--- title: "Director of SEO" company: "search" job_type: "Full Time" location: "Toronto, Ontario, Canada" salary: "" posted: "2026-11-02" url: "https://www.seojobs.com/job/director-of-seo-search/" apply_url: "https://powered-by-search.breezy.hr/p/736422c217b9-director-of-seo" categories: - "Senior Level SEO Jobs" - "SEO Analytics Jobs" - "SEO Director Jobs" - "Technical SEO Jobs" - "SEO Agency Jobs" - "GEO/AI + LLM Jobs" tags: - "Canada" - "Remote SEO Jobs" source: "geo_sync" --- # Director of SEO **Company:** search **Location:** Toronto, Ontario, Canada **Job type:** Full Time **Posted:** 2026-11-02 **Apply:** [https://powered-by-search.breezy.hr/p/736422c217b9-director-of-seo](https://powered-by-search.breezy.hr/p/736422c217b9-director-of-seo) --- ****If**** you’re a senior SEO leader who wants full accountability for growth, client outcomes, and team performance, this role is designed for you. ## ****Our Mission at Powered by Search**** We are on a mission to be the best in the world at SaaS marketing — doing work we love, with people we like, how we want. As trusted advisors to the world's fastest-growing B2B SaaS and tech companies, we're rated 5/5 ★★★★★ on Glassdoor, with 99% of our team recommending us to peers. ## ****The Opportunity**** As Director of SEO, you will own the vision, performance, and revenue impact of the SEO department, spanning traditional organic search and AI search visibility. This is a true P&L-owning senior leadership role. You are accountable for: - Protecting and improving net revenue retention (NRR) - Growing revenue within the existing SEO client base - Ensuring our SEO service is best-in-class, scalable, and defensible as search shifts toward AI-driven discovery - Building, coaching, and holding accountable a team of senior SEO experts You’ll manage 4-6 direct reports, work directly with executive stakeholders internally, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior client leaders. ### ****Core Responsibilities**** Reporting to the VP, Operations, you will be responsible and accountable for: ****Net Revenue Retention & Revenue Growth**** - Proactively identify churn risk and lead corrective action - Own expansion strategy across the SEO client portfolio - Identify, forecast, and influence revenue growth opportunities within existing accounts - Ensure SEO directly contributes to client renewals and expansions ****Department Vision & Service Excellence**** - Translate that vision into clear quarterly priorities, KPIs, and execution plans - Ensure service design, delivery quality, and outcomes meet our highest standards - Continuously evolve our SEO offerings (technical SEO, content strategy, authority building, and AI search / LLM visibility) to stay competitive and relevant for B2B SaaS clients ****Client Leadership & Advisory**** - Maintain senior relationships with CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and Revenue leaders - Act as a strategic advisor, not just a channel expert - Clearly communicate SEO performance in the context of pipeline, revenue, and business impact, not just rankings and traffic - Step in when accounts need senior-level leadership or course correction ****Team Leadership & Talent Development**** - Hire, develop, and retain top-tier SEO leaders - Coach high performers toward greater scope and impact - Decisively manage underperformance, coaching up or coaching out as needed - Create clear career paths, expectations, and accountability across the department - Protect high-value clients through smart capacity planning and resourcing ****Operational Rigor & Accountability**** - Own departmental P&L forecasting, capacity planning, and prioritization - Establish quality control and performance standards across all accounts, including content and technical deliverables - Ensure consistent execution while enabling experimentation and innovation, especially in AI search - Use data to guide decisions, investments, and trade-offs ****What Success Looks Like (12 Months In)**** - SEO NRR is strong, predictable, and improving - Expansion revenue from existing SEO clients is increasing quarter-over-quarter - Clients view SEO as a core pipeline driver, not a long-term cost center - Your team operates autonomously with high accountability - Underperformance is addressed quickly; excellence is the norm - The SEO department has a clear POV on organic and AI search, and a market reputation to match ### ****You're Our Ideal Candidate If You:**** - Think in terms of revenue, retention, and business outcomes, not just rankings and traffic - Have directly owned successful expansion and renewal outcomes - Are comfortable making hard people decisions in service of excellence - Can balance strategic vision with operational execution - Earn trust quickly with executive clients and team members - Hold yourself and others to an exceptionally high bar ### ****Required Experience**** - 7+ years of SEO experience, including 3+ years in B2B SaaS - 5+ years leading teams, including senior-level managers or leads - Proven experience leading SEO programs for complex, high-growth websites (large content libraries, multiple products or markets) - Demonstrated success driving expansion revenue and retention - Deep expertise in technical SEO, content strategy, and authority / link building; strong working knowledge of AI search visibility (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other LLM-driven discovery) - Strong understanding of pipeline, attribution, and revenue reporting (GA4, Google Search Console, and CRM data) - Experience partnering with Sales, RevOps, Content, and Marketing leadership - Comfort operating in a fully remote, globally distributed environment ## ****Why Join Powered by Search?**** - Drive results without the typical agency constraints - Work with premium B2B SaaS clients who respect expertise - Join a team with 3+ year average tenure and 70+ NPS - Advance your career without becoming purely managerial - Learn from top 1% SaaS marketing experts ## ****Core Values**** - Give a Sh!t - Always Be in It To Win It - Be Obsessed with Serving Others - Practice a Growth Mindset - When We Fail, We Don't Lose the Lesson ## ****Benefits & Compensation**** - Competitive base salary + quarterly performance bonuses - 5 weeks paid time off - Flexible remote work (4-hour overlap with Americas time zones) - Comprehensive health benefits for Canadian residents - Regular in-person team meetups and annual retreat - Weekly 1:1 coaching and professional development - Work directly with clients (no account managers) ## ****Your Growth Trajectory**** Ready to level up your impact in B2B SEO? Join the team that's transforming how B2B SaaS companies win organic and AI search.