Director, Enterprise Agentic Search Content

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$123K/yr – $215K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive enterprise agentic search content strategy and governance to enable AI-driven discovery at scale, leading a team across departments.

  • Lead the enterprise Agentic Content program and governance across markets to enable AI-driven discovery.
  • Must-have: 7+ years in enterprise-scale content strategy or SEO leadership.
  • Standout: Hub-and-spoke model with self-service capabilities for LoB partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Translate internal and external insights into strategic, prioritized content roadmaps (content gaps, opportunities, mitigation of inconsistent/outdated answers, etc.)
  • Create frameworks for prompt optimization, structured data enrichment, content readability by AI engines, and Authority S
  • Build content systems structured for LLM discovery, improving agent understanding and supporting optimization loops
  • Partner with Marketing, Product, Communications, UX Design, Data Science, Legal, and Servicing teams to drive a cohesive approach to both marketing and servicing applications.
  • Own the enterprise insights “spine”- the taxonomy of intents, targets, topics, behaviors, citation tracking approaches, which can be translated into prioritized recommendations for implementation.
  • Support “source of truth” mapping, provide governance around what types of content should leverage different distribution mechanics
  • Coordinate experimentation across centralized and brand-level execution
  • Partner with UX Design and Research teams to develop journey, prompt, and thematic studies and insights to inform content strategy
  • Evolve and expand enterprise AEO insights partnerships in an enterprise hub-and-spoke model, allowing for empowered, self-service capabilities for LoB partners, while providing consistent operating guardrails.
  • Continuous horizon scanning to assess evolution of influential content in third party ecosystem (i.e. media, social, paid search, PR, etc.)
  • Content operations governance, including editorial planning and calendarization, workflows, and standards
  • Publish and run templates, trainings, and playbooks across enterprise as required
  • Lead a team of managers and analysts in the delivery of the Agentic Content strategy

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in enterprise-scale content strategy, content operations, or SEO/AEO leadership in a complex matrixed organization
  • Technical fluency around structured content
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Proven success in program management across complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Ability to translate technical and emerging search capabilities into business impact and enterprise readiness
  • Exceptional collaboration and influencing skills across marketing, technology, and analytics organizations
  • Demonstrated ability to drive governance frameworks and best-practice adoption across diverse markets and business lines

Preferred

  • AI/Tech-Driven Search Strategy experience preferred
  • Experience in industries where content and merchandising is critical

Benefits

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6%25 Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities
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