Senior Manager, SEO/AEO

Company: ActiveCampaign
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 14, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description As our next Senior Manager, SEO/AEO , you’ll be a critical driver in defining ActiveCampaign’s future of organic growth, pioneering our strategy across traditional search and AI-based search. This means getting hands-on to execute strategic projects, integrating AI and new technologies, and reporting on performance across traditional search and AEO. Your mission is to increase ActiveCampaign’s overall traffic, free trials, conversions, and new business from LLMs and organic search. You’ll provide technical and international guidance for ActiveCampaign’s website, identify opportunities to scale organic business (particularly non-brand organic), execute on those recommendations, and manage reporting. You’ll be joining a team that creates all types of content from blog posts and webinars to email communications, landing pages, and other content for the ActiveCampaign website. This role offers the rare opportunity to blend deep technical execution with high-level strategy, granting you the autonomy to define and deliver a global, cross-channel organic search program. On a typical day, you might: Identify opportunities for technical improvements across the ActiveCampaign website, prioritize them based on their potential business impact, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to implement them. Pioneer LLM optimization and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) by developing content strategies that ensure ActiveCampaign is the authoritative source material used by LLMs. Implement best practices and build and execute a high-velocity global organic search roadmap, spanning technical SEO, on-page optimization, content creation workflows, and innovative AEO experiments — all while maintaining a high quality bar. Provide international SEO guidance , ensuring good search experiences in languages other than English and supporting new region launches. Serve as the subject matter expert : You’ll provide guidance on keywords, AI algorithm shifts, site architecture, and navigation for improvements to search performance and UX. Monitor, analyze, and report on the performance of SEO and AEO projects on an ongoing basis, and swiftly flag and provide recommendations for course correction. Educate others as the resident expert on our results as well as trends and opportunities to grow our share of search in the market. The ideal candidate will bring: 8 years of a proven track record driving growth through organic channels, including 5 years building, scaling, and operationalizing SEO as a critical revenue channel. Experience with technical and international SEO. Experience with CMS migration, page consolidation/redirects, and on-page performance. Proficiency with tools like Google Search Console, Adobe Analytics, SEMrush, Ahrefs, and Looker, and demonstrated experience integrating AI tools like Profound, Peec, and AirOps. Strong reporting and data storytelling skills : You’re capable of translating complex SEO/AEO performance data into clear, actionable business narratives that drive business decision-making. Analytical mindset : Rather than just read off traffic numbers, you consistently provide analysis that highlights the potential business impact (whether it’s related to performance, emerging trends, and opportunities in search). Preferred: Experience with Craft CMS and a proven ability to drive optimization for AI-first search. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base rate only and do not include bonus, equity, sales incentives or other role specific compensation that the role may be eligible for. ActiveCampaign believes in and is committed to equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided above is a good faith estimate of the pay range determined by the location associated with the job posting. The actual salary depends on a candidate’s skills, experience, and work location. About ActiveCampaign: ActiveCampaign is the autonomous marketing platform for people at the heart of the action. It empowers teams to automate their campaigns with AI agents that imagine, activate, and validate–freeing them from step-by-step workflows and unlocking limitless ways to orchestrate their marketing. With AI, goal-based automation, and 1,000 app integrations, agencies, marketers, and owners can build cross-channel campaigns in minutes–fine-tuned with billions of data points to drive real results for their unique business. ActiveCampaign is the trusted choice to help businesses unlock a new world of boundless opportunities–where ideas become impact and potential turns into real results. As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don’t just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. You can find out more about our DEI initiatives here. Perks and benefits: At ActiveCampaign, we prioritize employees’ well-being and professional growth by cultivating a culture centered on collaboration and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll not only have the opportunity to make a significant impact, but also enjoy a range of benefits tailored to support your personal and career development. Here are some of the benefits we offer: -Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Top-tier benefits package that includes a fully-covered High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm. -Growth & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organization. -Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work-life balance with open PTO. -Total Rewards: Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, quarterly perks with commuter and lunch benefits for hub based employees or a stipend for remote workers, and a four-week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years. -Collaborative Culture: Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support. ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow and promote no matter of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, protected veteran status, physical and mental abilities, or any other identities protected by law. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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