The Challenge
YURI & NEIL is a 120-person digital marketing agency hunting for an SEO Team Leader who can wrangle 5-7 consultants while owning strategic client relationships. You'll balance people development with hands-on work on complex, high-volume SEO projects for enterprise brands.
Your Mission
Establish weekly 1-on-1 cadence with all 5-7 team members, assess skill gaps, and create individual development plans
Own 2-3 strategic client accounts end-to-end, deliver initial strategy recommendations backed by competitive analysis (Ahrefs, SEMRush)
Audit current team workflows and quality standards, document process gaps, propose 2-3 quick wins to improve delivery consistency
Participate in 2-3 RFP responses as SEO strategist, contributing technical recommendations for enterprise/international scope deals
Develop and run 1 internal SEO training initiative across the SEO pod (technical SEO, JS, enterprise site audits)
Grow your portfolio of strategic clients by 20%, including securing at least one new international or high-complexity project win
Build a promotion pipeline: identify 1-2 junior consultants for senior advancement, document their growth trajectory
Lead quarterly pod reviews with Head of SEO and peer managers on process improvements, innovation initiatives, and team composition
KPIs You'll Own
Team Member Utilization & Growth
% of consultants retained, promoted, or upskilled within 6 months; billable hours per FTE trending upward
Client Satisfaction Score
NPS or satisfaction rating for accounts managed by your team and those you own personally
Strategic Account Growth
Month-on-month upsell/cross-sell revenue from your portfolio; rate of account expansion vs. churn
Project Delivery Quality
% of deliverables delivered on-time and on-spec; client revision requests per project
Tools & Stack
Your Team
Your Manager
Head of SEO
Current Team
5-7 SEO consultants (junior to senior level) within SEO pod
Backfill or expansion role to strengthen SEO leadership
The Package
Salary
€50K-€60K base
Remote
Hybrid – based in Levallois-Perret, France with flexible remote days
Benefits & Perks
Company Intelligence
YURI & NEIL is a 120-person digital marketing and data-driven agency specializing in SEO, performance marketing, and communications for enterprise clients. They work with large-scale, complex websites and international brands. The culture emphasizes hands-on expertise, team development, and collaborative problem-solving.
Team Size
120
Customers
Enterprise brands (Grands Comptes) with international and high-volume page requirements
Culture
Cool, collaborative, pedagogical—leadership expects mentorship, proposal writing, and active pod innovation
Is This Role For You?
- You have 5+ years of SEO agency experience and genuinely enjoy building people, not just managing tasks
- You thrive on complex, multi-market SEO challenges (JS frameworks, 100K+ page sites, international expansion)
- You're fluent in English and speak at least one other language, with excellent written and verbal communication
- You balance hands-on client work with people leadership—you don't want to stop doing SEO, you want to amplify it through a team
- You're looking for pure people leadership—you'll spend 40% of your time on strategic client projects yourself
- You lack agency experience managing complex, enterprise-scale SEO or haven't worked with international/high-volume portfolios
- You don't care about mentoring juniors or lack the patience to develop consultants from mid-level to senior
- Your French is weak or you're resistant to hybrid work (minimum expectation: Levallois-Perret 3 days/week)
Interview Process
Phone/video screening
Recruiter qualifies SEO depth, team leadership experience, and motivation for this hybrid role
Take-home SEO case study
You analyze a client brief (international or high-complexity scenario) and propose a 6-month SEO strategy (presentation deck format)
Conversation with Head of SEO
Deep dive on your portfolio, management philosophy, team development approach, and strategic thinking
Panel interview with peer manager(s) and Head of SEO
Discuss pod collaboration, process improvements, recruitment/hiring vision, and culture fit
Interested in this role?
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