SEO Manager II

SEO Manager II

2026-08-15T00:00:00

Location: South East England, GB, KT19 8GY

Remote: Any

Application Deadline: 2026-09-14T14:23:58.65

Do you thrive on cross-functional collaboration, turning strategy into shipped, measurable results?

About our Team

The team is responsible for driving awareness, engagement, and user growth for Elsevier's AI-powered research platform, LeapSpace. Operating as a small, agile, and fast-paced team, they work cross-functionally with content, product, and marketing stakeholders to build and execute innovative growth strategies. The team is passionate about shaping the future of AI for researchers and offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while helping build a foundational AI product from the ground up.

About the Role

This role owns how LeapSpace is found. It spans search, answer engines, and generative AI - earning organic visibility and qualified traffic, being the trusted source in snippets and direct answers, and being accurately cited and recommended by AI assistants. You'll work in partnership with a specialist external agency to shape the strategy, bringing your own judgment, and challenging their thinking. You will drive delivery through the internal teams who own the content and touchpoints where that strategy lands. The most important capability here isn't technical: it's turning a plan into shipped, measurable results across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the LeapSpace search and AI-visibility strategy, shaping and pressure-testing the roadmap with the agency


• Leverage Elsevier's existing domain authority and assets, to accelerate visibility


• Act as internal owner and day-to-day contact for a specialist search and AI-visibility agency.


• Establish the technical content structure and structured data that get LeapSpace discovered


• Define the content taxonomy and information architecture - how content is organised, and hierarchised, so that individual pages can be cleanly extracted and cited


• Turn strategy into a coordinated programme of work, removing blockers and keeping contributors moving in the same direction


• Stay ahead of how discovery is changing and translate emerging shifts into a concrete plan


• Build effective working relationships with internal collaborators and cross-functional teams


• Track record building organic search visibility, ideally including launching or scaling visibility for a new product or domain


• Strong command of technical and content SEO (site architecture, structured data, crawlability, content optimisation, link strategy)


• Demonstrable understanding of AEO and GEO


• Experience managing external agencies or partners


• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management; able to align and mobilise multiple teams toward a shared goal


• Strong analytical skills and fluency with search/analytics tooling


• Excellent communication skills - able to translate technical work for non-technical stakeholders


• Comfort working within a large, matrixed organisation across multiple market segments (e.g. consumer, institutional, government).

Company Overview

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate. We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €59,300 - €98,800.

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Do you thrive on cross-functional collaboration, turning strategy into shipped, measurable results? About our Team The team is responsible for driving awareness, engagement, and user growth for Elsevier's AI-powered research platform, LeapSpace. Operating as a small, agile, and fast-paced team, they work cross-functionally with content, product, and marketing stakeholders to build and execute innovative growth strategies. The team is passionate about shaping the future of AI for researchers and offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while helping build a foundational AI product from the ground up. About the Role This role owns how LeapSpace is found. It spans search, answer engines, and generative AI - earning organic visibility and qualified traffic, being the trusted source in snippets and direct answers, and being accurately cited and recommended by AI assistants. You'll work in partnership with a specialist external agency to shape the strategy, bringing your own
judgement, and challenging their thinking. You will drive delivery through the internal teams who own the content and touchpoints where that strategy lands. The most important capability here isn't technical: it's turning a plan into shipped, measurable results across teams. Responsibilities Define the LeapSpace search and AI-visibility strategy, shaping and pressure-testing the roadmap with the agency Leverage Elsevier's existing domain authority and assets, to accelerate visibility Act as internal owner and day-to-day contact for a specialist search and AI-visibility agency. Establish the technical content structure and structured data that get LeapSpace discovered Define the content taxonomy and information architecture - how content is organised, and hierarchised, so that individual pages can be cleanly extracted and cited Turn strategy into a coordinated programme of work, removing blockers and keeping contributors moving in the same direction Stay ahead of how discovery is
changing and translate emerging shifts into a concrete plan Build effective working relationships with internal collaborators and cross-functional teams Track record building organic search visibility, ideally including launching or scaling visibility for a new product or domain Strong command of technical and content SEO (site architecture, structured data, crawlability, content optimisation, link strategy) Demonstrable understanding of AEO and GEO Experience managing external agencies or partners Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management; able to align and mobilise multiple teams toward a shared goal Strong analytical skills and fluency with search/analytics tooling Excellent communication skills - able to translate technical work for non-technical stakeholders Comfort working within a large, matrixed organisation across multiple market segments (e.g. consumer, institutional, government). Company Overview RELX is a global provider of information-based
analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate. We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared
parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working Pattern Working Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. About the Business About the Business A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. If performed in NLD
Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €59,300 - €98,800. #J-18808-Ljbffr