Sierra Club

SEO Manager

Sierra Club$90K — $130K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of SEO experience in B2B and technical fields with proven results in improving rankings and visibility.
  • Deep technical SEO expertise encompassing site architecture, crawlability, indexation, and page performance.
  • Strong content strategy skills with the ability to create engaging content for enterprise buyers while leveraging AI for scalability.
  • Data-driven mindset with proficiency in Google Search Console, GA, and SEO analytics tools to drive actionable insights.
  • Self-starter comfortable in a fast-paced environment, motivated to build a scalable SEO function from scratch.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the SEO strategy for ranking on traditional and AI search engines.
  • Develop and enhance an AI-driven content engine to attract enterprise buyers and support demand generation.
  • Optimize site performance and authority through technical SEO practices.
  • Lead the AI search strategy by ensuring content visibility in AI-generated answers and adapt to changing search behaviors.
  • Measure and communicate SEO impact using data to connect various SEO metrics to business outcomes.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Marketing and Campaigns to create impactful ranked assets.
  • Work with the web team to execute technical changes that improve SEO rankings.

Benefits

  • Unlimited flexible paid time off
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plans tailored to employees' locations
  • Parental leave policies
  • Fertility and family building benefits via Carrot
  • Complimentary lunch and a variety of snacks and coffee
  • Discretionary stipend for personal expenses
  • Free alphorn lessons
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Define and execute Sierra's SEO strategy to capture and maintain top rankings across both traditional search engines and AI answer engines, driving organic growth on high-priority terms.
  • Build and scale an AI-powered content engine, producing high-quality content and gated assets that attract enterprise buyers, establish topical authority, and support both organic and paid demand generation.
  • Optimize website performance and authority, owning technical SEO, site architecture, page speed, internal linking, and external backlink strategy to improve crawlability, indexing, rankings, and domain authority.
  • Lead Sierra's AI search strategy (AEO/GEO) by ensuring content is cited and recommended in AI-generated answers while continuously monitoring rankings across Google and LLMs to adapt to evolving search behavior.
  • Measure and communicate SEO impact, using data to connect rankings, traffic, leads, and pipeline, and continuously optimize investments based on business outcomes.
  • You'll partner closely with Product Marketing and Campaigns to turn search insight into assets that rank and convert, and with the web team to ship the technical changes that move rankings. You'll work alongside the performance team to feed organic-built resources into their programs, and share a pipeline goal with the broader GTM team.
What you'll bring
  • 7-10 years of SEO experience driving organic growth for B2B and technical audiences, with a proven track record of improving rankings, organic visibility, and pipeline-not just traffic.
  • Deep technical SEO expertise, including site architecture, crawlability, indexation, page performance, structured data/schema markup, and optimizing content for both traditional search engines and AI/LLM discovery.
  • Strong content strategy and editorial judgment, with the ability to create high-quality content that resonates with enterprise buyers while leveraging AI to scale content production without sacrificing quality.
  • A strategic, data-driven mindset, proficient with Google Search Console, GA, Ahrefs/Semrush, LLM rank tracking, and analytics tools to translate complex SEO data into actionable business insights.
  • A self-starter who thrives in high-growth environments, embraces AI and automation, and is motivated to build and own a scalable, pipeline-focused SEO function from the ground up.
Even better...
  • Experience with programmatic SEO: generating high-quality pages at scale using templates, data, and AI.
  • International SEO experience (hreflang, localized content, multi-market strategy) to support Sierra's expansion across markets like France, Spain, and the UK and Ireland.
  • A constant backlog of experiments you're eager to run, with the discipline to scale what works and move on from what doesn't.
Our values
  • Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness. We build trust in AI by making it more accessible, safe, and useful. We build trust with each other by showing up for each other professionally and personally, creating an environment that enables all of us to do our best work.
  • Customer Obsession: We deeply understand our customers' business goals and relentlessly focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones. Everyone at the company knows and spends time with our customers. When our customer is having an issue, we drop everything and fix it.
  • Craftsmanship: We get the details right, from the words on the page to the system architecture. We have good taste. When we notice something isn't right, we take the time to fix it. We are proud of the products we produce. We continuously self-reflect to continuously self-improve.
  • Intensity: We know we don't have the luxury of patience. We play to win. We care about our product being the best, and when it isn't, we fix it. When we fail, we talk about it openly and without blame so we succeed the next time.
  • Family: We know that balance and intensity are compatible, and we model it in our actions and processes. We are the best technology company for parents. We support and respect each other and celebrate each other's personal and professional achievements.
What we offer

We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees:
  • Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
  • Discretionary benefit stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
  • Free alphorn lessons

These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies, may vary by region, and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans. Eligible full-time employees can participate in Sierra's equity plans subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

About Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental conservation. It was founded in 1892 by John Muir and is one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the United States. The organization has over 3.8 million members and supporters and is dedicated to protecting the planet's natural resources and wildlife. The Sierra Club engages in a variety of activities, including lobbying for environmental legislation, organizing outdoor activities, and publishing a magazine. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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