SEO / AEO Manager

Runway

3d•$160,000 - $220,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science. We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems – robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world. World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

4+ years in SEO, with experience contributing to overall strategy
Experience building or scaling an SEO function from a small base, moving fluidly between strategic and hands-on work
Experience collaborating across teams, including managing freelancers and partnering with product, marketing and design teams
Proficiency with GA4 and Google Search Console, plus keyword/competitive research tools like SEMrush or Ahrefs
Experience in AEO / AI-search visibility, with the ability to bake it into a broader SEO strategy

Nice To Haves

Experience using Profound, AirOps, or similar AEO tool is a plus
Experience at an AI, product-led or consumer-facing tech company is a plus, where SEO has to coexist with a fast-moving roadmap

Responsibilities

Own Runway's SEO and AEO strategy: Keyword cluster architecture (pillar-and-spoke), competitive SERP and content-gap analysis, understanding what stage of the buying journey a searcher is in so content matches what they actually need, as well as champion Runway's presence in AI-generated answers.
Build out Runway's library of SEO content: Briefs, landing pages, articles and more, identifying and scoping high-opportunity content, without sacrificing quality or brand voice
Design and run experiments on content formats, internal linking and page structure and use the results to sharpen the strategy
Own technical SEO health: Indexing, sitemaps, structured data and schema markup, ongoing site monitoring and recommend site structure and information architecture changes (page templates, internal linking, URL structure) that improve crawlability and rankings
Own measurement and reporting for organic growth: Track keyword rankings, organic traffic and AI citation trends against clear targets, and go beyond traffic volume to measure whether that traffic actually converts into product signups