Job Title
SEO Manager

Job Description
We're looking for a strategic and hands-on SEO Manager to join Sage's Global SEO team. This individual contributor role focuses on supporting global initiatives while leading the regional SEO strategy for North America - turning business goals into clear, data-led initiatives that improve visibility and performance across Sage's digital ecosystem.

Acting much like an internal agency account manager or director, you'll plan and oversee SEO activity across on-page, off-page, and technical SEO - partnering with internal teams, SEO specialists, and agency partners to deliver high-quality work that drives measurable impact.

You'll collaborate with a globally distributed team, contributing to the growth and optimization of Sage's web ecosystem - spanning multiple regions, business areas, and digital properties. This is an opportunity to help shape the future of SEO and AI-driven marketing at a global SaaS company.

You'll thrive in this role if you're a data-driven SEO who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, and who thrives in a global enterprise environment where collaboration and communication are just as important as technical and analytical expertise.

Location & Hybrid Requirements: 3 days per week from either our Toronto or Vancouver office (2 days from home)

Qualifications - What you'll bring:
• 5+ years of experience developing SEO strategies for enterprise-scale or multi-market websites, ideally within a digital agency or large organizations.
• Ideally, you've worked at a digital agency as a strategic SEO Account Manager or Director managing large clients or budgets.
• You have deep knowledge across on-page, off-page, and technical SEO.
• You're confident using data to tell clear stories and make recommendations that influence decisions.
• Exceptional communicator, comfortable working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• You're proficient in Excel (e.g. including pivot tables and V-lookups).
• You're a proactive operator, curious, organized, and effectively driving projects forward independently while collaborating globally.

Preferred:
Basic scripting knowledge (Regex, Python, or JavaScript).
Experience exploring or implementing AI tools.

Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
• Reporting to the Global Director of SEO, you'll develop and execute the regional SEO strategy for North America, aligned to global priorities and performance targets.
• Create and maintain a prioritized SEO roadmap and performance forecasts to guide regional activity and track progress toward global goals.
• Turn business challenges into actionable SEO projects and briefs, working collaboratively with internal stakeholders and agency partners.
• Audit websites for on-page, off-page, and technical SEO issues (e.g. crawling, indexation, or hreflang issues), identifying and prioritizing fixes in collaboration with internal and agency partners.
• Track, analyze, and report on site performance, user behavior, and conversions to identify insights and opportunities for growth.
• Brief, manage, and quality-check agency partners to ensure content, outreach, and optimization activities are high quality and aligned to strategy.
• Partner with global SEO colleagues to share learnings, streamline processes, and test new approaches to improve efficiency and results.
• Contribute to innovation initiatives-using data, experimentation, and AI to continuously evolve how SEO drives business impact.

Benefits? We have plenty...
• 100% paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage
• RRSP contribution match (100% up to 4%)
• 35 days paid time off (11 holidays, 16 vacation days, 3 personal days, 5 sick days)
• Work Away, an opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks in a country of your choice (from a Sage-approved list)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or surrogacy offered 1 year after your start date
• 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)
• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after your hire date
• Sage Wellness Rewards Program (annual fitness reimbursement)
• Library of on-demand career development options and ongoing training offerings

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, education, and experience. Certain provinces in Canada require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range applicable to the role. For this role, in those locations, the target base salary range for new hires is C$95,000 to C$115,000. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in a bonus plan (15%) based on company and individual performance. Our talent acquisition team will provide specific opportunities on our bonus or incentive programs. The range listed is just one component of the Sage total compensation package.

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Function
Performance Marketing

Country
Canada

Office Location
Toronto;Vancouver

Work Place type
Hybrid

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