Senior Manager, AI SEO

We are Brainlabs, the High-Performance media agency, on a mission to become the world's biggest and best independent media agency. We plan and buy media that delivers profitable and sustained business impact. And what’s our formula? Superteams of Brainlabbers, fueled by data and enabled by technology.

Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company. In fact, from the very beginnings of the agency a set of shared principles, philosophies and values was documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, helping us create our unique culture.

As with everything here we always seek to adapt and improve so The Brainlabs Handbook has been fine-tuned to become The Brainlabs Culture Code.

This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that talk to what it means to be a Brainlabber. It’s a joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company that we can all be proud of, where Brainlabbers can turn up to do great work, make great friends and win together.

You can read The Brainlabs Culture Code in full here.

Role type:
Full-time

Team: SEO Practice

Reporting to:
Senior Director, SEO

Estimated Start:
February 2026

Compensation:
We are open to hiring candidates in our various office locations across the United States. We also receive applications from, and hire, candidates with varying levels of experience for example those who have a few years experience in a role to those who are looking to make a step up. The salary ranges on our job postings are set so as to account for these variable factors with decisions on the salary to be offered only made once we know the experience and location of our new hire.

Work Authorization:
Must be legally entitled to work in the United States

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, SEO to work with your team to ensure that clients maintain a strong presence in audiences’ online searches!

Brainlabs is culture-first. You’ve probably heard other companies describe themselves as people, clients, or profit first – but we see people, clients and profit as the building blocks of our ecosystem. Culture powers all three and we know that when the ecosystem is balanced, we all win! That's why the culture we cultivate is a culture of winning together.

To learn more about what it’s like to be a Brainlabber, check out our culture code.

• Client Lead on 3-7 accounts, and effective leader on multi-channel accounts at the operational level
• Lead client meetings to understand a client’s ever-evolving goals, resources, and capabilities.
• Recommend and execute SEO strategies aligned with the client’s big picture needs and capabilities, such as prioritizing recommendations that take into consideration a client’s ability to execute them
• Conduct SEO audits and data analysis with team to advise road mapping process
• Lead team to effectively see through SEO action items
• Proactively address client performance and/or relationship issues directly with the client, while keeping Group Account Director (GAD) apprised of issues and solutions
• Communicate project vision to client stakeholders at any level of seniority, and capable of finding a plausible response to any client challenge for themselves or in support of their colleagues
• Strong project management (external/internal): can be well trusted to follow scope, manage requests, prioritize projects, ensure QA of work, meet deadlines, etc.
• Accountable for client meeting success, and leads meeting preparation for team
• Provides strategic guidance to team members
• Prioritize and respond to client emails/calls in a timely manner
• Measured on client retention, growth, and client satisfaction for clients under management

• Manage up to 2 direct reports and mentor indirect mentees utilizing a strengths-based coaching approach
• Models strong leadership including alignment to company priorities and philosophies, effective stress and emotion self-management, as well as a positive and patient demeanor with the team
• Support, mentor, and delegate work to the account team to prepare them to lead client accounts, including communication, calls, meetings, and emails.
• Shares knowledge through developing, improving, and delivering…