Technical SEO Manager & Product Owner

Values 

At Ankorstore, we have key Operating Principles!

“Wild ambition”: we have the freedom to pursue our wildest dreams; nothing is off limits. We constantly stretch our goals, and our ambitions, building a new culture of hope, joy and creativity: this is the time of our retailers; this is our time.

“Radical”: dreaming big is a great start, but making those dreams a reality is even better. We make no compromise; we’re unafraid to make bold decisions and take radical actions.

“Focus”: changing an entire industry isn’t easy; we’re in this for the long run. We’re diligent, resilient and will keep continued focus - just like our retailers.

“Simple”: simple solutions. Always.

“Fast”: we move fast. Momentum and Speed are key to our success.

“Empowered ”: we genuinely believe in the potential and ability of everyone to drive their future. We’re committed to removing barriers to access and information to feel responsible, to giving support to feel safe, and the conditions to act for one purpose: give full ownership to achieve the extraordinary.

Join us if you are excited to support our vision of rewilding independent retail! 

About our SEO team

We have built a world-class SEO Squad that needs a Technical Lead. Empowered with front, back-end, design and data analysis resources, our agile team is fully autonomous and has wild ambitions. We are currently working on advanced and exciting projects that push the known boundaries of SEO.

As a technical lead, you will manage SEO Technical Analysts and be in charge of building, maintaining and delivering our SEO technical backlog, while being a mastermind behind our SEO product strategy, working hand in hand with Charles, the SEO Product Manager. 

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the team to maintain high code quality and ensure the technical choices aligned with the business needs and SEO requirements.
• Mentor junior members of the team
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging.
• Gather and address technical and design requirements.
• Provide training and support to internal teams.
• Liaise with developers, designers and devops engineers to identify new features.
• Manage the JIRA dashboard and ensure that the ETA is followed

Requirements

• Have more than 4 years’ experience with technical SEO
• Knowledge of technical aspects of SEO such as 301 redirects, 404 errors, loading speed, follows, no follows, ... 
• Have at least experiences with Javascript framework.
• Being able to provide technical recommendations to developers
• Regular use of SEO tools such Webmaster Tools, Semrush, Screaming Frog, Majestic SEO, Atarget="_blank" rel="nofollow" href or others.
• Being able to provide technical recommendations to developers
• Results-oriented and fact-based decision-making skills. Tracking and monitoring of accounts, able to generate performance reports and achievement of objectives, KPIs.
• Experience with agile frameworks such as Kanban or Scrum are a strong plus
• Proficiency in any of the following is a strong plus: SQL, HTML, JS
• English: full professional proficiency (spoken & written)
• Other major European languages is a plus

Benefits/Perks 

• Being part of a truly purpose-driven, international company with strong values, connected teams and backed by powerful VCs (Tiger Global, Bain Capital, Index Ventures, BOND, etc.)
• A highly dynamic environment at a stage where you’ll be able to shape things autonomously and play a part in the organisation's future.
• A real playground for development with strong people, mentors and exciting career opportunities, locally or internationally
• Competitive salary and compensation
• We are a remote-friendly company; depending on your role, you will have a full remote or a hybrid contract. We have offices in France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK
• Team offsites and fun events

If you are dynamic, creative, passionate, hardworking, and want to join a company in rapid growth, pushing the boundaries and helping build a sustainable and fair retail world, send us your resume.

Learning more about Ankorstore

• Look around and visit our website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and profiles on 50inTech and Welcome to the Jungle
• Read about us in the media: How to build a 2 million unicorn in under 3 years, Rewild Retail, Ankorstore is shaping the shopping of the future, Mary Portas & Ankorstore
• Ankorstart