Google Is Hiring An Program Manager, Search Engine Optimization

Google is Hiring An Program Manager, Search Engine Optimization, based on a recent job posting on the Google Careers portal.

The Google job listing is for a “Program Manager, Search Engine Optimization.” The description of the job makes it clear that this is about Online marketing:

As a Program Manager for Technical SEO, you will work with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Sales, Product Development, Engineering and more to help drive organic traffic and business growth. You will take part in website development and optimization, help shape blog and social strategy, improve website code hygiene and define web architecture for international websites.

The Technical SEO manager will be required to work with many different departments within Google including marketing, sales, product development and engineering. "You will take part in website development and optimization, help shape blog and social strategy, improve website code hygiene and define web architecture for international websites," the job description reads.

The responsibilities include:

1. Architect, design, develop and maintain innovative, engaging and informative sites for a worldwide audience. 
2. Maintain and develop the web code to ensure quality, content and readability by search engines. 
3. Keep pace with SEO, search engine and internet marketing industry trends and developments and report changes as needed. 
4. Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from Marketing, Product and Engineering partners to push for technical SEO best practices.

The qualifications include:

1. BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience. 
2. 4 years of experience developing websites and applications with SQL, HTML5, and XML. 
3. 2 years of SEO experience. 
4. Experience with Google App Engine, Google Custom Search, Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics and experience creating and maintaining project schedules using project management systems. 
5. Experience working with back-end SEO elements such as .htaccess, robots.txt, metadata and site speed optimization to optimize website performance. 
6. Experience in quantifying marketing impact and SEO performance and strong understanding of technical SEO (sitemaps, crawl budget, canonicalization, etc.). 
7. Knowledge of one or more of the following: Java, C/C++, or Python. 
8. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to dig extensively into metrics and analytics.

For many working at Google is a dream job, and for those search engine optimisation experts who have always fancied a look behind the curtain, this could prove the ideal opportunity to get right to the root of the science of search. Well, that’s probably a given if Google needs help ranking itself in its own search engine.