SEO Manager

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

📋 Description

• Develop and oversee integrated SEO strategies that align with GAIN’s target audiences, commercial goals, and broader marketing initiatives.

• Take ownership of the quality, consistency, and timely execution of SEO efforts across GAIN websites.

• Convert business objectives and audience behaviors into organic search priorities, roadmaps, and success metrics.

• Engage in technical SEO, on-page optimization, content strategy, internal linking, digital authority, and off-site signals.

• Perform research on keywords, topics, audiences, and search intent.

• Transform audits and data into prioritized recommendations for clients and delivery teams.

• Manage migrations, redesigns, platform changes, and projects that impact organic performance.

• Keep track of search platform developments and adjust strategies based on risks and opportunities.

• Conduct and supervise technical audits that evaluate crawlability, indexation, site architecture, canonicalization, structured data, rendering, and page experience.

• Collaborate with developers, product teams, and client stakeholders to implement technical recommendations.

• Assist in quality assurance before and after releases, migrations, and significant website changes.

• Create evidence-based content strategies and review content briefs.

• Work together with content, creative, digital PR, and brand specialists to enhance relevance, authority, and organic reach.

• Investigate visibility across AI Overviews, AI assistants, conversational search, and generative experiences.

• Utilize AI tools responsibly for research, analysis, briefing, quality assurance, and workflow efficiency.

• Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks that align with client goals.

• Monitor organic visibility, engagement, conversion, and revenue performance.

• Generate performance reports detailing completed tasks and priorities for the upcoming period.

• Integrate search, analytics, and third-party platform data into actionable recommendations.

• Formulate hypotheses, tests, and forecasts to enhance decision-making and demonstrate the value of SEO.

• Communicate performance deficiencies, potential causes, and practical recovery strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three years of professional SEO experience in a consultancy or multi-client setting.

• Proven experience in developing and executing successful SEO strategies across multiple websites.

• Strong expertise in technical, content-focused, and authority-building SEO practices.

• Experience conducting technical audits and translating findings into prioritized action plans.

• Solid understanding of crawling, rendering, indexation, site architecture, canonicalization, structured data, internal linking, and Core Web Vitals.

• Excellent skills in keyword, topic, competitor, and search intent research.

• Proficient in using tools such as Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Semrush, Ahrefs, or similar platforms.

• Ability to analyze performance data and convert it into clear, commercially relevant recommendations.

• Experience in defining SEO measurement frameworks and reporting against business objectives.

• Confidence in managing client relationships and presenting to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Capability to manage multiple accounts or workstreams concurrently.

• Strong written communication, attention to detail, and quality control abilities.

• Capacity to collaborate effectively with content, development, UX, analytics, media, and strategy teams.

• Practical knowledge of how AI is influencing search behavior, content discovery, and SEO workflows.

• Demonstrated commitment to staying updated with search industry trends and responsibly testing new methods.

• Right to work in the Philippines without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

• Desirable: experience in supporting enterprise-level, international, multilingual, or multi-domain websites.

• Desirable: familiarity with eCommerce, local SEO, video SEO, app store optimization, or marketplace search.

• Desirable: experience in managing website migrations, redesigns, or replatforming projects.

• Desirable: knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and common web development frameworks.

• Desirable: experience with content management systems and enterprise platforms.

• Desirable: understanding of digital PR, link acquisition, and broader authority-building strategies.

• Desirable: experience using Looker Studio, BigQuery, SQL, or other data visualization and analysis tools.

• Desirable: experience in assessing brand visibility and citation patterns across AI-powered search and answer platforms.

• Desirable: experience contributing to pitches, proposals, account growth, or commercial scoping.

• Desirable: relevant industry certifications or evidence of ongoing professional development.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% Remote Work – Work from anywhere in the Philippines.

• Flexible Hours – Manage your time, working when you are most productive, though at least 3–4 hours of overlap with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is required.

• Global Client Exposure – Collaborate with leading international brands and agencies.

• Professional Growth – Work alongside other talented professionals in digital strategy, content, and analytics.

• Potential for Long-Term Hire – If it’s a great match, we are open to growing alongside you.

• Access to GAIN Academy, an internal learning and development hub.

• Opportunities for leadership and management development.

• Development of AI fluency.

• Mentorship opportunities.

• Experiential workshops.

• On-demand learning experiences.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.