Senior SEO & AI Growth Manager (Marketing Operations Lead)

Independent Contractor | Remote (India)

Monthly Retainer | 3-Month Initial Term (Renewable)

Compensation: 110,000 150,000 per month (Based on proven legal SEO performance)

We are a U.S.-based immigration law firm with a 2026 revenue target of $1.5M. This role exists to drive predictable, high-intent organic-qualified leads in a high-stakes YMYL category.

As search evolves toward AI-generated answers, we are seeking a performance-driven SEO & AI Growth Manager who can:

• Build authority in traditional search
• Structure content for AI answer engines (Google AI Overviews, Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity)
• Operate as the firms Marketing Operations Lead

This is an execution-focused leadership role tied directly to measurable lead generation.

Organic Growth & AI Search Optimization

• Build topical authority clusters around removal defense, BIA appeals, asylum, bond, and family immigration.
• Implement structured, answer-first content architecture.
• Optimize pages for featured snippets and AI summarization.
• Ensure advanced Schema implementation (LegalService, Attorney, FAQPage, Article, Review, Breadcrumb).
• Strengthen AI-answer visibility where measurable.

Local SEO & Geo Authority

• Optimize and manage Google Business Profile.
• Develop and scale geo pages (Seattle, Alexandria, Fairfax, etc.).
• Strengthen local citation consistency.
• Improve Map Pack visibility for high-intent keywords.

Technical & Authority Governance

• Conduct monthly technical audits.
• Maintain structured internal linking architecture.
• Coordinate directly with WordPress developer for implementation.
• Monitor Core Web Vitals and indexing health.

Content & E-E-A-T Oversight

• Develop 46 SEO briefs monthly.
• Ensure embedded video + FAQ schema in every article.
• Strengthen expertise signals (author bios, internal linking, case references).
• Optimize content for both human readers and AI indexing.

Marketing Operations Leadership

• Deliver weekly KPI report before Monday leadership meeting.
• Own organic lead tracking and source attribution.
• Enforce publishing cadence.
• Coordinate with Video Editor and WordPress Developer.
• Monitor LSA performance (if active).

• 46 SEO briefs
• Optimization of 48 existing pages
• 1 technical audit
• 35 quality backlinks
• KPI performance report
• Implementation checklist assigned to WP developer

• 4+ years SEO experience (U.S. legal or professional services preferred)
• Demonstrated success ranking competitive U.S. keywords
• Experience with YMYL content
• Strong structured data expertise
• Advanced proficiency in Ahrefs/SEMrush, GSC, GA4
• Excellent written English

Primary:

• Sustained growth in organic-qualified leads
• Increase in consult bookings from organic traffic

Secondary:

• Improvement in rankings for priority local terms
• Growth in AI-answer visibility (where measurable)
• Improvement in organic traffic quality and conversions