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Regional SEO Team Lead
TransPerfect's Digital department is seeking an experienced Regional SEO Team Lead to own the delivery, growth, and operational excellence of SEO services across a key global region.
This is a senior operational leadership role responsible for the delivery, growth, and operational excellence of all SEO services (Technical & On-Page & AIO/GEO/LLM) within their assigned region (Americas & LATAM OR EMEA & APAC).
The role oversees a regional SEO team, ensuring high-quality delivery within the global SEO frameworks, driving innovation, operational efficiency, and maintaining strong commercial health across client engagements.
Reporting into the Global Director of Digital Strategy, it bridges strategic direction with regional execution ensuring SEO strategies align to global best practices while being adapted for regional needs.
Critically, the Regional SEO Team Lead holds shared responsibility for growing existing client accounts, supporting retention, and achieving defined margin targets, contributing directly to the agency’s profitability and success.
TransPerfect's Digital department is seeking an experienced Regional SEO Team Lead to own the delivery, growth, and operational excellence of SEO services across a key global region.
This is a senior operational leadership role responsible for the delivery, growth, and operational excellence of all SEO services (Technical & On-Page & AIO/GEO/LLM) within their assigned region (Americas & LATAM OR EMEA & APAC).
The role oversees a regional SEO team, ensuring high-quality delivery within the global SEO frameworks, driving innovation, operational efficiency, and maintaining strong commercial health across client engagements.
Reporting into the Global Director of Digital Strategy, it bridges strategic direction with regional execution ensuring SEO strategies align to global best practices while being adapted for regional needs.
Critically, the Regional SEO Team Lead holds shared responsibility for growing existing client accounts, supporting retention, and achieving defined margin targets, contributing directly to the agency’s profitability and success.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Regional SEO Leadership
Lead all SEO delivery across Technical SEO, On-Page SEO and AIO/GEO in the assigned region.
Ensure all SEO deliverables adhere to global frameworks, SOPs, and quality standards as defined by the Global SEO Team & Global Director of Digital Strategy.
Where necessary, collaborate with global/regional counterparts to create and/or maintain global SOPs, ensuring efficiency, consistency and process alignment
Oversee regional SEO resourcing (in-house & external), capacity planning, and project prioritization.
Financial & Commercial Accountability
Ensure projects/deliverables are executed according to defined metrics and remain in budget.
Overseeing time tracking of team members for the accuracy of project markup and provide insights/actions for replicating successes and mitigating in efficiencies
Drive SEO account growth within the region, identifying upsell opportunities and supporting pre-sales with scoping, quoting, and proposal support.
Maximize internal resource usage while smartly managing vendor outsourcing within approved guidelines for timely SLAs, project completion and revenue recognition.
Operational Management & Team Development
Manage and mentor SEO specialists within the region (Tech & On-Page,AIO/GEO), fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
Ensure a clear training agenda and/or SMART objectives for the development of every team member
Ensure clear alignment between Technical SEO, On-Page SEO AIO/GEO, Content, UX/CRO, and Paid Media teams in delivering integrated SEO strategies.
Contribute to the evolution of regional outsourcing processes, vendor management, and quality control.
Client Engagement & Collaboration
Participate in key client calls (strategy reviews, technical updates, performance reporting) as needed.
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