Sr Search Engine Optimization Manager

Senior Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Manager

Are you passionate about uncovering insights and leveraging data to drive strategic marketing decisions? Global Marketing Engines and Experiences (E&E) provides the foundation for all Marketing engines, data, technology, and digital experiences across the commercial marketing organization. This allows us to streamline how we plan, execute, and report on all of Microsoft's marketing activities around the world, and ensure we communicate with our customers using a consistent voice and approach across paid and organic touchpoints. As a member of the Global Marketing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) team, you'll be at the forefront of increasing organic search visibility and improving performance for our portfolio of commercial products including Azure, GitHub, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365, Windows 365, Microsoft Security, and more. We are seeking a Senior Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manager with strong organizational, presentation, interpersonal, and persuasive skills to join our team so that it can deliver transformational SEO strategies to a variety of internal leaders and departments. In this role, you will work with many stakeholders, colleagues, and leaders to help develop and execute an SEO strategy for at least one specific line of business or customer solution area (CSA) from the Microsoft commercial Marketing portfolio. One day you might be presenting findings on our competitors' SEO tactics and the next you might be writing a content brief for a new webpage. Your work will help drive the web traffic and visibility for our brands, products, and services. This opportunity will allow you to deepen your knowledge of cutting-edge SEO techniques, gain experience working with large-scale websites, and develop your leadership skills by teaching others. You will also have the chance to work with the latest SEO tools and technologies, staying ahead ofand helping to defineindustry trends.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the all-up SEO strategy and plan for at least one specific line of business or customer solution area (CSA) from the commercial Marketing portfolio.
• Conduct keyword research and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities and inform content strategy.
• Monitor SEO trends and algorithm changes, always staying ahead of updates to ensure the company's strategies remain competitive.
• Advocate for SEO within Marketing, educating stakeholders and championing organic search as a growth channel.
• Monitor and report on SEO performance, using tools like Ahrefs, Google Search Console, Adobe Analytics, and internal dashboards to surface insights and recommend optimizations.
• Manage integrated marketing program execution planning, as well as help develop program recommendations.
• Identify solutions that address inefficiencies, and collaborate with Product Marketing to identify the business objectives a program can support.
• Analyze KPIs, then share insights that will advance business impact.
• Recommend actions to executive leaders based on those results, as well as use performance data to develop insights and make improvement recommendations.
• Drive medium complexity projects by developing a detailed project management plan, as well as manage finances for projects with mid-sized to large budgets.
• Develop and execute communication plans to share progress, blockers, and learnings.
• Embody and promote Microsoft's culture and values.

Qualifications

Required / minimum qualifications

Additional or preferred qualifications

Integrated Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.