SEO Strategy Manager
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SEO Strategy Manager overseeing SEO Strategists to drive local SEO success for clients. At Olly Olly, you'll blend technology and expertise to empower small businesses.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of 6-10 SEO Strategists across multiple time zones
- Conduct regular 1:1s focused on strategic problem-solving coaching —helping strategists level up their diagnostic skills and business thinking
- Review complex strategies before client delivery, serving as the "does this logic hold up?" quality gate
- Identify knowledge gaps and create learning programs that deepen team expertise (technical SEO, competitive intelligence, vertical-specific strategies)
- Own the quality of strategy output across Strategic/Elite accounts—ensuring recommendations are sound, achievable, and ROI-positive
- Serve as escalation point for the hardest SEO problems: algorithm volatility, technical mysteries, competitive impasses
- Monitor portfolio performance metrics (rankings, traffic, conversions) and identify patterns that inform team approach
Requirements:
- 5+ years of advanced SEO strategy experience where you owned complex, high-stakes client outcomes
- 2+ years of wordpress experience is required (SEO plugins, Navigating CMS for website changes)
- Deep expertise in technical SEO (site architecture, JavaScript rendering, Core Web Vitals, schema, log analysis)—you can troubleshoot at the code level
- Proven track record of diagnosing and solving non-obvious ranking problems that stump other strategists
- Strong understanding of competitive intelligence: reverse-engineering what's actually working, not just what tools report
- Experience across multiple verticals with understanding of how local SEO strategy differs by industry
- Comfort with AI-augmented workflows (Claude, ChatGPT) but you know when human judgment should override AI recommendations
- 2-3+ years managing SEO strategists, specialists, or senior analysts (ideally in agency or multi-client environments)
- Experience with task management, workflow management systems (Jira, Zendesk, Freshdesk or a similar system)
- Track record of developing people's strategic thinking abilities, not just their task completion
- Experience managing remote/distributed teams with different cultural backgrounds and communication styles
- Comfort with coaching through ambiguity—helping team members think through problems without giving them the answer
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary (based on experience) + performance incentives tied to team results and client retention
- Flexible work: 100% remote with core collaboration hours (8 AM–5 PM EST, Mon–Fri)
- Work-life balance: 15 vacation days + U.S. holidays
- Career growth: Clear path to Director of SEO Strategy or Director as the team scales
- Intellectual challenge: Every week brings genuinely difficult problems—algorithm chaos, technical mysteries, competitive pivots—you'll never be bored
- Autonomy: Real decision-making authority over strategic direction, team structure, and how your department operates
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