UK - Search Director

Overview & Primary Outcomes

The Search Director is a role that specializes within a particular Search and works alongside the Client Directors within their client portfolio. They are responsible for ensuring their client portfolio understands and embodies the Search's best practices and demonstrates the measurable value of the Search's activity. They will champion the Search internally and externally, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of platform changes and industry best practices. The Search Director will work closely with the Head of Search to ensure alignment with the overall Search strategy and contribute to the ongoing development of the Search team. 

This role has 4 primary outcomes

• Relationship: Strong relationships are built and maintained with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Client engagement: Your client portfolio possess a strong understanding of Search best practices, actively participate in Search strategy development, and recognize the measurable value of Search activities.
• Expertise: The Search Director demonstrates a high level of expertise and consistently delivers exceptional results. 
• Innovative: The Search Director is always looking for ways to develop and grow the Search through new recommendations, testing and thought leadership whilst following the company best practice framework.

Key Responsibilities

Search Expertise:

• Act as a subject matter expert and advocate for the Search within their assigned client portfolio.
• Ensure your client portfolio embodies Search best practices and understand the measurable value of Search activity.
• Regularly review accounts to ensure activity is maximized, high-quality, and aligned with best practices.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Search best practices in collaboration with the Head of Search.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, platform updates, and competitive landscape.

Search Innovation:

• Is regarded internally and externally as a Search expert through speaking opportunities, blogs and thought leadership
• Anticipates and support in responding to future industry changes to maintain a competitive edge
• Explore and implement new Search technologies, tools, and strategies 
• Testing plans are developed and is a key pillar in our Search strategy delivered to clients

Team Leadership & Development:

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to team members to enhance their skills and knowledge.
• Foster a culture of innovation and learning within the team, ensuring that learnings are shared and implemented effectively.
• Collaborate with other Search experts to ensure global standardization and best practice sharing.
• Leads independently on Search-related troubleshooting projects for their client portfolio

Stakeholder Relationship Management:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with your client portfolio stakeholders, acting as a Search expert
• Regularly communicate with clients, providing updates on insights, trends and recommendations for your Search
• Showcases the value and opportunities of the Search activity to your client portfolio. 
• Supporting Client Directors with their client portfolio on Search related projects, troubleshooting and opportunities 

Our Package

Salary

Incubeta pay industry benchmark salaries. Salary is reviewed on a regular basis and can increase as you progress along your career path. We also offer additional performance related bonuses, so we can be found above the industry benchmark on pay alone.

Benefits

We have a credit-based benefits package which allows you to choose from a range of benefits including health care, additional pension, gym memberships and more.

Policies

Our policies are forward thinking and industry leading and heavily contribute to our outstanding culture.

Learning and Development

We have an in-house team of learning specialists who will ensure a smooth transition into your role and the wider business. As a minimum, you’ll have a forward looking development review every 6 months to discuss your career goals and our L&D team will be on hand to support you to get there.

Our unique hiring process:

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

As such we use an anonymised recruitment process. When you hit apply you’ll first be asked some questions about you, if you feel comfortable, we’d love for you to provide as much information as you can. Your data will be anonymous and will not be shared. It will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics and where we might need to make improvements. After that you’ll be asked to answer some questions that are related to the day-to-day role. Your answers will go through our sift process where they’ll be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which includes two or three interviews.

We love giving feedback, and you’ll be well informed of your progress throughout the application process.