Senior SEO & AI Strategist

As our Senior SEO & AI Strategist, you will own our organic and local search strategy. You will be responsible for prompting, training, and guiding our AI tools, validating their output, and layering advanced, cutting-edge SEO tactics on top of our automated workflows. You must have at least 5 years of deep SEO experience spanning both traditional organic and local map pack optimization, combined with hands-on experience using Large Language Models (LLMs). We need someone who understands advanced, modern CTR concepts and entity-based SEO tactics like cloud stacking. Key Responsibilities AI Tool Orchestration: Oversee and optimize our internal AI SEO tools, crafting advanced prompts, managing workflows, and ensuring all AI-generated content and structures meet rigorous quality and E-E-A-T standards. Organic Strategy: Develop and execute high-level SEO strategies, utilizing LLMs for deep keyword clustering, semantic gap analysis, and programmatic SEO scaling. Local SEO Dominance: Manage and optimize local search footprints, GBP networks, local citations, and geo-targeted landing pages. Advanced Off-Page & Entity Building: Execute advanced SEO tactics, including cloud stacking (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) to build high-authority entity rings and backlink structures. Behavioral Signal Optimization: Monitor, analyze, and ethically test CTR manipulation and user behavior signals to improve rankings in highly competitive niches. Data & Analytics: Monitor organic performance, traffic metrics, and keyword movements using Google Analytics, GSC, Ahrefs/Semrush, and custom AI data pipelines. Required Qualifications Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of proven experience in SEO (agency or in-house) with a track record of driving significant organic and local growth. AI & LLM Fluency: Deep familiarity with LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini) and prompt engineering. You know how to make AI do complex analytical work, not just write basic paragraphs. Technical SEO Mastery: Strong understanding of schema markup, crawl budget, site architecture, and entity-based search. Advanced Tactics: Direct, hands-on experience with cloud stacking strategies and a strong understanding of how CTR and user signals influence modern search algorithms