Senior SEO Manager

USA (On-site)

$129K/yr – $174K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Coursera's SEO and organic discovery program across web and emerging surfaces, leading technical and content initiatives, coordinating with product, marketing, and engineering to improve visibility, traffic, engagement, and conversions.

  • Define and execute SEO strategy and roadmap
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to implement SEO best practices and measure impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute SEO and organic discovery strategies across web, AI search, and emerging platforms for key areas of the Coursera platform
  • Prioritize and execute SEO roadmap, driving content, technical, and programmatic SEO initiatives with measurable impact
  • Partner with the SEO Content team, organic social, and paid media to optimize and scale discovery, aligned to user intent and business goals
  • Act as an SEO subject matter expert, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of best practices across marketing, product, and content work-streams
  • Lead technical SEO initiatives (indexing, site performance, structured data, crawl optimization) and measure impact, partner with Product and Engineering teams to incorporate SEO into platform development, site architecture, and user experience
  • Establish reporting to track visibility, traffic, engagement, and conversion, and communicate insights to stakeholders

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience managing SEO programs in-house for large-scale websites, marketplaces, or platforms
  • Experience leading technical SEO initiatives in partnership with engineering teams
  • Experience using SEO & data platforms (e.g., Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, Semrush, Looker, Tableau, Google Analytics) to analyze performance and identify opportunities
  • Demonstrated history of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving measurable impact through SEO initiatives

Preferred

  • Experience optimizing for additional discovery surfaces beyond web search (e.g., app stores, social platforms, or marketplaces)
  • Experience using AI-driven search tools and methods for analysis and optimization (e.g.: Profound, Promptwatch)
  • Experience driving SEO strategies for large content catalogs or programmatic page generation
  • Experience optimizing international or multi-language websites, including localization strategy and regional search considerations
  • Experience partnering with product, content, or growth teams to integrate SEO into roadmaps and workflows
  • Experience using data tools or languages (e.g., SQL, Python, BI tools) to support analysis and experimentation

Benefits

  • comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.
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$129K/yr – $174K/yr

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