Team Lead, SEO and AEO

Austin, TX (Remote)

$112K/yr – $176K/yrSenior Level8+ years expOther

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Lead the SEO function across product areas, setting team goals, aligning with product, eng, and marketing leadership, and driving cross-functional initiatives to scale organic performance.

  • Owns SEO strategy, governance, and talent development for an enterprise-focused team.
  • Drives analytics, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to translate SEO insights into business impact.
  • Executes content, technical SEO, and experimentation programs in partnership with product, engineering, and PMM.

Job Description

Requirements

  • 8+ years of SEO experience, including 2+ years leading or managing an SEO team.
  • People leader with experience setting team-level goals and OKRs aligned with broader organizational objectives.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional peers and senior stakeholders (e.g., product, engineering, PMM leaders) by translating SEO insights into business language and building alignment.
  • Track record of building high-performing teams — hiring, setting expectations, giving feedback, and developing talent.
  • Proven ability to scale organic search as a performance channel through a combination of content, technical SEO, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills using tools like Google Analytics, Looker Studio, or Tableau.
  • Deep proficiency with SEO platforms and tools: Google Search Console, Brightedge, Semrush, Screaming Frog, and other organic visibility tools.
  • Experience with technical SEO implementation, including core areas like indexation, crawl optimization, page speed, and structured data.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and make decisions with incomplete information, directing creative solutions at the team level.
  • Experience driving high-performance culture and team health across distributed or remote teams.

Preferred

  • 10+ years of SEO experience in an enterprise B2B SaaS environment.
  • Experience managing large-scale enterprise SEO strategies for multi-product or international B2B brands.
  • Exposure to AI-driven SEO/AEO workflows, such as content ideation, optimization, and large-scale testing and experimentation.
  • Sets aspirational yet attainable goals for self and team; consistently evaluates team-level operational performance to optimize outcomes.

Benefits

  • At Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
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Salaries

Posted range

$112K/yr – $176K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$210M
Last Raise
$150M
Secondary Market, 12 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2014
    Secondary Market • $150M
  • Jul 2010
    Secondary Market • $60M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
30.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.5%
Direct
52.4%
Referral
22.7%
Social
0.3%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20.6K

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Team Lead, SEO and AEO

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