Rankingonai.com

Senior SEO & AEO Account Manager (Fully remote, $70k+ with bonuses)
Full-time · Remote
 

About Rankingonai.com
Rankingonai.com is an AI SEO agency for SaaS. We help our clients rank and get cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, and we have driven over 1 million AI-referred sessions for the brands we work with. We are trusted by 8-figure ARR companies, and we tie AI visibility back to revenue pipeline instead of vanity metrics. Our work spans technical SEO, answer engine optimization, content strategy, and AI visibility reporting.

How we work

- Happy teams are productive teams. Happiness at work drives performance, and we mean it 

- Built together, paid together. Aligned incentives matter. When the agency wins, the team wins 

- Real growth paths. Every teammate has a growth plan tailored to what they want next 

- Deliver work you're proud of. We care about craft. Thoughtful execution, clean delivery, real results 

- Remote and flexible. You own your time. We care about outcomes, not hours 

- Stay ahead of the curve. AI search changes fast. We stay current, run experiments, and ship learnings into results

The role
You own client relationships across a portfolio of SaaS accounts. You keep delivery on track, communication sharp, and act as the SEO and AI visibility expert your clients trust. This is a senior, client-facing role that blends account ownership, strategy, and hands-on quality control. You will not be writing every article yourself, but you will be the person who knows the strategy cold, briefs the team, reviews the work, and reports results in a way that ties to the client's growth goals.
 

What you'll do
- Own the client relationship. You are the primary point of contact for your accounts. You set expectations, run check-ins, handle escalations, and make sure clients feel the work is moving their pipeline.
- Drive SEO and AEO strategy. You build and maintain the roadmap for each account: keyword research, content planning, answer engine optimization, technical fixes, and AI visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
- Keep delivery on track. You coordinate writers, consultants, and support staff to hit deadlines and quality standards. You catch problems before the client does.
- Report on results that matter. You translate rankings, citations, and traffic into a story about revenue and pipeline, not just numbers on a dashboard.
- Stay ahead of the field. AI search changes fast. You keep current on how answer engines surface and cite sources, and you bring that thinking into client strategy.
 

What we're looking for
You have several years of hands-on SEO experience, ideally with SaaS or B2B clients. You understand both classic SEO and the newer mechanics of how AI answer engines pick and cite sources. You have managed client relationships directly and can hold a strategic conversation with a founder or marketing lead without notes. You write clearly, organize work well, and stay calm when timelines get tight. You are comfortable in a fully remote, async-friendly team and can run your own day.

Nice to have
- Experience with programmatic SEO, content operations, link building, or tools like Ahrefs is a plus. So is a track record of growing organic and AI-referred traffic for a brand you can point to.
 

Compensation and logistics
- Base salary is $36k to $45k USD depending on experience. On-target earnings reach $70k with performance bonuses. The role is fully remote.
 

Hiring: Director of SEO & Client Strategy - Remote - $100k+ with bonuses 👋

Who we are Rankingonai.com is an SEO agency working with high-growth SaaS companies. We work with well-funded, fast-moving startups including Cal.com ($30M+ raised), Suno ($200M+ raised), HappyRobot ($40M+ raised), and a roster of YC-backed or profitable bootstrapped companies. We're lean, remote, async-first, and growing fast.

We need a senior person who can own client delivery, lead the team, and grow into running the SEO function as the founder moves into a pure sales role.

How we work

- Happy teams are productive teams. Happiness at work drives performance, and we mean it 

- Built together, paid together. Aligned incentives matter. When the agency wins, the team wins 

- Real growth paths. Every teammate has a growth plan tailored to what they want next 

- Deliver work you're proud of. We care about craft. Thoughtful execution, clean delivery, real results 

- Remote and flexible. You own your time. We care about outcomes, not hours 

- Stay ahead of the curve. AI search changes fast. We stay current, run experiments, and ship learnings into results

What you'll actually do

- Run point on 3-5 client accounts as the lead strategist and account manager

- Manage and oversee our other account managers and team (±10-15 people) across the rest of the book. Diagnostics,strategy reviews, unblocking, QA, performance reviews 

- Own the quality of everything that goes out the door. If a deliverable is weak, you catch it before the client does 

- Join and often lead client calls. Our clients are CMOs, Heads of Marketing, and founders at well-funded startups, so you need to be completely comfortable in that room 

- Identify what's working, what isn't, and course-correct proactively. Don't wait to be asked 

- Monthly performance reporting and client-facing strategy presentations 

- Build SOPs, raise the bar on team output, and grow the function over time

What we're looking for

- 5+ years in SEO, ideally agency-side with SaaS clients - Strong on both traditional SEO and AI visibility (LLM citations, AI Overviews, ChatGPT/Perplexity surfacing). This is non-negotiable, it's the future of our category 

- Proven track record managing a team. You've led account managers, content teams, or SEO ICs before and you're good at it 

- Hungry. You want ownership, you want to build something, and you want a path to leadership. 

- Responsible by default. Problems land on your desk and you know how to solve them or learn how to solve them. 

- Polished on client calls with senior stakeholders. 

- Proactive and exceptional communicator. 

- Comfortable with AI-assisted SEO workflows (we use Claude, GSC, GA, Ahrefs, ...)

Compensation

- $65-74k USD base depending on experience + significant opportunity for increasing the base 

- Profit-share and performance bonuses tied to client retention, account growth, and team performance 

- Total comp up to $112k+ in the first year for the right operator, and more over time 

- Twice-yearly bonus cycle (July and December)

Onboarding

- Founder will personally train you for the first three to six months 

- After that, you'll be running the function with founder support on sales and strategy

What this isn't

- Not a pure execution role. You'll need judgment, not just task completion 

- Not a write-the-blogs-yourself role. You direct, your team of ±10 people executes 

- Not a hands-off manager role either. You're in the work, you just aren't doing all of it yourself 

- Async-first, output-driven, calls only when they actually need to be calls