Interim Head of SEO & AI Discoverability - 6 Month Contract

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$150/hr – $170/hrDirector/ExecutiveContract

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Lead the Search and LLM visibility program for Conductor across AMRS and global markets, acting as the global SEO/GEO SME and translating insights into prioritized content and governance for executive audiences.

  • Search & LLM Visibility Operations: Own day‑to‑day SEO, GEO, and LLM visibility workflows across AMRS, EMEA, APAC and partner with Aladdin.
  • Global SME & Executive Alignment: Act as the global SME for SEO, GEO, and LLM‑driven search and discovery; translate data into simple narratives for leadership.
  • Content & Technical Readiness: Review content briefs and templates for search intent, LLM readability, and work with tech teams on crawlability, indexing, schemas.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Maintain momentum on Search, LLM visibility, and AI‑powered discoverability across AMRS and global markets, while providing consistent team leadership and clear executive‑level communication
  • Act as the global SME for SEO, GEO, and LLM‑driven search and discovery
  • Provide authoritative guidance on Search strategy and best practices, LLM visibility and AI‑ready content structures
  • Ensure consistency in how Search and LLM visibility are understood and applied across AMRS and Global teams
  • Represent the Search & LLM visibility function confidently in executive forums, working sessions, and leadership discussions
  • Own day‑to‑day SEO, GEO, and LLM visibility workflows across AMRS, EMEA, APAC and partnering with Aladdin business
  • Translate insights into clear, prioritized recommendations for content updates, new page creation, and evangelizing Conductor among AMRS stakeholders
  • Advise on dashboard creation for key campaigns
  • Act as the primary search + LLM visibility contact for BlackRock
  • Join recurring meetings to provide updates, answer questions, and flag risks or blockers

Requirements

  • Director‑level interim leadership experience
  • strong experience in search and digital marketing
  • preferably financial services
  • on-site 4x a week with Fridays remote
  • based in NYC or willing to be onsite 4x weekly
  • ability to steward and execute existing work rather than rebuild strategy
  • ability to provide executive alignment and communication to senior leadership

Preferred

  • preferably financial services
  • strong experience in search, digital marketing (and AI/LLM visibility)
  • experience leading interim director-level roles
  • ability to partner with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Analytics, Engineering)
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Conductor

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At Conductor, we’re on a mission to help companies realize the full potential of their AI search presence and translate their wisdom into content that helps people.Conductor is the only end-to-end, enterprise AEO platform built on the industry’s most complete data engine. The unified platform provides unparalleled AEO & SEO intelligence, scaled AI content generation, and real-time website monitoring. From tracking visibility in LLMs to technical health and content optimization, Conductor’s platform empowers teams to increase authority and visibility in AI and traditional search and accelerate digital growth. Conductor was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for SEO platforms and is rated #1 on TrustRadius and G2 by enterprise marketers. Customers include global brands such as SAP, e.l.f Cosmetics, FedEx, & Mastercard.We’re also passionate about transforming the workplace into a force that helps people grow through our people-first mindset. As a result, Conductor has been recognized as a Crain's Best Place to Work for 7 years, Best Companies to Work for New York State for 9 years, and Best Workplace by Inc. Magazine.

Founded in 2010
New York, New York, USA
425 employees (55 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
189K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$46.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.6%
Direct
46.2%
Referral
7.3%
Social
1.7%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~426

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (10% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$210.6M
Last Raise
$150M
Series Unknown, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2021
    Series Unknown • $150M
  • Feb 2015
    Series D • $27M
  • Oct 2012
    Series C • $20M

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