SEO Manager ( Full-Time with Semi-Flexi EST Shift)

Position Type: Full Time

Location: Philippines (Remote)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week, with required daily overlap from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM EST; the remaining four hours may be completed flexibly.

Reports to: SEO Director

About the Company

Our client is an established full-service dental marketing agency with approximately 25 years of experience, a 25-person team, and more than 200 dental-office clients across the United States and Canada. The agency helps practices attract high-value patients through organic and local search, content, and WordPress websites.

With long-standing client relationships and a distributed US and international team, the agency is strengthening its processes, delivery systems, and AI and automation capabilities to support sustainable growth. International team members are included as part of the wider agency team.

About the Role

We are in search of an SEO Manager who will lead the day-to-day SEO execution team and own workload allocation, accountability, quality assurance, and delivery across a portfolio of dental practices. Reporting to the SEO Director, you will translate strategic direction into actionable client plans while remaining hands-on enough to inspect technical SEO, local SEO, content, and website architecture work and unblock the team.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership and Development: Lead the execution team, set clear expectations, assign work, hold regular one-on-ones, give constructive feedback, and address skill gaps through coaching and training.

• Client Portfolio and SEO Planning: Work closely with the SEO Director to develop and deliver SEO plans for an assigned portfolio of dental practices. Tailor recommendations to each client’s business goals, location, competition, and retainer hours.

• Workload Management and Prioritization: Coordinate work across multiple client accounts, balance team assignments, and address delivery blockers. Adapt priorities as new requests arise while keeping planned work on track.

• Website Strategy and Architecture: Plan service and location pages, URL structures, sitemaps, and internal linking. Provide clear SEO requirements to content, design, and development teams.

• Migrations and Launch QA: Plan redirect mappings, protect rankings and traffic during redesigns and migrations, and validate indexation, metadata, headings, schema, links, redirects, and tracking before and after launch.

• On-Page and Technical SEO: Conduct audits and support hands-on metadata, heading, copy, internal linking, and schema improvements. Identify indexing, site speed, mobile, and Core Web Vitals issues and coordinate fixes with developers.

• Local SEO: Work with local SEO specialists to improve Google Business Profiles, local landing pages, citations, and NAP consistency, aligning activities with each practice’s service areas and target patients.

• Content Briefing and QA: Create search-intent-led briefs for service pages, blogs, FAQs, and location pages. Review content and on-page optimization before and after publishing, ensuring accuracy, brand voice, and compliance with established guidelines.

• Performance Reporting and Client Communication: Maintain dashboards and monthly reports covering traffic, rankings, local visibility, GBP engagement, and organic leads. Turn findings into practical recommendations and explain results clearly on client calls.

• Quality, Systems, and Automation: Maintain SOPs, documentation, and QA checkpoints. Help improve workflows and review AI-assisted outputs to ensure accuracy and quality.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with account, content, technical SEO, local SEO, and development teams to resolve issues and maintain consistent delivery across the client portfolio

Competencies and Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3–5 years of hands-on SEO experience, including experience in an SEO agency managing multiple client accounts.

• At least 2 years leading an execution team, including workload allocation, coaching, and performance management.

• Strong technical, on-page, local, and content SEO knowledge, with proven results for service-based businesses.

• Experience with website architecture, internal linking, redirects, migrations, and launch QA.

• Experience leading or supporting a website migration or large-scale redesign from the SEO side.

• Strong multitasking and prioritization skills in a high-volume client environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Knowledge of semantic SEO and topical authority.

• Experience with SEO automation and AI-powered tools.

• Experience with capacity planning and workload forecasting.

• Previous client-facing experience, including explaining SEO performance and addressing complex questions.

What We Offer

• 100% Remote Work

• 13th Month Pay

• Healthcare (HMO)

• Comprehensive Fringe Benefits package

• Paid Service Incentive Lead (SIL)

• Paid Philippines Holidays

• Free Learning and Development Programs

Application Process

We understand that searching for a new job can be challenging, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Our goal is to make the process as transparent and respectful as possible.

The recruitment process typically includes a Recruiter Interview, Client Interview, and Practical Test, with the exact client stages and assessment requirements to be confirmed. We will keep you informed throughout the process and provide updates as promptly as possible.