AI Search and Discovery Lead
You will define and lead the strategy for organic discovery across traditional search and AI-native answer engines. You will build authoritative content and ecosystem standards, map priority topics and external authority surfaces, and connect SEO and AEO performance to pipeline and revenue. You will collaborate with founders, executives, engineering subject-matter experts, and a design engineer on technical SEO standards, schema, and structured data.
Responsibilities
- Own AEO strategy across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews
- Map and optimize presence across LLM-ingested ecosystem surfaces to improve AI-driven discoverability and citation weight
- Define and own topic clusters and authority maps for core payment infrastructure categories
- Build evaluation content, build-versus-buy frameworks, comparison pages, architecture guides, and implementation patterns
- Partner with founders, executives, and engineering subject-matter experts to create authoritative content
- Own SEO and AEO performance analytics and connect organic performance to pipeline and revenue
- Set technical SEO standards for schema and structured data in partnership with a design engineer
Requirements
- 6 to 8 years of experience in SEO, content strategy, or organic growth
- Proven track record of growing qualified organic traffic and pipeline through content strategy
- Hands-on experience or active experimentation in AEO
- Ability to analyze large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance shifts, and quantify opportunity
- Experience with enterprise SEO tools such as Ahrefs, Profound, or similar
- Understanding of technical buyer journeys for developers, payment operations, and finance buyers
- Ability to write and ship content
Benefits
- Equity
- Generous benefits
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