Senior SEO Strategist

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive enterprise SEO and AI-enabled visibility programs for large clients, leading strategic delivery and cross-functional coordination.

  • Must-have: 5+ years of hands-on SEO with a strong technical/strategic focus and enterprise experience.
  • Must-have: 3+ years presenting to client POCs and managing multiple agency engagements.
  • Standout: Ability to translate AI/RAG concepts into business outcomes and secure client buy-in across cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Drive enterprise SEO and AI-enabled visibility programs, leading strategic delivery across technical audits, content optimization, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute advanced SEO and AEO strategies for enterprise clients, spanning technical audits, content optimization, keyword research, and AI visibility programs including content structuring for LLM retrieval, entity coverage, structured data, and crawler access.
  • Apply a working understanding of information retrieval principles (indexing, ranking, retrieval augmented generation) to inform how content is structured, surfaced, and evaluated by both traditional and AI-driven search systems.
  • Build measurement frameworks that connect organic performance to business outcomes, including AI traffic attribution models in GA4.
  • Lead cross-channel efforts integrating SEO and AEO with paid media, content, social, and analytics teams.
  • Understand client business models and apply that understanding to strategy, prioritization, and executive-level recommendations.
  • Own enterprise client engagements from kickoff through ongoing delivery, navigating multiple stakeholders and building durable working relationships.
  • Present strategies and findings directly to client POCs and senior stakeholders. Translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-oriented recommendations that earn client buy-in.
  • Support new business pitches with audits and competitive analysis, and contribute to the sales process with pitch materials and discovery support.
  • Mentor junior team members and contribute to internal process documentation and reference templates.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on SEO experience with a strong emphasis on technical and strategic work.
  • 3+ years presenting SEO strategies to client POCs and senior stakeholders.
  • 3+ years leading client accounts in an agency environment, managing multiple engagements simultaneously with minimal oversight.
  • Proven track record of driving measurable organic growth for enterprise or multi-location clients.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field preferred.
  • Deep knowledge of on-page, off-page, and technical SEO, including complex edge cases: JavaScript indexation, crawl budget mechanics, canonicalization conflicts, and medium-scale domain migrations without oversight.
  • Working understanding of information retrieval principles and how they govern content indexing, ranking, and retrieval in both traditional search engines and AI-driven systems.
  • Ability to interpret large datasets across GA4, GSC, Adobe Analytics, and Looker Studio and translate findings into clear, actionable strategies.
  • Proficiency in Screaming Frog and keyword research tools such as Conductor, BrightEdge, Ahrefs, or SEMrush.
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
  • Working understanding of RAG architecture and how it governs content retrieval in AI search engines including ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
  • Familiarity with Google's AI systems (BERT, NavBoost, HCS, SpamBrain).
  • Ability to develop and execute AI visibility strategies covering content structuring for retrieval, entity recognition, structured data, and crawler access.
  • Genuine curiosity about AI and a demonstrated habit of staying current with how AI search is evolving.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex SEO and AI search concepts to non-technical stakeholders and consistently gain client buy-in on recommendations.
  • Ability to connect SEO and AEO strategy to client business outcomes, not just traffic and rankings.
  • Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple accounts and deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment with minimal oversight.
  • Collaborative cross-functional mindset with experience working across paid, content, social, and analytics teams.

Preferred

  • Experience using AI APIs (OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, or similar) to build or prototype workflows.
  • Python experience, particularly for data analysis or automation.
  • Proficiency with Conductor.
  • GA4 or Google Search Console (GSC) certification.
  • Experience in Medical, B2B, SaaS, eCommerce, or professional services industries.
  • Experience with CMS platforms such as WordPress, HubSpot, Webflow, or Drupal.
  • Experience producing agency marketing content such as blog posts, webinars, or conference presentations.
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Founded in 1986
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
540 employees (78 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
76% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$59K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18.6%
Direct
41.3%
Referral
4.2%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~538

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
58 (11% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 15 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2010
    Private Equity

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