Associate Director of Search Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee a team of search experience professionals, managing 2–4 direct reports ranging from specialist to senior strategist levels.

• Develop and sustain individual development plans, coaching schedules, and mentorship for each member of the team.

• Take charge of team retention, performance management, feedback processes, and promotion recommendations.

• Manage capacity planning and staffing for the search experience team.

• Foster innovation, training, and development in collaboration with the R&D team.

• Provide executive-level supervision for client accounts and fulfill hands-on responsibilities akin to those of an Account Director.

• Act as the primary escalation point for client issues and resolve concerns with strategic direction.

• Assist in high-level strategy formulation, performance monitoring, and internal audit requests.

• Monitor client churn trends and take action when risks are identified.

• Aid in audits, pitches, opportunity identification, case studies, and service expansion efforts.

• Ensure product quality within the pod through effective QA processes.

• Pursue advancements in the Search Experience channel, including certifications and experiments with GEO/AEO and AI-search.

• Centralize learning from pod tests and spearhead knowledge-sharing initiatives and quarterly brainstorming sessions.

• Utilize Claude, Omega, Iris, and Nova on a daily basis to automate search analysis, reporting, monitoring, and QA checks.

• Keep abreast of and promote the adoption of the Power Circuit and Nova ecosystem.

• Assist in recruitment by conducting interviews, skills assessments, and creating business cases for new hires.

• Implement AI technologies and capitalize on Power Digital’s Nova ecosystem to enhance business processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4-5 years of experience in digital marketing, with a minimum of 3 years in an agency environment.

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in executing search experience strategies.

• Over 3 years of experience in team management, including performance oversight and development planning.

• Solid understanding of the role of search experience within the marketing funnel.

• Proficient knowledge of organic search, GEO/AEO concepts, and AI search behaviors.

• Advanced proficiency in both spoken and written English.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong evidence of using AI to enhance workflows.

• Excellent organizational and project management capabilities.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• A robust work ethic with the capacity to learn swiftly and independently.

• A genuine interest in establishing a long-term partnership with a growing company.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus commission opportunities.

• Prepaid Medicine Plan.

• 15 paid vacation days (PTO) each year.

• Up to 4 hours per quarter for paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) for charitable activities.

• Fully flexible work environment: choose from full-remote, in-office, or hybrid options.

• A one-time stipend of 400,000 COP for Work From Home (WFH) expenses, added to your first paycheck.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• 17 recognized Colombian national holidays plus 2 mental health recharge days annually.

• Legal benefits such as Prima and Cesantías.

• Paid Social Security.

• Unlimited potential for growth and leadership within a rapidly expanding firm.

• Continuous employee development programs aimed at personal and professional advancement (Hedgehog and Vital 5s).

• Quarterly awards, including monetary prizes and recognition for exceptional performance.

• Opportunities to engage in company DEI initiatives.