Manager, Technical SEO

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Excellence in Organic Search is one of the pillars of our overall Digital Marketing strategy and is of vital importance for our site traffic generation. The Manager, Technical Search Engine Optimization is a key member of the eCommerce One Media performance marketing team, responsible for driving and optimizing our organic search initiatives. This position will contribute to building and executing the adidas NAM (U.S./Canada) SEO strategy, in partnership with the Global SEO team, and will work with varied internal partners to ensure its successful implementation.

As the Technical SEO Manager at adidas your role is to drive organic traffic to adidas eCom through SEO initiatives. You will work with the broader SEO team to develop SEO strategies driven by testing, search data, analysis, and will communicate the impact of SEO projects to wider partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with internal partners to develop and action on scalable SEO strategies that drive organic traffic growth.
• Serve as the voice of Technical SEO for adidas NAM and collaborate on advancing SEO knowledge and considerations.
• Work with product development teams to prioritize SEO tickets using data, and advise dev teams on impact of product releases on SEO.
• Support and create business cases for SEO team needs and for Organic Traffic/Revenue opportunities.
• Develop and project manage Tech SEO and Split Testing roadmaps.
• Technical audits to improve page performance, Core Web Vitals, and site stability.
• Run SEO Split Tests to validate the impact of SEO changes and initiatives.
• Log file analysis, Google Search Console (GSC) audits.
• Identify and fix crawling or indexation issues.
• Measure and report results of SEO activities and projects and communicate these to wider partners.
• Contribute to weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly channel performance reports.
• Initiate SEO projects (relating to on-page optimizations, content, promotions, etc.) to grow a multimillion-dollar revenue channel by addressing internal organization, consumer experience and SEO findings.
• Be able to explain the impact of SEO on larger business objectives.
• Work cross-functionally with global and market teams to create synergies, address opportunities and drive revenue.

Key Relationships

• Global Product Teams
• Web Analytics
• Consumer Experience
• Digital Visual Merchandising
• Market Retail/DTC Partners
• Global & Local eCom counterparts
• Vendors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, comfortable presenting in person and remotely.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional organization efficiently and fluidly. Ability to develop collaborative relationships with partners from digital and non-digital disciplines on all levels.
• Creative and energetic team player who has a passion for SEO.
• Extremely analytical, data driven and a clear, independent thinker.
• Experience with SEO tools such as GSC, Keyword Planner, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, ContentKing, and Botify (and/or OnCrawl, Lumar - former Deepcrawl).
• Experience with reporting tools such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics.
• Understanding of front-end web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and schema markup.
• A skill set including applied knowledge of bot behavior monitoring, server log analysis, modifying robots.txt, XML sitemaps, understanding and developing canonical, noindexing and cannibalization strategies, server- vs. client-side rendering, and a mobile-first mindset.
• Understanding of SEO split testing. Experience with SEO testing platforms a plus.
• Fluent English

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7 years of SEO experience in-house and/or at a leading digital agency
• University degree in the field of Marketing, Business, Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience with digital marketing in a brand environment
• Experience working with Agile development teams
• Experience in eCommerce required (enterprise specific a plus)
• Advanced computer skills with proficiency in Excel
• Min 1-2 years people management experience
• 2+ years vendor management experience

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, OR.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Manager, Technical SEO

Brand: adidas

Location: Portland

TEAM: Marketing & Communications

State: OR

Country/Region: US

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 505383

Date: Mar 8, 2024