Managing Director for SEO - Agency

What you do

• Manage the P&L and grow revenue across the SEO practice
• Align the organization around a single vision for delivering AI SEO visibility and organic traffic
• Senior sponsorship of our largest SEO client relationships working with agency SEO teams to develop strategy and communicating SEO strategy to client side C-level stakeholders
• Co-Lead GTM for AI Visibility efforts with the Chief Product Officer, lead new business SEO opportunities
• Define the partners and tech to best serve clients
• Guide measurement strategy for SEO and AI Visibility
• Deliver SEO thought leadership across social media, blog and industry speaking engagements

Who you are

• An SEO professional with 12+ years of SEO experience inclusive of leading SEO teams, developing and executing SEO strategy for enterprise clients and participation in sales processes
• Have an opinion of how AI and LLMs have changed SEO and how brands need to adapt to drive increased AI visibility
• Held in high regard by media partners and colleagues
• Comfortable in a QBR, on stage or in a pitch closing media business
• Understanding of SEO from a technical, content and strategic lens
• Track record of hiring, developing and growing successful teams
• Ideally have independent agency experience
• Strong negotiation skills
• Can build: processes, trainings and culture

How you succeed

• You live our culture code every day!
• Clearly define how we will show up in the marketplace, align the leadership team around it, and build the teams in markets in that image
• Take a pragmatic, first principles approach
• Balance quick wins versus long term tactics
• Grow our SEO Practice revenue via both new business and new buying assignments from existing clients
• Collaborate and share with other SEO leaders globally, as well as Medial & Data leaders in NAMER
• Build strong relationships and work effectively with your peer group