SEO Strategy Manager – AI Focus

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the SEO strategy and monitor KPI progress across designated client accounts.

• Serve as the primary strategic liaison for clients, delivering transparent updates, proactive recommendations, and assured guidance.

• Oversee strategy evaluations, reporting meetings, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs), linking SEO performance to business impact.

• Track potential risks, obstacles, and indicators of client dissatisfaction, and develop recovery plans proactively before issues arise.

• Discover growth potential and suggest new initiatives or scope expansions that can yield measurable results.

• Transform recurring SEO tasks into standardized templates, workflows, or automated processes.

• Establish monitoring for fluctuations in rankings, technical issues, competitor actions, and visibility gaps in AI search outcomes.

• Develop ongoing processes for auditing and enhancing technical SEO, structured data, internal linking, and content visibility.

• Keep track of how frequently clients’ brands are cited or endorsed in AI search results, recognize gaps, and recommend actions for better visibility.

• Determine which SEO tasks should be managed by specialists, AI tools, or a combination of both.

• Implement quality assurance checks for automated SEO workflows, integrating tool-based assessments with human reviews.

• Maintain a shared repository of prompts, workflows, and automation resources for the SEO team.

• Assist SEO Specialists in adopting AI tools and workflows in a systematic, quality-assured manner.

• Consistently identify repetitive tasks that can be streamlined, automated, or enhanced.

• Stay informed about SEO, AI search behavior, algorithm changes, and automation technologies.

• Convert emerging trends and tools into effective workflows that enhance client service and outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in developing and leading SEO strategies, ideally within an agency, eCommerce, or client-facing setting.

• Strong grasp of technical SEO, on-page SEO, content strategy, internal linking, off-page SEO, reporting, and performance evaluation.

• Capability to align SEO efforts with business objectives such as visibility, traffic, conversions, revenue impact, and growth.

• Ownership mentality regarding SEO KPIs – you are accountable for enhancing performance, not merely reporting it.

• Practical insight into how AI search is reshaping organic visibility, including AI-generated responses, LLM recommendations, source credibility, and brand mentions.

• Hands-on experience with AI tools or automation to enhance SEO workflows.

• Ability to convert recurring SEO tasks into clear, repeatable workflows with quality assurance measures.

• Sound judgment on which tasks should be automated, which require human expertise, and where both approaches should collaborate.

• Excellent client communication skills in confident English, with the capacity to clarify complex SEO and AI search concepts.

• Ability to manage expectations, navigate challenging conversations, and provide assured strategic guidance.

• Structured approach: translating strategy into actionable roadmaps, tasks, and measurable results.

• Confidence to question assumptions and function as a trusted strategic advisor.

• Proficiency in coding or agent frameworks like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with SEO and analytics tools such as Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog, and GA4.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive starting salary in line with the market - 2100-2400 EUR NET

• Performance-based bonuses linked to successful project execution and client results

• Exciting travel opportunities

• Support for hardware upgrades

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage and sports bonuses

• A diverse, multinational team of experts to learn from

• Company-sponsored training and certification

• Legendary online and onsite events to celebrate our achievements together.