Senior Technical Project Manager (SEO)

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing SEO consultancy seeks a Senior SEO Project Manager to oversee multiple enterprise client projects. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality delivery by managing resources, timelines, and client communication. This position requires strong leadership, project management skills, and a detail-oriented approach, fostering a collaborative team environment for innovative solutions.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays

Collaborative and rewarding workspace

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project or programme management.
• Experience managing multiple complex projects.
• High standard of written and spoken business English.

Responsibilities

• Drive project planning, scheduling, and reporting for enterprise clients.
• Manage client operations and ensure timely deliverables.
• Champion the use of delivery tools for predictable outcomes.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Agile Methodologies

Detail-oriented

Problem-solving

Tools

Jira

Notion

Job description

Job Description

About Merj

Merj is a specialised SEO, data, and martech engineering company trusted by leading brands to solve complex challenges and drive growth. We deliver intelligent, innovative solutions tailored to our clients' needs, spanning technical SEO, data acquisition and analysis, automation, AI, and custom development.

Following continued growth and increased project complexity, we are hiring a highly capable and assertive Senior SEO Project Manager to drive excellence and accountability across our portfolio of high-impact SEO and digital consultancy projects.

We will give you interesting clients and problems to work on, help you grow and be the best version of yourself. In return, you must hold yourself and others to account, helping others grow and be the best version of themselves too.

The Role

As Senior SEO Project Manager, you will be a key part of the operational backbone of Merj’s consultancy team. Your mission is to ensure seamless delivery across 5–10 enterprise clients, each with 2–3 concurrent workstreams. You will own the rhythm of delivery, coordinate consultants and leadership, and enforce rigour in planning, execution, and follow-through.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Programme and project management: Drive project planning, scheduling, reporting, and risk management across our project portfolio. Manage interdependencies and allocate resources to meet milestones.
• Consultant and leadership coordination: Hold SEO consultants and leadership (including the MD) accountable for deliverables, deadlines, and quality standards.
• Client operations: Manage the client interface on delivery matters. Track scope, timelines, and budgets. Ensure updates are regular, accurate, and relevant. This is a client as well as internal facing role, so you will liase with clients and attend weekly status updates to provide assurance that their projects are in safe hands.
• Delivery assurance: Flag blockers early, surface risks, and drive timely decision-making. Implement processes that improve visibility and reduce slippage.
• Workflow and tooling: Champion the use of Jira and other delivery tools to create predictability and enable a high standard of consultancy.
• Process improvement: Spot inefficiencies, propose solutions, and drive continuous improvement in how we deliver work to clients.

About You

We’re looking for someone with the capability, confidence, and emotional intelligence to manage world-class consultants and a strong-willed leadership team. You should be structured, assertive, and calm under pressure – someone who naturally earns respect and brings order.

Attitude

• Strong-willed and emotionally intelligent: able to hold senior stakeholders accountable without drama.
• Detail-obsessed and delivery-focused: you spot loose ends, missed deadlines, and ambiguous outcomes, and resolve them.
• Proactive and pragmatic: solve problems, don’t just report them.
• Structured and efficient: you thrive on clarity, simplicity, and progress.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in a project or programme management role, ideally in an agency, consultancy, or high-growth environment.
• Demonstrable success managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, across clients and internal teams.
• Excellent command of delivery tools and frameworks (we primarily use Jira and Notion).
• Confident communicator: able to summarise issues crisply, tailor messaging for different audiences, and facilitate tough conversations when needed.
• Ability to understand and navigate SEO, martech, and data-related subject matter at a high level – enough to challenge assumptions and ask smart questions.
• Experience working with Enterprise clients and managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities.
• High standard of written and spoken business English.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working alongside SEO teams, digital consultants, or technical specialists.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001 or other frameworks involving documentation, accountability, and quality controls.
• Understanding of agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.

Benefits

Merj is a welcoming, collaborative, and rewarding workspace. In addition to competitive remuneration, we offer 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays. You’ll work with some of the best SEO’s in the world, in a tight-knit team, and for some of the largest global brands on the planet, while helping to build the company and your position within it.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, regardless of , , ethnicity, , , or any other protected characteristic.

If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate.