Operations Manager, SEO
Canva, Australia

We’re constantly working towards making Canva the best place to work, for everyone. We believe deeply that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key for building the best product for our equally diverse community all around the world. We celebrate uniqueness and whatever makes you, you and encourage everyone who wants to help us transform the way the world designs, to join us on this journey. We value all different types of experiences. If you don’t think you quite meet all of the qualifications, we’d still love to hear from you.
About UsAt Canva, our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform. Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and a remarkable growth trajectory we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.
Since launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 60 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 6 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we want to do.
At Canva, our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform. Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and a remarkable growth trajectory we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.
Since launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 60 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 6 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we want to do.

About the SEO Team
The SEO team’s mission is to empower every user in the world to discover Canva and inspire them to create their next design (whether it is a social media post, a presentation, a video or hundreds of other options). Spreading our efforts globally, SEO drives an average of 40 million new logged out sessions and 7 million new MAUs every quarter. The SEO team gathers a variety of talents 60+ members including SEO specialists, Engineers, Data analysts, Creative producers and Designers, etc. We have ambitious goals for the coming years and we need the help of Operations experts to support our team growth and execute our plans, while developing processes and ways-of-working for the team.

About Operations Management
As an Operations Manager for the English SEO team, you will be responsible for coordinating a set of related projects over time which are linked in an effort to grow our user base globally.
You will be an integral part of the team, working alongside leadership and stakeholders to ensure we have the infrastructure that is crucial for operational excellence.A core focus of your role will be to help grow and support the SEO team as we expand into more ambitious projects (Tech SEO, Content amp; Research, Programmatic SEO, etc.). Working alongside a range of other functions - from localisation to engineering, product or QA - you will build relationships and guide the team to deliver extraordinary work.
Working with our world-class SEO team is a unique opportunity you'll be exposed to the newest Canva products, the most innovative SEO systems and exciting creative challenges! Goals you'll achieve in your first 6 months...

• Goal #1 -Audit, optimise and document the English SEO team processes. Working hand in hand with the rest of the team, you’ll be able to analyse and help improve our overall delivery. In parallel, you will create and maintain playbooks for the team (processes, ways-of-working, tooling, etc.).
• Goal #2 - Oversee the delivery of all English SEO projects. You will break team goals down into manageable efforts (Jira tickets). You will run weekly meetings and sprint planning sessions. You will keep the program on track by managing timelines and tracking statuses, escalating issues as needed. You will liaise with various dependencies and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery on time, on budget and on scope.
• Goal #3 - Assist leadership for team growth. You will be working with leadership on defining resources and roles that are needed to reach our team vision and ambitious goals, responsibilities, hiring and onboarding.

You'll coordinate day to day operations

• Work across group wide initiatives with the ability to break assignments down into manageable efforts (identify requirements and resource gaps).
• Assigns clear owners of roles/streams with deliverables outlined.
• Runs and holds weekly meetings to keep deliverables on track.
• Coordinates projects, deadlines and track deliverables.
• Ensure project is closed and findings, lessons and success is documented.

You'll contribute to streamlining our operations

• Observe and analyse team pro