Vice President, Performance Content (SEO/GEO/AEO)

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$149K/yr – $215K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

SEO leadership with ownership of a multi-year roadmap across traditional and AI-driven search, plus governance, measurement, and executive storytelling for enterprise clients.

  • Own the SEO roadmap and ensure alignment with business KPIs across traditional and AI-driven search.
  • Lead senior teams and client relationships to shape decisions and drive adoption of new SEO capabilities.
  • Establish scalable governance and measurement frameworks across technical, content, and authority workstreams.

Job Description

SEO leadership and cross-functional strategy for enterprise clients, aligning governance, AI-aware optimization, and executive storytelling to business KPIs.

  • Set SEO vision and multi-year roadmap across portfolios, aligning strategy to business objectives and KPIs for traditional and AI-driven search.
  • Senior escalation point and trusted advisor, building executive relationships and guiding high-stakes decisions.
  • Establish standards for SEO strategy, governance, QA, and delivery across technical, content, and authority streams.
  • Lead and develop senior talent, driving coaching, succession planning, and a high-performance team culture.
  • Drive integrated solutions with cross-functional leaders to embed SEO in holistic plans.
  • Own evolution of SEO toolset and tech stack for analysis across traditional and AI-driven environments.
  • Guide enterprise measurement approaches and executive-ready storytelling across traditional and AI search.
  • Selectively leverage AI-assisted capabilities while maintaining human judgment and quality control.
  • Develop scalable frameworks and solutions to compete for visibility in AI-driven and answer-based search.
  • Support account growth by shaping SEO narratives and articulating value across the evolving landscape.
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Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI (inclusive of Picture Motion and RDL Worldwide); and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]), Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

London, England, United Kingdom
11K employees (3,008 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
38.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
15.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,719 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
4.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
215