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Role purpose and overview

As a key part of The Telegraph’s technical SEO team, you will report to the Senior Technical SEO Manager and be a pod responsible for the site’s technical performance. It is a brand new position that is responsible for the website’s technical health, working very closely with the senior team lead, actioning technical fixes discovered by yourself, the SEO agency and your team lead.

As a team, you will manage the SEO agency, set KPIs around technical health and support the technical lead on being the go-between between product, tech, SEO and editorial and support on a number of technical projects around the business.

The Telegraph is one of the most interesting, exciting websites you could ever work on in technical SEO. With tens if not hundreds of millions of URLs and an as yet immeasurable number of issues and opportunities to identify and action, you have the chance to make a real difference to the business.

Key responsibilities

• Being the chief support for the technical SEO lead, actioning technical improvements and supporting on technical KPIs and reporting
• Actioning initiatives from the SEO roadmap and audits, owned by the technical lead
• Managing and improving the core technical health of The Telegraph from an SEO POV
• Supporting on technical audits for specific website sections, taking the lead on them in the future
• Supporting on SEO agency projects and technical project performance
• Setting up top-class reporting dashboards and suites that can be used by experts and beginners alike
• Supporting on technical SEO training
• Working with the Product, SEO, Editorial and Development teams to ensure efficient rollout of projects
• Developing our SEO as a product offering from a technical standpoint
• Identifying gaps in our tool, reporting and knowledge offerings to drive efficiencies across the business

Essential skills required for the role

• Excellent all-around SEO knowledge, with a clear focus on technical SEO
• An understanding of how to deal with large websites and datasets
• Ability to understand technical SEO nuances, particularly around indexation, crawl budget and website efficiency
• An ability to prioritise tasks and projects effectively, delivering quickly and efficiently
• Experience using Data Studio (Looker), Search Console, ahrefs, Semrush and other core SEO tools
• Experience using enterprise-level website crawling tools: Lumar (preferably), Screaming Frog, Botify etc
• Experience working with (or working at) an SEO agency
• Experience delivering technical SEO strategy(s)
• Experience working with a development team

Desirable skills

• Experience using log files
• Experience managing technical SEO as a product
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Tech, Editorial)
• Experience working at a high-scale publisher
• Experience working on or setting up tests in an autonomous, execution-first environment

Benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website