Team Lead, SEO

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Team Lead, SEO based in the United States.

The Team Lead, SEO will lead a high-value portfolio of $800K–$1M+ while managing and developing a team of 6–8 marketing professionals.
You will serve as the senior SEO and GEO advisor for clients, building trusted relationships with C-suite stakeholders and connecting organic search strategies to measurable business outcomes.
The role combines strategic client leadership, people management, commercial growth, and innovation across SEO and generative engine optimization.
You will help evolve organic search offerings by testing emerging AI-search practices and turning successful approaches into scalable methodologies.
As a player-coach leader, you will guide teams toward exceptional delivery while remaining focused on client retention, expansion, and long-term value.
You will operate in a remote-first, data-driven agency environment where continuous learning, experimentation, transparency, and collaboration are highly valued.
This is an opportunity to shape both client growth and the future direction of SEO and GEO while developing the next generation of digital marketing talent.

Accountabilities:

• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a team of 6–8 people, overseeing onboarding, performance management, feedback, career development, and team growth.
• Own a portfolio valued at approximately $800K–$1M+, ensuring strong client retention, satisfaction, strategic outcomes, and sustainable account growth.
• Serve as the executive-level SEO and GEO voice for assigned clients, developing relationships with CMOs and C-suite stakeholders and communicating strategic value in terms of revenue, pipeline, lifetime value, and long-term ROI.
• Build trusted client partnerships grounded in empathy, transparency, accountability, and a strong understanding of business objectives.
• Identify and pursue appropriate upsell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities, collaborating with Paid Media, Creative, Client Engagement, and other teams to develop integrated growth recommendations.
• Set strategic direction for SEO and GEO across the portfolio, ensuring account teams are focused on the right priorities rather than relying on hands-on execution by the team lead.
• Drive the evolution of organic search offerings by pressure-testing strategies, evaluating emerging AI-search practices, and converting successful experiments into repeatable team methodologies.
• Champion practical AI adoption by increasing team fluency, piloting new tools and workflows, and sharing lessons and results across the broader organization.
• Use data to evaluate SEO and GEO effectiveness across rankings, traffic, conversions, revenue, and other relevant business metrics.
• Mentor direct reports and junior team members, providing strategic guidance, constructive feedback, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Participate in recruiting activities, including sourcing, interviewing, and selecting future team members.
• Manage complex client and team situations with sound judgment, strong conflict-resolution skills, and a calm, solutions-oriented approach.
• Establish strong operating rhythms across the team, balancing multiple accounts, projects, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Contribute thought leadership by sharing insights, industry trends, experiments, and emerging practices with clients and the broader digital marketing community.
• Support the development of the future SEO organization by continuously improving processes, strategic approaches, and capabilities.

Requirements:

• Proven people-management experience leading a team of approximately 6–8 professionals, including hiring, coaching, performance management, difficult feedback, and career development.
• Hands-on agency experience across SEO and GEO, with exposure to areas such as content strategy, enterprise SEO, PR, paid media, analytics, or integrated digital marketing.
• Deep practical experience with GEO, including AI Overviews, LLM-powered discovery, generative search interfaces, and strategies for improving visibility across emerging search experiences.
• Demonstrated ability to test, implement, evaluate, and teach SEO and GEO strategies while using data to connect marketing activity to measurable outcomes.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI as a practical working tool, with experience using AI to improve individual or team workflows and a willingness to continually experiment with emerging technologies.
• Strong executive-level client management skills, with the ability to confidently engage C-suite stakeholders and translate complex digital marketing concepts into clear business recommendations.
• Experience navigating client organizations and building relationships with senior stakeholders, particularly CMOs and other executives.
• Strong commercial instincts and a consistent record of identifying account-growth opportunities and increasing revenue.
• Excellent conflict-resolution and communication skills, with the ability to navigate high-pressure client and team situations constructively.
• Strong strategic thinking and business judgment, balancing channel expertise with broader commercial and organizational objectives.
• Exceptional organization and time-management skills, with the ability to context-switch effectively across multiple accounts, projects, and priorities.
• Adaptability and a commitment to continuous learning, experimentation, change management, and innovation.
• Comfortable leading through ambiguity, challenging assumptions, and providing candid feedback while maintaining strong relationships.

Benefits:

• Annual salary range of $95,000–$115,000 , with final compensation determined by skills and experience.
• Compensation reviewed at least annually.
• Remote-first work environment within the United States.
• Option to work from a headquarters office in Philadelphia for candidates who prefer an office environment.
• Comprehensive employee benefits and additional benefit offerings.
• Inclusive and collaborative culture focused on learning, growth, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to welcoming diverse backgrounds, identities, abilities, and experiences.
• Opportunity to lead a significant client portfolio and a team of 6–8 professionals.
• Opportunity to shape emerging SEO and GEO practices and influence the evolution of AI-driven search marketing.
• Exposure to strategic client relationships, executive stakeholders, integrated marketing programs, and thought leadership.
• Work environment centered on data, experimentation, compassion, and measurable impact.
• Candidates must be based in the United States and able to work continental U.S.-based hours.

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