Victorious is seeking a Director of Search to lead our service teams, set the vision for search innovation, and deliver strategies that consistently achieve client goals. This critical client-facing role involves translating complex SEO into clear marketing outcomes and reinforcing confidence in high-stakes conversations.

What You'll Do

Integrate and continuously refine SEO and content strategies into a single, high-performance service offering.
Support account teams to brainstorm client strategy, creative approaches, and troubleshoot performance challenges.
Provide escalation support, helping team members translate complex SEO insights into outcome-driven narratives.
Join high-value client calls to build confidence and connect search strategies to broader marketing goals.
Develop and execute service roadmaps that blend traditional SEO with emerging AI-search and generative engine optimization.
Drive the ideation, build-out, and refinement of AI-search services for the AI-first era.
Partner with marketing and sales to strengthen new business efforts, communicating SEO and AI-search as growth levers.
Build a culture where SEO and content professionals operate as a single strategic unit.
Maintain high-quality, strategically aligned deliverables that demonstrate business impact.
Represent Victorious in industry conversations, showcasing our vision for the future of search.
Translate big-picture strategy into scalable systems, processes, and tools for consistent excellence.
Mentor and develop team leads to ensure strong leadership depth across all service teams.

What We're Looking For

Visionary leadership in SEO, content strategy, and emerging AI-search paradigms.
Proven ability to lead service innovation from concept to market impact.
Depth of experience supporting enterprise accounts and stepping into high-stakes client conversations.
Strong ability to translate technical SEO into marketing language that resonates with executives.
Strong understanding of AI retrievability, generative engines, and the interplay between technical SEO and strategic content.
Expertise in aligning creative, technical, and operational functions around a shared strategic vision.
Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and inspiration to clients, teams, and industry audiences.
Expertise in diagnosing performance issues and collaborating on solutions.
Exceptional communication skills for troubleshooting conversations and boardroom-level strategy framing.
Ability to partner effectively with Sales to frame search strategies as growth drivers.
Comfort operating in ambiguity, creating clarity and focus in fast-changing environments.
Skilled in building high-performance cultures rooted in collaboration, accountability, and innovation.