THE ROLE.

As a Technical Search Manager at Found, you will lead the strategic delivery of all technical SEO and GEO components across your client portfolio. Brands can only be found, cited and recommended in search engines and AI answers if machines can read their sites, and you will own making sure they can. Reporting to a Search Account Director and working alongside Search Account Managers, you will ensure that technical strategies are tightly aligned with business goals and that websites are technically sound, scalable and readable by search engines and AI agents.

You will act as a subject matter expert, supporting client conversations and mentoring and coaching colleagues across the team, from Executives to Directors, to build technical capability across Found Search and move from task-based thinking to results-driven execution. You will also contribute to the development of new technical SEO and GEO solutions, playing a key role in keeping Found at the forefront of the industry.

IMPACT OF THE ROLE

Your work will directly contribute to:

• Search and AI Visibility Uplift: Driving measurable improvements to client visibility and traffic in search engines and AI answers through site health and technical foundations.
  

• Client Trust & Strategic Influence: Supporting client stakeholders and development teams with expert technical insights that influence decisions and long-term plans.
  

• Product Innovation: Developing scalable, future-facing technical SEO and GEO solutions and frameworks that elevate Found’s delivery.
  

• Team Capability Growth: Building the technical confidence and skills of Executives, Account Managers and Account Directors through structured guidance and mentorship.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

TECHNICAL DELIVERY

• Own all technical SEO and GEO readiness activities across client accounts, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality standards.

• Conduct in-depth audits, analysis and ongoing technical monitoring of client sites, including how AI crawlers and agents access and render them.

• Set technical benchmarks and clearly communicate recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.

• Sign off technical output and manage deliverable scopes, documentation and templates.

• Work with Search Account Directors, Search Account Managers and client development teams, from the start of a brief, to scope and roadmap technical implementation.

• Liaise with Content and Digital PR teams to ensure solutions are technically viable and effective.

• Represent technical SEO and GEO in client calls and meetings, providing confident, expert input when needed.

GEO & AI READINESS

• Own the technical side of AI visibility on every account: making sure AI crawlers and agents can access, render and understand client sites.

• Audit for the technical blockers to AI retrieval and citation, such as client-side rendering, blocked crawlers and missing or inconsistent structured data, and prioritise the fixes.

• Work with development teams from the start of a brief on structured data and crawler readiness, rather than as a late request.

• Keep up with how AI platforms retrieve and cite content, refining methodology and scaling what works across accounts.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION

• Shape the technical SEO and GEO service offering, bringing forward new methods, tools and scalable solutions.

• Contribute to the refinement of processes, scopes and delivery standards.

• Help grow Found’s industry profile through blog content, event participation and SEO and GEO community engagement.

TEAM CAPABILITY

• Mentor and coach colleagues across Found Search, from Executives to Directors, on technical SEO and GEO, setting the standard for technical quality.

• Run training sessions and share knowledge across the team, building the technical confidence and skills of Executives, Account Managers and Account Directors.

• Review technical outputs from account teams, delivering feedback and helping colleagues build technical SEO and GEO skills.

• Act as a mentor and technical leader, setting the tone for collaboration, knowledge-sharing and performance culture.

AI

• Use AI responsibly and ethically in line with company policies, ensuring transparency and trust in its application.

• Champion responsible use of AI, modelling curiosity and confidence in applying tools day-to-day.

• Actively share learnings and best practices with peers, helping embed AI into team ways of working.

• Identify opportunities where AI can enhance delivery and client experience.

COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consistently follow company and team processes, ensuring alignment and efficiency across all projects.

• Use company platforms (such as Asana, Float and other internal tools) effectively to manage tasks, resources and workflows.

• Log time accurately and on schedule, providing transparency and supporting operational planning.

• Promote and uphold Found’s values and culture, acting as an inspiring, supportive and accountable team member or leader.

• Ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery that enhances Found’s reputation and strengthens client trust.

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of Found’s technology, products and services, and apply them effectively in your role.

• Stay informed of industry standards, innovations and emerging approaches in digital marketing, applying relevant insights to client and agency work.

BEHAVIOURS IN THIS ROLE

• Technically Excellent: Brings deep, current knowledge of SEO mechanics, platforms and technical solutions, including how AI crawlers and agents read sites.

• Strategic & Solutions-Oriented: Aligns technical work with commercial and performance goals, not just tasks.

• Supportive Leader: Coaches, empowers and uplifts colleagues across the team with clarity and empathy.

• Collaborative Communicator: Works fluently with clients, developers and internal teams across disciplines.

• Innovative Thinker: Always looking for scalable, efficient and forward-thinking ways to improve SEO and GEO performance.

• Dependable & Detail-Oriented: Delivers consistently high-quality work and manages technical risk effectively.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Client Results

• Technical audits, fixes and recommendations directly improve site health, crawlability and visibility in search engines and AI answers.

• Clear evidence of performance gains in rankings, AI visibility, traffic and conversions as a result of your input.

Client Confidence

• Clients and development teams consistently trust your technical recommendations and implement them effectively.

• You are seen as the “go-to” technical expert, shaping impactful decisions and resolving complex challenges.

Team Capability

• Colleagues across Found Search demonstrate clear technical development under your mentorship.

• Your feedback and training result in stronger, more accurate technical deliverables across Found Search.

Service Excellence

• The technical SEO and GEO offering is scalable, clearly defined, and continuously refined.

• Deliverables and processes are streamlined, ensuring efficiency without compromising quality.

Industry Impact

• You contribute to Found’s thought leadership by writing blogs, sharing insights, or speaking at industry events.

• Found is recognised externally for innovative, forward-thinking technical SEO and GEO approaches that you have helped shape.

EXPERIENCE & PROFILE

• A career built in technical SEO, with proven experience in a similar specialist technical SEO role, ideally within an agency.

• Extensive experience with large, complex websites, including international sites, e-commerce sites and single-page applications.

• Hands-on experience optimising for GEO from the technical side: making sites accessible and readable to AI crawlers and agents, and diagnosing why content isn't retrieved or cited.

• Deep expertise in technical SEO, including crawling, indexation, JavaScript rendering, site architecture, structured data, site migrations and international SEO.

• Experience scoping recommendations with client development teams and getting them implemented.

• Ability to explain technical issues to senior non-technical stakeholders and defend priorities when challenged.

• Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues, building technical capability across a team.

• Strong track record of delivering complex technical projects on time and to budget, with strong quality control across all deliverables.

• Understands how AI-driven discovery is changing search behaviour, with a strong desire to keep evolving the agency's offering.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Dynamic, Flexible Working 🏠 – Work is what we do, not where we do it. We believe in having a working environment where we thrive and can do our best work, whether that is at home, in the office or on the beach.

• Private Medical Insurance 🧑‍⚕️ – We support your health and wellbeing with either a cash pot or enhanced medical insurance to help with both medical and dental needs.

• Financial Wellbeing Coaching 💷 – Access to Bippit which provides access to professionally qualified coaches who assist with household financial accounts, budget monitoring, and creating holistic financial plans for all aspects of life.

• 1-1 Counselling & Mental Health Support 🧠 – Supporting your mental health, you will have access to six 1-1 sessions of therapy, plus access to self-directed content and frequent live workshops with Oliva for life.

• Subsidised Gym Membership 🤸 – Access to a platform of multiple gyms across the UK.

• Enhanced Parental Leave 👶 – We offer competitive packages to support our team with big life changes with up to 6 months enhanced primary caregiver pay and 6 weeks secondary caregiver pay.

• Interchangeable Bank Holidays ➡️ – We have a global multicultural team, so everyone gets the choice to swap bank holidays to cultural/religious days that are important to them.

• Matchable Partnership 🫶 – Two paid volunteering days via Matchable, a platform that promotes social impact by connecting individuals with meaningful community volunteering opportunities.

• Work from Abroad 🌍 – Up to 30 days a year working from another country.

• Personalised Career Progression 📝 – We know that progression is highly individual. You'll have a personalised development plan with meaningful, impactful training opportunities.

• And lots more! ⭐

At Found, we're passionate about building a team of talented individuals from all walks of life who share the skills and drive to help us achieve our mission. That's why we're committed to a hiring process free from judgment, prejudice, or bias. We encourage everyone to apply for our roles—your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or background will never impact how your application is considered. We're dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to do their best work, enjoy their journey, and truly feel they belong.