Technical SEO Manager

Service Corporation International; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Corporation International’s Digital Marketing team seeks a Technical SEO Manager to steward the health of our six core pillars—crawlability, indexing, speed, canonicalization, internationalization, localization and structured data—across multiple sites.

You will collaborate with product, IT, content, and marketing to drive improvements, monitor Core Web Vitals, and lead audits, deployments, and governance to improve search visibility and user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field required.
• 5+ years of technical SEO experience with multi-language sites.
• Experience with large-scale websites (1M+ URLs) and multi-location SEO.
• Proficiency in SEO tools: Semrush, GSC, GA4, Screaming Frog; HTML/structured data knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical SEO initiatives: crawlability, indexing, rendering, performance, and content quality.
• Monitor Core Web Vitals and XML sitemaps; manage redirects, canonicalization, and international SEO.
• Collaborate with IT, developers, content, and marketing to implement SEO requirements.
• Perform QA to ensure metadata, structured data, and internal linking are correct.
• Prioritize backlog, track progress, and report on SEO governance and outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Agile workflows

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing or business-related field

Tools

Semrush

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Sitecore

Job description

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The Technical SEO Manager plays a critical role within Dignity Memorial’s Digital Marketing team, focusing on maintaining and improving the technical health of our websites. Ensuing ongoing technical SEO health through comprehensive audits, implementation, and proactive monitoring across six core pillars — crawlability & indexing, site speed & performance, canonicalization, internationalization, localization, and structured data. This person will work cross-functionally with product owners, developers, content teams, and marketing stakeholders to strengthen search performance, crawl efficiency, and user experience.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Optimization

• Lead technical SEO initiatives by identifying, prioritizing, and resolving crawlability, indexing, rendering, site performance, and content quality issues to improve organic search visibility and website health.

• Monitor and optimize technical SEO performance, including Core Web Vitals, XML sitemaps, duplicate content, and other factors that impact search engine indexing and user experience.

Implementation & Quality Assurance

• Partner with IT and development teams to define SEO requirements, support implementation, and validate technical enhancements throughout the development lifecycle.

• Perform quality assurance testing to ensure SEO elements, including metadata, structured data, redirects, internal linking, and international SEO configurations, are accurately deployed and functioning as intended.

Project Management

• Manage and prioritize the technical SEO backlog, coordinating work across cross-functional teams, tracking implementation progress, documenting completed enhancements, and supporting SEO governance.

Analytics & Reporting

• Monitor technical SEO performance using industry-standard analytics and auditing tools, identify trends and issues, and provide regular reporting and recommendations to support continuous optimization.

Training & Cross-Functional Support

• Develop and maintain SEO documentation, standards, and best practices while providing guidance to marketing, content, IT, and development teams to ensure SEO is integrated into ongoing website enhancements and new digital initiatives.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

• A Bachelor's’ Degree in marketing or business-related field.

Experience

• Experience working with large-scale website(s) with at least 1 million urls.

• 5+ years of experience in technical SEO with multi-language and multi-location websites.

• Proficiency with SEO and web analytics tools such as: Semrush, Google Search Console, GA4, and Screaming Frog.

• Strong knowledge of HTML, JavaScript rendering, structured data, and page performance metrics.

• Experience with CMS platforms (Sitecore preferred) and version-controlled deployments.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong project management and documentation skills; experience working within Agile or sprint-based workflows preferred.

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to collaborate across IT, content, and marketing functions.

• Ability to travel as needed

WORK CONDITIONS

Work Environment

• Work indoors during all seasons and weather conditions
• Comply with Corporate dress code policy

Work Postures

• Sitting continuously for many hours per day, up to 6 hours per day
• Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently

Physical Demands

• Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage

Work Hours

• Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arises
• Travel up to 10%

Postal Code: 77019

Category (Portal Searching): Marketing and Advertising

Job Location: US-TX - Houston

Job Profile ID: C01185

Time Type: Full time

Location Name: SCI Corporate Office