SEO Manager

About Huzzle

Huzzle helps strong candidates land roles with leading employers across Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK, and the US. It works for startups, agencies, and tech platforms in SaaS, MarTech, FinTech, and EdTech. It isn't an outsourcing agency: the client hires you in-house as a full member of its team.

Role Type: Full-time

About the company

The client is a long-standing digital agency that has helped US businesses win in search results for 15+ years. Based in Colorado, it offers expert SEO, paid ads, web development, and review management. Its clients range from medical and legal practices to contractors and B2B firms, and it swaps one-size-fits-all templates for custom, data-led marketing plans.

Job Summary

A high-impact player-coach role steering a mature SEO program into search's next phase. As a senior team leader you'll take over an established client portfolio and have freedom to shape the agency's strategy for local search and for AI Engine Optimization (AIEO). The client wants a forward-thinking strategist who moves easily between mentoring and hands-on technical work. If you love staying ahead of algorithm changes and using AI to grow client revenue in measurable ways, the role gives you the platform and resources to make your mark.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: own the Local SEO and AIEO strategy so clients win in classic Map Packs and in new AI search such as Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
• Team Management: coach and technically guide a skilled SEO team, set priorities, review work, and keep quality control high.
• Process Innovation: write and keep refreshing agency SOPs on technical SEO, content structure, entity optimization, and automation.
• GBP Mastery: run and fix Google Business Profiles at scale, including hard cases like suspensions, reinstatements, and multi-location setups.
• AI Integration: research and bring in AI tools that improve research, analysis, and content work, separating real advances from hype.
• Performance Reporting: choose KPIs that tie organic visibility and Google Business Profile activity straight to client leads and revenue.
• Client Collaboration: lead strategy on key accounts, present results, and work with Paid Search, Dev, and Content so clients succeed overall.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on SEO focused on local and multi-location search (7+ years for a Director-level role).
• You must live in North America and be able to work its time zones.
• Local SEO Expertise: an in-depth grasp of what drives local rankings, such as citations, consistent NAP details, local links, and location pages.
• AIEO Knowledge: shows a clear grasp of structured data, generative search, and topical authority as they apply to AI search.
• Technical Proficiency: strong in technical SEO, from audits and crawlability to schema and site structure.
• Leadership Track Record: has managed SEO staff or led strategy across a varied client portfolio.
• Agency Background: has worked at an agency, ideally for multi-location brands, home-service firms, or medical practices.
• Tool Proficiency: plenty of hands-on time with Search Console, GA4, Semrush or Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, and local tools like BrightLocal or Local Falcon.

Nice-to-Haves

• Next.js Experience: some technical knowledge of Next.js.
• Dev Skills: can work in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Platform Expertise: has used WordPress page builders such as Element or Divi.

Benefits

💻 Fully Remote: work from any location alongside international teams

🤝 Peer Community: a network of strong sales professionals to connect with

🧭 Ongoing Support: help from Huzzle both before and after you're placed

💰 Tailored Compensation: pay depends on the client and on what you're looking for, and Huzzle matches you to options that suit your goals

Application process

Submit your application through NorthStar. Employer screening may follow after submission.