Associate AEO Program Director (Associate Delivery Director)

Foundation; Canada; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation is seeking an experienced AEO Program Director to lead a 2–4 person team for enterprise accounts, delivering strategic plans, client-facing leadership, and high-quality work across GEO, SEO and paid media. You’ll split time between strategy and hands-on delivery, guiding the team through day-to-day priorities and client sessions.

Reporting to Group AEO Marketing Director or Client Services leadership, you’ll own client relationships, renewals and expansions, while shaping the roadmap

Qualifications

• 5+ years in agency strategy, channel delivery or client services.
• Deep skill in at least one channel (SEO/GEO, Paid media, Reddit, YouTube).
• Experience managing multiple client programs simultaneously.
• Understanding how AI search is changing B2B buyer discovery.

Responsibilities

• Develop delivery plan for each client and ensure timelines.
• Hands-on work for key clients about half the time.
• Coach and review day-to-day work of the team.
• Estimate effort for new or changed scope.
• Lead client team engagements and status calls.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Channel delivery

Client management

AI search impact

Job description

About Foundation

Foundation helps B2B tech and SaaS brands get found, cited and recommended when their buyers ask AI for solutions. We do it through Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): the research, content, distribution and optimization that build a brand's presence across LLMs, search, Reddit, YouTube and the sources they draw on.

The role

You lead a smaller team: 2–4 people delivering for a book of up to $1.5M, or a specialist team such as Paid or Video. You spend about half your time doing the strategy or channel work yourself and the rest leading the team: the plan, the people and the client's day-to-day.

This is the role AEO Program Directors grow from.

On our enterprise accounts, AEO Program Directors lead the dedicated team that delivers the work: the plan, the people and the quality. AEO Marketing Directors own the client relationship, the strategic roadmap and the account's growth. You're client-facing every week, and the key relationship, renewals and expansions sit with the AEO Marketing Director.

Reports to: a Group AEO Marketing Director or Client Services leadership. Team: 2–4 direct reports.

What you'll own

• The delivery plan for each client on your team, and hitting its dates.
• Hands-on work on your most important clients, about half your time.
• Your team's day-to-day: priorities, coaching and first review of their work.
• Effort estimates for new and changed scope.
• The client's working team: status calls and working sessions.

What you bring

• 5+ years in agency strategy, channel delivery or client services, with some experience leading people or projects.
• Deep skill in at least one channel, such as SEO and GEO, paid media, Reddit or YouTube.
• Experience running several client programs at once.
• Working knowledge of how AI search is changing B2B buyer discovery.

Compensation

• Base salary $88k–$110k depending on experience and location
• Variable compensation: Target 10% of base, paid quarterly on team margin, client retention and delivery quality. Where you land in the range depends on experience. US ranges may be adjusted for cost of labor in your state. Benefits are on top of base.