Senior SEO Strategist

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior SEO Strategist based in Canada.

• Develop comprehensive SEO strategies aligned with B2B SaaS business objectives, growth priorities, and measurable commercial outcomes.
• Lead client communications, including strategic planning sessions, monthly and quarterly business reviews, and senior stakeholder discussions.
• Translate rankings, traffic, conversion, pipeline, and other performance signals into clear narratives, recommendations, priorities, and next steps.
• Challenge assumptions, explain trade-offs, identify risks, and guide clients toward informed decisions and committed actions.
• Drive innovation in AI-enhanced SEO strategies and adapt approaches to emerging developments in AI-powered and semantic search.
• Manage and grow a portfolio of approximately 3–5 B2B SaaS clients while building trusted relationships with senior marketing, demand generation, product marketing, and executive stakeholders.
• Proactively identify client opportunities, risks, blockers, and areas for improvement before they become issues.
• Ensure client discussions result in clear actions, owners, timelines, and consistent follow-through.
• Guide technical SEO implementation and identify technical, content, authority-building, and conversion-focused optimization opportunities.
• Use GA4, GTM, reporting platforms, and modern SEO tools to generate actionable performance insights.
• Recommend and guide advanced schema markup and other technical SEO initiatives.
• Prioritize recommendations according to expected business impact, required effort, client context, and implementation realities.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, strategic innovation, and the continuous improvement of SEO frameworks and processes.

• 4+ years of professional SEO experience, including at least 1 year focused on B2B SaaS.
• Previous experience in a client-facing SEO strategy position with direct ownership of client communication and outcomes.
• Proven track record of generating organic growth for B2B or enterprise clients.
• Strong history of developing successful client relationships and contributing to client retention.
• Deep understanding of technical SEO, content strategy, analytics, organic performance measurement, and conversion-focused SEO.
• Hands-on experience with GA4, GTM, and modern SEO tools and reporting platforms.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to lead client conversations, present recommendations, and produce concise, client-ready communications.
• Strong commercial and strategic judgment, with the ability to prioritize SEO initiatives based on business impact and implementation feasibility.
• Ability to confidently present performance, opportunities, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex or fragmented SEO data into clear business insights.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions, influencing decisions, and communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Self-directed and accountable, with a demonstrated ability to own priorities and outcomes in a remote, fast-paced environment.
• A growth mindset and genuine interest in emerging SEO developments, particularly AI-driven and semantic search.

• Competitive base salary with quarterly performance bonuses.
• 5 weeks of paid time off.
• Fully remote work environment with flexible working hours.
• Minimum of 4 hours of daily overlap with North American time zones.
• Comprehensive health spending account and medical, dental, and vision benefits for Canadian residents.
• Regular team meetups and annual retreats.
• Clear career progression opportunities without requiring a transition into management.
• Exposure to leading B2B SaaS companies and complex, high-impact SEO challenges.
• Weekly 1:1 coaching with experienced managers.
• Access to established SEO playbooks, frameworks, tools, and professional development resources.
• Opportunities to strengthen strategic, communication, technical, and client leadership capabilities.
• Remote-first environment with a collaborative and supportive global team.