Head of SEO & AEO
Asana- Base salary
- $218k–$256k Published base salary range · Top quartile for Marketing (124 listings)
- Location
- Hybrid - San Francisco or Vancouver, 3 days/week (Mon, Tue, Thu) Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Director+
About the job
Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, used by millions of teams worldwide. We are looking for a data-driven Head of Global SEO/AEO to own our worldwide organic growth strategy and execution, scaling SEO and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) into high-performing acquisition channels that drive trial starts, MQLs, and pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Set the global organic strategy and roadmap, owning SEO/AEO as growth channels feeding PLG & SLG GTM motions, accountable for trial starts and MQLs/pipeline targets.
- Build the business case for investment, owning channel forecast, budget, and reporting cadence for executive leadership.
- Own and evolve end-to-end AEO strategy, building measurement for brand visibility and citation in AI answer engines.
- Direct SEO content roadmap and agent-led content strategies, recommending content that matches search/prompt intent and converts traffic.
- Partner with Marketing Ops and Analytics to build attribution and measurement infrastructure.
- Lead technical SEO strategy (site architecture, structured data, Core Web Vitals, international/multi-region SEO) and direct content/link-building strategy.
- Build, hire, and lead a high-performing SEO/AEO team, making resource decisions around agency partners and agent vs. human deployment.
- Serve as executive-facing SME on SEO/AEO, presenting to senior leadership.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in SEO with senior team leadership experience in B2B SaaS, scaling organic into a major revenue-generating channel across global regions.
- Demonstrated experience owning organic across both PLG and SLG motions, with accountability for trial starts, MQLs, and pipeline.
- Hands-on experience building AEO strategy, running experiments, establishing measurement, and driving results in AI answer engines.
- Deep technical SEO fluency across site architecture, structured data/schema, Core Web Vitals, and international SEO.
- Rigorous, data-driven operating style with experience building models, running experiments, and applying SQL skills.
- Proven team leadership experience hiring, coaching, and developing talent across multiple regions and time zones.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence Product, Engineering, and Marketing leadership.
Compensation & Benefits
Estimated base salary range: $218,000 - $256,000. Additional components may include equity, sales incentive pay, and benefits. Benefits include mental health, wellness & fitness benefits, career coaching & support, inclusive family building benefits, long-term savings or retirement plans, and in-office culinary options.
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