<p><strong>SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader</strong></p><p><strong>REMOTE if CENTRAL TIME ZONE LOCATION</strong></p><p><strong>Hybrid in Des Moines preferred | Remote: MUST WORK CT ZONE HOURS</strong></p><p>Full-Time | Up to $105K + Bonus</p><p>No sponsorship available | No C2C, H1B, F1/OPT</p><p>We are seeking an SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader -MUST HAVE PRIOR AGENCY to lead organic search initiatives across a portfolio of client accounts. This is a hands-on, “in the weeds” leadership role for someone who combines deep SEO expertise, agency experience, analytics, content strategy, and team leadership to drive organic performance and client growth.</p><p>Offers a collaborative, high-accountability agency environment & cross-functional teams spanning strategy, creative, content, analytics, development, UX, paid media, & digital execution.</p><p>What You’ll Do</p><p>Lead planning, execution, and ongoing optimization of SEO strategies across multiple brands and websites</p><p>MUST HAVE: MUST HAVE: PREVIOUS AGENCY EXPERIENCE !! SEMRush, Screaming Frog, GA4, WordPress</p><p>Drive organic search initiatives tO improve visibility, rankings, traffic quality, and on-site engagement</p><p>Partner w/ internal teams across content, UX, paid media, development, and account services to align SEO with broader marketing goals</p><p>Identify opportunities W/ technical audits, keyword research, competitor analysis, site reviews, and performance reporting</p><p>Translate search data into actionable insights that improve site architecture, content effectiveness, UX</p><p>Help develop SEO standards.</p><p>Evaluate tools, platforms, emerging capabilities to improve workflow efficiency and search outcomes</p><p>Client-facing strategy discussions, presentations, and business development efforts</p><p>Mentor junior team members</p><p>MUST HAVE TOOLS / SKILLS:</p><p>Screaming Frog; SEMRush; WordPress; Google Suite; GA4 / Google Analytics; PageSpeed Insights; Strong technical and on-page SEO expertise, including: fixing broken links / 404s ; handling redirect chains ; removing duplicate content; addressing missing or duplicate title tags and meta descriptions; creating page titles, headers (H1/H2), and metadata optimizing word count and content structure; XML sitemap generation</p><p>YOU NEED:</p><p>Bachelor’s degree preferred</p><p>Agency / marketing agency experience required</p><p>3+ years of SEO, digital marketing,</p><p>SEMRush, Screaming Frog, GA4, WordPress</p><p>1+ year of leadership, mentorship, or project resourcing experience</p><p>Strong technical SEO, on-page optimization, keyword strategy, content performance, and search analytics</p><p>Experience with SEO tools, reporting platforms, and website performance data</p><p>Interpret quantitative & qualitative insights</p><p>Excellent presentation skills</p><p>Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with competing priorities</p><p>If you’re interested in leading performance-driven SEO work in a collaborative Agile agency environment, we’d love to hear from you.</p><p>For immediate confidential consideration- direct-hire FTE SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader permanent position, contact Carrie Danger, SVP Iowa Region, at 515-259-6087 or 515-991-0863, email your resume confidentially via LinkedIn, or one-click apply through the Robert Half posting.</p>