Sr. SEO Manager

PitchBook Data • Seattle, WA

116d • $120,000 - $132,541

About The Position

At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company. Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence. If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 7+ years of SEO experience with at least 2+ years managing SEO agencies or external vendors
• Proven success with scalable SEO tactics (interlinking, content expansion, link building)
• Strong expertise in technical SEO (crawl/indexation, structured data, hreflang, site architecture)
• Experience with international SEO
• Skilled with enterprise SEO and analytics tools (Screaming Frog, SEMrush, GSC, GA4, Looker, Tableau)
• Hands-on experience running SEO experiments and reporting on results
• Excellent communicator who can translate tactical SEO into clear business outcomes
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute SEO roadmaps across technical, content, GEO/localization, and AEO initiatives
• Manage SEO agency relationships—setting strategy, ensuring accountability, and driving measurable ROI
• Act as a trusted partner across teams, ensuring SEO strategy aligns with company priorities
• Lead technical audits to resolve crawl, indexation, schema, performance, and site architecture issues
• Partner with engineering to scale site performance and optimize for speed, reliability, and scalability
• Implement automated interlinking and scalable sitewide SEO enhancements
• Guide content and editorial teams on keyword targeting, scalable topic clustering, and structured data
• Develop and oversee scalable link-building programs that strengthen domain authority and visibility
• Drive SEO initiatives that increase organic traffic and engagement to News & Insights
• Design and run SEO experiments (A/B, multivariate) to validate hypotheses and inform strategy
• Use data-driven insights to refine tactics and continuously optimize for both users and search engines
• Define SEO KPIs and build reporting dashboards covering rankings, traffic, conversions, and ROI
• Deliver regular performance updates and insights across the Digital Team and leadership
• Stay ahead of evolving algorithms, GEO/AEO opportunities, and SEO best practices
• Champion emerging tactics and technologies that keep PitchBook competitive
• Lead SEO strategy for a high-impact digital growth channel with visibility across the business
• Manage an SEO agency and partner with internal teams to scale programs globally
• Drive growth in targeted organic traffic to News & Insights and other priority sections of PitchBook.com
• Thrive in a collaborative culture that values curiosity, innovation, and measurable impact
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Additional medical wellness incentives
• STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance
• Paid sabbatical program after four years
• Paid family and paternity leave
• Annual educational stipend
• Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
• CFA exam stipend
• Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
• Employee assistance program
• Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days
• Matching gifts program
• Employee resource groups
• Subsidized emergency childcare
• Dependent Care FSA
• Company-wide events
• Employee referral bonus program
• Quarterly team building events
• 401k match
• Shared ownership employee stock program
• Monthly transportation stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees