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Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
Elastic is seeking an SEO Strategist to support AI Visibility by delivering deep search and LLM performance insights that inform strategic decision-making. This role functions as a center of excellence for prompt research, performance analysis, and SEO/LLMO execution support.
You will partner closely with Product Marketing Managers (PMMs) and the leader of LLM Optimization to ensure Elastic’s messaging, content, and technical surfaces are discoverable, trusted, and accurately represented across traditional search engines and AI-powered answer engines.
This is a hands-on, highly analytical role ideal for someone who enjoys turning ambiguity into structured insight and enabling others to act decisively.
What You Will Be DoingProduct Marketing & LLMO Support- Support Product Marketing by conducting prompt research and customer question mapping aligned to go to market priorities and messaging frameworks.
- Identify gaps where Elastic is underrepresented, misrepresented, or outperformed in LLM responses and organic search results.
- Validate tracked prompts with PMMs to ensure alignment with approved positioning and customer scenarios.
- Implement and maintain prompt tracking in tools such as SEMrush, Profound, and LLM interfaces.
- Build and maintain dashboards that surface:
- Prompt-level visibility
- Share of voice
- Brand and competitor citations
- Sentiment and narrative alignment
- Establish baselines and trend analysis to measure progress over time.
- Deliver monthly AI visibility and SEO performance reviews to Elastic’s leadership team, including clear insights and recommended actions.
- Conduct quarterly content audits focused on:
- Content decay
- Overlap and cannibalization
- Missing or weak assets
- Technical SEO issues impacting discoverability
- Translate findings into prioritized, actionable recommendations for content creation, refreshes, and optimization.
- Provide content briefs that include:
- Search intent and prompt alignment
- Recommended structure and internal linking
- Schema and technical guidance
- Perform pre-publish SEO reviews and post-publish monitoring.
- Partner with Web Engineering to ensure content is crawlable, accessible, and LLM-readable.
- 5–7+ years of hands-on SEO experience, ideally supporting B2B, developer-focused, or technical content.
- Strong experience with SEO and LLM visibility tools (SEMrush, Profound, GSC, GA4, Botify, Screaming Frog).
- Comfort working with ambiguous data and emerging measurement frameworks.
- Strong analytical and communication skills; able to clearly explain insights to non-SEO stakeholders.
- Experience collaborating with Product Marketing or content teams.
- Comfort working in a fully distributed organization.
Bonus
- Experience supporting LLMO or AEO initiatives.
- Technical writing or documentation experience.
- Familiarity with structured data and semantic search concepts.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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