Senior Manager, Search Experience

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Primary Purpose: The position of Senior Manager, Search Experience will serve as a key member of the Coach Global Marketing team, responsible for developing a brand SEO strategy and build a deep understanding of consumer-driven search behaviors, competitive search intelligence and KPI's for performance tracking. This is a highly cross-functional position that requires superb attention to detail, organization, and communication skills. This role reports into the VP, Global Digital Experience.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to...

• Develop strategic SEO growth initiatives in partnership with VP, Digital Experience to acquire new Gen Z customers and increase search rank as a function of brand aware.
• Build a deep understanding of consumer-driven search behaviors to determine organic search territory and search-back strategies, competitive search intelligence and KPI's for performance tracking.
• Support VP to develop and lead new seasonal processes with BU marketing leaders to workshop and define search back/consumer insight-driven seasonal content strategies and calendar aligned to overall seasonal marketing strategies and business priorities.
• Develop and lead RFP for NA SEO Search Agency as required.
• Manage Google and COE relationships for organic search across all searchable platforms (Google, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, etc) across North America.
• Develop common frameworks and share and facilitate adoption of best practices across international markets as relevant.
• Collaborate with Business Unit marketing and regional site eCommerce teams to establish global and locally relevant organic search goals and KPIs; establish score-carding and performance analysis in partnership with Marketing Analytics team.
• Conduct ongoing content, copy, creative, site and third party (e.g., PR, backlinking) SEO gap analysis and SCRUMS.
• Routinely conduct content and territory evaluations to meet search KPI gaps.
• Develop processes to provide ongoing visibility to actionable search-driven consumer insights to cross-functional teams (including marketing, creative, merchandising, etc.).
• Responsible and accountable for global search performance.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 3+ years' experience in Digital, Marketing, and/or Loyalty.
• Exceptional organization skills, with thorough attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to prioritize, be nimble, and adaptable while meeting deadlines.
• Driven self-starter with comfort operating in areas of ambiguity.
• Curiosity and resourcefulness, ability to proactively identify and resolve problems.
• Bias toward action, with the ability to work independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft programs
• Demonstrable owned chancel (D2C) and other (e.g., Amazon) search expertise and search-back strategies.
• Experience in delivering significant gains in SEO rank and territory expansion in organic search results.
• Experience in driving critical new customer acquisition and brand engagement through SEO content improvements and content gap analysis.
• Experienced in highly matrixed environments with an ability to influence global brand marketing and creative leads to ensure customer-facing search-relevant content is developed within budget and production schedule.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage : Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy : Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility : Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others:Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams : Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in theirteam; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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