SEO & GEO Manager

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$96K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead and grow a four-person SEO & GEO team, delivering holistic organic and GEO strategies for premium accounts, while coordinating with Paid Media, Data, and Engineering and managing executive relationships.

  • Own people management and delivery excellence for the team.
  • Define and execute holistic GEO/organic strategies across engines.
  • Manage executive client relationships and cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Team Leadership & Management (Core Focus ~80%)
  • - People Management: Direct, manage, and mentor a team of 4 SEO & GEO consultants, fostering their career growth, setting KPIs, and conducting regular performance reviews.
  • - Delivery Excellence: Oversee team workloads, quality control, and methodological consistency across all account deliverables.
  • - Up-skilling & Culture: Coach the team on emerging technologies (GEO, LLMs, AI search features) and internal SaaS platform tools.
  • Strategic Consulting & GEO Innovation (~20%)
  • - Organic & Generative Search Strategy: Define holistic organic strategies combining traditional technical/content SEO with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) across engines like Google (AI Overviews), SearchGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
  • - Executive Client Management: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executive stakeholders (CMOs, VPs of Marketing) across premium US and global accounts.
  • - Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Paid Media, Data, and Engineering teams to deliver fully integrated performance solutions.

Requirements

  • Experience: 4–5+ years in SEO/Organic Marketing within an agency environment.
  • Management Required: Proven experience managing direct reports (excluding interns or freelancers).
  • GEO & Technical Expertise: Strong mastery of technical SEO, content strategy, and modern LLM discovery mechanics (Entity Optimization, Information Gain, Brand Mentions in AI).
  • Client Portfolio: Track record of managing scale-up or enterprise-level clients with complex stakeholder structures.
  • Language & Work Authorization: Fluent/Native English speaker. Must be authorized to work in the US.
  • Soft Skills: Exceptional C-level executive presentation and communication skills.
  • Soft Skills: Strong team leadership, empathy, and strategic thinking.
  • Soft Skills: Highly organized, structured, and comfortable in a fast-paced agency environment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage through Aetna, with multiple plan options. Coverage begins on the 1st day of the month following your start date. Primelis covers $450/month towards employee premium costs.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO): 30 days of paid time off annually (combining PTO, Sick, and Personal days), accruing at 2.5 days per month starting from your first day.
  • Retirement Plan: Eligibility to participate in our upcoming 401(k) retirement plan (currently being finalized for rollout).
  • Work Setup & Location: Hybrid model based out of our NYC office (2 to 3 days/week in-office).
  • Working Hours: Standard 40-hour work week with core business hours between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM Eastern Time.
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Primelis

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Primelis is a Martech company built to drive brand growth through technology and expertise, all working as one.What started 15 years ago as a Search agency has grown into a full-funnel, performance-driven partner.We’ve built proprietary tech, scaled across every acquisition channel, and brought together the best in media, organic, retail, and creative.Our model is simple: no silos.Strategy meets activation. Paid meets organic. Brand meets performance.We connect it all to give marketing leaders clarity, control, and impact.We work with brands ready to lead, not just keep up.

Founded in 2009
Levallois-Perret, Île-de-France, FRA
163 employees (86 in marketing)
80% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.4%
Direct
41.4%
Referral
8.8%
Social
2.2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~173

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
85 (52% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$13.2M
Last Raise
$12.1M
Series Unknown, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2019
    Series Unknown • $12.1M
  • Sep 2016
    Series A • $1.1M