BankBazaar.com - AVP - SEO

We're hiring a talented individual to lead SEO activities at Bankbazaar.com at our offices in Bangalore. The AVP SEO, will be an expert in search engine optimization with a thorough understanding of the technical and creative aspects of website optimization best practices. You will lead focused SEO campaigns for the optimization of websites within our company.

Responsibilities:

- Work with the VP Online Marketing and COO to test, plan and successfully execute on SEO initiatives.

- Establish and maintain processes to manage multiple SEO projects at one time.

- Set up a process to continuously educate, collaborate with design, editorial, product and technical teams to implement SEO best practices across all web site properties to ensure search engine optimization compliance

- Manage and train the SEO department including SEO Specialists and SEO managers.

- Research emerging applications to advance the current SEO efforts

- Lead key SEO presentations and strategic discussions

- Align business, product, development and SEO activities for the highest traffic impact

- Lead and prioritize site architecture, content and linking projects

- Initiate and lead organic traffic projects from concept to completion

- Initiate and lead SEO expertise to product plans including site redesigns, product enhancements, and new site features by contributing to the Product department BRDs/PRDs

- Stay on top of current search engine news, trends, SEO best practices, and emerging items of interest and sharing these with the rest of the team

Desired Profile:

- 8+ years’ experience search engine optimization across all major search engines with a proven ability to establish key performance indicators to measure success vs. key objectives

- Excellent verbal and written English

- Experience with managing natural search strategies in a highly competitive market

- Experience and comfort independently leading SEO performance and strategy presentations

- Demonstrate understanding of strategic marketing, business and financial principles

- Experience with keyword search, ranking and analysis tools

- Familiarity with online SEO resources, tools, blogs, forums and professional organizations

- Experience with technical aspects of SEO from optimal site architecture to proper coding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience writing optimized web page content, META titles and descriptions

About BankBazaar :

BankBazaar is a tech-centric company that has been ranked amongst India’s hottest Startup’s by Business Today, CNBC Awaaz & Economic Times. We develop products that power BankBazaar and online loan/credit card delivery systems of top Indian banks that include HDFC Bank, HDFC LTD, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank.

BankBazaar helps consumers research, choose and obtain the right financial products online. On Technology front, BankBazaar Builds platform and highly scalable applications on top of it. The above includes development of business rule engines, business process automation workflows, highly customizable web site platforms and intelligent credit decision and fraud detection systems.

Our team comprises ex-employees of Amazon, Microsoft & Trilogy from universities such as CEG, IIT, REC, Columbia, Georgia Tech & Virginia Tech. BankBazaar recently secured Series B funding from Sequoia in Jan 2014 and we are growing very rapidly.