Head of SEO

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of SEO to lead our SEO strategy across EMEA.

As the Head of SEO, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our digital presence across EMEA. Your leadership and expertise will ensure that our products and services are easily discoverable, driving organic traffic and contributing to our revenue growth. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration within your team, making a significant impact on our overall digital strategy.

This role will be responsible for driving organic search growth, enhancing our digital presence, and ensuring that our extensive range of products and services are easily discoverable by our customers.

What you will be doing:

As our Head of SEO, you will implement EMEA SEO strategy to drive organic traffic growth, improve search engine rankings, and increase online visibility, while spearheading the adoption of advanced automation tools and AI-driven processes to streamline SEO workflows, enhance productivity, and stay ahead of the competition.

Implementing innovative techniques to refine EMEA keyword portfolio, ensuring high-quality, relevance, and comprehensive market coverage. Utilise advanced analytics and AI to identify emerging trends and user intent, conducting regular competitive analyses to uncover optimisation opportunities and maximise SEO impact across diverse markets.

Collaborate with and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including Senior Directors and Vice Presidents, Head of content teams, Head of Developers, and Head of Marketing teams, to ensure SEO best practices are integrated into all aspects of our SEO plan. Develop and maintain strong relationships with key technology partners and search engines to stay informed about industry developments and potential collaboration opportunities.

• Proven experience in SEO leadership roles, ideally within a large-scale, international organization.


• Strong understanding of search engine algorithms, ranking factors, and the technical aspects of SEO.


• Proficiency in SEO tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Moz, and others.


• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and generate actionable insights.


• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across different teams and departments.


• Experience managing a large team and budget.


• Demonstrated ability to drive organic search growth and improve search engine rankings.
  
  At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you'd expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK&I, we've just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:


• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation


• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome


• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause


• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery


We are RS Group.

At RS we've been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the 'what ifs' into the 'why nots', the impossible into the possible. Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that's exactly how we partner with people - our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities - to solve problems.

We'll also invest in your development and wellbeing - because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.

Come and join us and we'll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.