Senior SEO Manager Strategist

Retain and grow client accounts by delivering search‑everywhere strategies that increase qualified leads and customer revenue—while keeping client CSAT ≥ 8/10 and monthly churn ≤ 2 %. About Single Grain LLC Single Grain is a fast-moving, AI-driven digital marketing agency helping top brands like Amazon and Uber grow through Paid Media, SEO, Content, and Creative — powered by a lean, high-performing team focused on smart, impactful work. Description We’re scaling Single Grain, Karrot.ai, ClickFlow, and future ventures into a tech‑enabled growth engine—and we need proactive, decisive, results‑driven leaders to fuel that momentum. If you’re relentless about client success, retention, and turning SEO into revenue in an AI‑first world, keep reading. Who We Are Single Grain is an award‑winning growth‑marketing agency that’s helped Amazon, Uber, Salesforce, and 100+ innovators scale since 2009. From Paid Media to CRO, our own channels prove we walk the talk: 200K+ monthly blog readers 100M+ podcast downloads 140K+ YouTube subscribers Karrot.ai is our LinkedIn ABM platform that lets B2B teams launch and scale ads in minutes, not weeks. ClickFlow is our in‑house SEO software that helps teams test and ship on‑page optimizations up to 40% faster, freeing SEOs to focus on high‑impact strategy instead of grunt work. Who You Are You’ve mastered classical SEO and evolved into Search‑Everywhere Optimization—winning traffic, leads, and customers across Google, YouTube, AI answer surfaces, and whatever emerges next. You eat technical audits for breakfast, craft content strategies by lunch, and present client‑ready roadmaps by happy hour. Speak both client and code – brief C‑suites and debug schema in the same day. Own retention – you measure success by satisfied clients, MRR expansion, and churn kept Think AI‑first – you’ve tested AI overviews, AIO snippets, prompt‑engineered content workflows. Balance tech & content – site health, topical authority, and modern link/PR all get your equal love. Lead from the front – set strategy, mentor analysts, and push the team to the bleeding edge. Mission Retain and grow client accounts by delivering search‑everywhere strategies that increase qualified leads and customer revenue—while keeping client CSAT ≥8/10 and monthly churn ≤2%. Problem to Be Solved Clients need an SEO partner who can thrive beyond “10 blue links,” leverage AI surfaces, and drive measurable pipeline—while holding churn and satisfaction targets. Core Responsibilities Client strategy & retention – Own 6‑10 key accounts; set quarterly OKRs; run QBRs tied to pipeline. Technical & content leadership – Lead audits, migrations, redesigns, content gap analyses, and authority building. AI & SERP innovation – Deploy tactics for AI Overviews, YouTube search, Reddit answer boxes, and whatever else might be relevant. Cross‑functional enablement – Inject SEO insights into Paid Media, CRO, and creative roadmaps. Tool‑stack excellence – Master Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Surfer, ClickFlow, and any AI copilots you introduce. Reporting & analytics – Weekly KPI Looms; monthly retention & CSAT dashboards for SEO Leader & COO. Requirements 5+ yrs agency or multi‑brand SEO ownership with direct client management. Record of ≤25% annual churn and ≥20% YoY qualified‑lead growth across accounts. Wins on non‑Google surfaces (YouTube, Reddit, AI answer cards, etc.). Technical chops (indexation, CWV, structured data, log‑file analysis) & content expertise. Expert in Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Surfer, GA4, GSC Comfortable prompt‑engineering and leveraging AI for research, outlines, internal linking, QA. Clear communicator who simplifies complexity for C‑level and mentors junior talent. Behavioral Competencies Relentless learner Proactive ownership Resilient problem‑solver Long term focused Benefits & Support Salary DOE Full suite of health, vision, dental, 401(k). Tool budget for best‑in‑class SEO & AI software (including ClickFlow). Remote‑first (U.S. time‑zone overlap ≥4 hrs). Direct mentorship from Head of SEO; collaborate with Paid Media, CRO, and AI teams. #J-18808-Ljbffr