SEO Manager

About The Home Depot
As the world’s largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot operates over 2,200 stores across North America. We are committed to empowering our associates to help our customers build and improve their homes and businesses. With a focus on collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity, The Home Depot is looking for dynamic individuals who can help shape the future of our digital presence.

The Role
The SEO Manager will play a key role in defining and implementing strategic initiatives aimed at driving organic traffic and improving content discoverability on homedepot.com. This position involves leading a team to implement SEO best practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Merchandising, Marketing, Engineering, and external partners), and providing thought leadership to advance SEO systems and practices within the company. The role is focused on managing enterprise-level projects, driving SEO efforts, and fostering the development of resources within the SEO team.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Collaboration (40%): Lead SEO workstreams across enterprise-level projects, ensuring timely delivery of project deliverables and alignment with expectations.
• Project Management (15%): Outline goals, dependencies, and risks for planned projects, ensuring business cases support new projects with projected benefits.
• Relationship Management (20%): Oversee direct and indirect reporting relationships, ensuring team members are properly trained and performing effectively.
• Training and Development (25%): Conduct training/knowledge sharing to maintain newly delivered capabilities and support the SEO team’s ongoing development. Stay ahead of SEO industry changes.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in e-commerce or SEO with proven results.
• Strong knowledge of SEO tools (Google Search Console, Lumar, Brightedge, etc.).
• Experience managing teams or mentoring others.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and communicate SEO concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.