SEO Team Lead​/Assistant Manager - SEO; Remote

We are looking for an SEO Team Lead / Assistant Manager to drive scalable organic growth across traditional search engines, AI-powered search experiences, and generative discovery platforms. This role combines leadership, strategic SEO ownership, technical expertise, AI-first optimization, and automation-led execution.

The ideal candidate has proven experience delivering measurable SEO growth, managing teams, handling enterprise SEO accounts, and building scalable SEO systems powered by AI, automation, semantic search, and data-driven insights.

You’ll act as a bridge between strategy, execution, innovation, and leadership — helping future-proof organic visibility across Google Search, AI Overviews (AIO), ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and other LLM-driven ecosystems.

This is a remote position and requires strong communication skills, self-management abilities, and proficiency in remote collaboration tools.

• Own end-to-end SEO strategy for enterprise and high-value client accounts.
• Translate business goals into scalable organic growth roadmaps.
• Lead strategic planning across technical SEO, content SEO, semantic SEO, and authority building.
• Present growth strategies, forecasting, and SEO recommendations confidently to stakeholders.
• Stay ahead of Google algorithm updates, AI search evolution, and industry trends.

• Lead, mentor, and upskill a team of SEO Specialists and Executives.
• Review audits, keyword research, content briefs, reports, and implementation plans.
• Build SEO SOPs, workflows, QA systems, and best-practice documentation.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous learning.

• Lead advanced keyword research, entity research, and semantic topic clustering.
• Ensure accurate intent mapping across informational, commercial, and transactional queries.
• Identify SERP opportunities, content gaps, and topical authority opportunities.

• Drive visibility across AI-powered search experiences including Google AI Overviews (AIO), ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.
• Develop GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) strategies focused on semantic relevance and entity authority.
• Optimize content for AI retrieval, summarization, conversational search, and answer-engine discoverability.
• Guide teams on AI-first content structures and LLM-friendly optimization techniques.

• Lead SEO-first content strategies and roadmap planning.
• Ensure compliance with EEAT principles across all content initiatives.
• Guide optimization for featured snippets, People Also Ask, rich results, and AI-ready content formats.
• Collaborate with content, design, and development teams for holistic execution.

• Lead advanced technical SEO audits and implementation strategies.
• Oversee improvements in Core Web Vitals, crawlability, indexation, schema, and performance.
• Build scalable SEO automation workflows using Python, APIs, AI tools, and crawler integrations.
• Automate repetitive SEO tasks such as audits, reporting, metadata generation, and internal linking analysis.

• Lead ethical and scalable link-building and digital PR initiatives.
• Guide AI-assisted outreach and personalization workflows.
• Monitor backlink quality and domain authority metrics.

• Own SEO reporting frameworks, KPIs, forecasting, and business-impact tracking.
• Build advanced dashboards using GA4, GSC, and Looker Studio.
• Measure visibility across traditional SERPs and AI-generated search environments.
• Use AI and automation to improve reporting efficiency and opportunity identification.

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