Head of AEO & SEO

Responsibilities

• This role owns one of the most strategically important and evolving acquisition channels at Stripe. Organic search is already one of our largest and most efficient growth channels and the emergence of AI-powered answer engines represents a once-in-a-generation shift in how businesses discover software. The role…
• Own the organic growth strategy end-to-end across SEO and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), including technical optimizations, content strategy, on-site experience, and visibility in general purpose assistants (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.) and coding assistants (e.g. Claude, Codex, etc.)
• Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing team of SEO and AEO specialists, fostering a culture of experimentation, operational excellence, and continuous learning
• Drive measurable improvements in organic visibility, rankings, citations, traffic, signups, sales inbound and downstream activations across both AEO and SEO
• Drive measurable improvements in how well AI tools are able to understand how Stripe’s products work and how to properly integrate them
• Partner cross-functionally with product, engineering, content, growth, data science, and marketing to embed SEO/AEO best practices across Stripe's web properties, documentation, and product surfaces
• Build and evolve the measurement framework for SEO and AEO: develop attribution models, define leading/lagging indicators, and quantify the revenue impact of organic channels
• Own strategic roadmap for AEO: establish Stripe's point of view on how AI-generated answers reshape discovery, and position Stripe to win
• Drive improvements across content quality, website architecture, and structured data to maximize discoverability
• Represent organic growth performance and strategy across Stripe: translating complex technical SEO/AEO concepts into clear business impact narratives

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