

Working closely with Digital, Ecommerce, Development, UX, Content, Trading and external partners, you will ensure SEO is embedded into every stage of the digital roadmap, balancing customer experience with technical excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

• Own and deliver the technical SEO strategy across multiple ecommerce websites.

• Lead SEO requirements throughout major website developments, platform migrations and digital transformation projects.

• Work closely with Development teams to ensure SEO best practice is embedded into technical delivery.

• Manage external SEO partners, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives and commercial KPIs.

• Conduct regular technical SEO audits, identifying opportunities to improve crawlability, indexing, site architecture and overall website health.

• Develop strategies to improve Core Web Vitals, page speed and overall technical performance.

• Drive improvements across internal linking, structured data, schema implementation, redirects and canonicalisation.

• Partner with Ecommerce, Trading and Content teams to optimise category architecture, taxonomy and onsite search visibility.

• Ensure robust migration planning and execution, minimising organic traffic risk during website changes.

• Monitor algorithm updates, emerging search technologies and AI-driven search developments, ensuring the business remains ahead of industry change.

• Produce regular reporting on rankings, traffic, technical performance and commercial impact, translating complex SEO data into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• Champion SEO best practice across the wider business, educating stakeholders and influencing digital decision making.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Technical SEO Manager with a genuine passion for technical search and enterprise ecommerce.

You'll combine exceptional technical knowledge with strong commercial awareness and enjoy working within complex digital environments where SEO plays a critical role in business growth.

You'll ideally have:

• Significant experience leading technical SEO within a large ecommerce or multi-site retail environment.

• Proven experience supporting or leading multiple website migrations and platform transformations.

• Expert knowledge of technical SEO, including crawlability, indexing, site architecture, redirects, structured data, Core Web Vitals and JavaScript SEO.

• Strong understanding of Google's evolving search landscape, including AI-driven search, Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO).

• Experience managing external SEO agencies and holding partners accountable for delivery.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise CMS and ecommerce platforms.

• Advanced experience using tools such as Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, SEMrush, Ahrefs and enterprise SEO platforms.

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate technical insights into commercial actions.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing Development, Ecommerce and senior leadership teams.

• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to balance technical excellence with commercial priorities.

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to shape SEO strategy across multiple recognised ecommerce brands.

• Play a key role in a significant digital transformation programme.

• Work within a highly collaborative Digital and Ecommerce function.

• Influence major platform developments and technical decision making.

• Competitive salary, benefits package and genuine long-term career opportunities.

Apply today to find out more!

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