Senior Technical Project Manager (SEO)

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

Job summary

MERJ Ltd, a leading SEO and martech engineering firm, seeks a Senior SEO Project Manager to oversee multiple high-impact projects. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented with strong leadership skills, fostering accountability in digital consultancy for enterprise clients. You'll manage project delivery with innovative tools like Jira, ensuring timely outcomes while collaborating with a dynamic team and driving continuous improvement.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays

Welcoming and collaborative workspace

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project/programme management, ideally in an agency or consultancy.
• Experience with multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Expertise in delivery tools and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Drive project planning, scheduling, and risk management.
• Gather and report updates on project scope and budgets.
• Implement processes for consistent delivery standards.

Skills

Project Management

SEO Knowledge

Client Relations

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Communication

Emotional Intelligence

Tools

Jira

Notion

Job description

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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.

• 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.
• 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.

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 age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management

• Industries

  Data Infrastructure and Analytics, Marketing Services, and Advertising Services

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