Organic Search Manager

Title: Organic Search Manager

Location: Hybrid - 3 days in Manchester, 2 days remote

Salary: £50,000-£62,000

Who we are:

interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future.

We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs.

We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights.

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Organic Search Manager will take full responsibility for the channel, SEO team and deliver a best-in-class SEO & AEO strategy. The successful candidate will identify key organic opportunities and execute these to deliver on KPI’s.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Own the organic search strategy, working with the Senior Performance Marketing Manager to define KPIs, targets, and success metrics.

• Develop and maintain a clear organic search/growth roadmap aligned to business and marketing objectives.

• Line manage and develop an SEO team, including talent management, objective setting and coaching.

• Act as the senior SEO authority across the organisation, influencing stakeholders, embedding best practice & keep pace in an ever-evolving search landscape

• Lead Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) initiatives, optimising content for AI-driven search

• Proactively identify organic growth opportunities

• Drive improvements in rankings, visibility, and organic traffic with a strong focus on quality, relevance, and long-term value.

• Own technical SEO audits and ensure recommendations are prioritised and delivered in partnership with Product and Technology teams (crawlability, linking, indexing, structured data, etc)

• Work alongside the content team to guide on EEAT, search intent and ensuring content is AI-friendly. Over see content audits, with a focus on keyword strategy and optimisation of on-page elements.

• Collaborate with PR on digital PR strategy to improve backlinking, brand trust and authority.

• Own performance tracking tools, monitor and report on organic performance - ensuring clear, consistent reporting and continuous improvement of available data and insights.

• Manage day-to-day relationships with third-party agencies, partners, and suppliers.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 5+ years’ SEO strategy experience – across technical and content

• Technical SEO experience required

• Strong data analysis skills

• Experience with AEO or a demonstrated curiosity and point of view on how AI-driven answer engines are reshaping SEO strategy.

• Team management experience

• Self-starter with a very strong work ethic

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
• 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
• Staff Discounts on our investment products
• Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness
• Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
• Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle

Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful.

interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation—whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive