Technical SEO & AI Innovation Lead

FTD Digital; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Technical SEO & AI Innovation Lead to enhance the technical performance of their iGaming affiliate sites. This role involves managing SEO strategies, AI integration, and project coordination, all while working remotely within UK hours. Ideal candidates will have strong technical SEO experience, project management skills, and a proactive mindset.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ technical SEO experience.
• Transferable Project Management skills.
• Proven remote-work discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve technical performance and search visibility.
• Monitor algorithm changes and implement solutions.
• Identify AI automation opportunities.

Skills

Technical SEO

Project Management

Python

JavaScript

Communication

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Job title: Technical SEO & AI Innovation Lead (Remote, UK-based)

Salary: Negotiable + Bonus

Location: Fully remote (must keep UK core hours, occasional meet-ups)

Employment type: Full-time, permanent

Mission

Own and continually improve the technical performance and search visibility of our iGaming affiliate sites, while leading the rollout of AI-driven processes that make the whole business faster and smarter.

Key responsibilities

Technical SEO

• Crawl, audit and prioritise fixes across multiple WordPress properties.
• Monitor algorithm & SERP-feature changes; test and implement solutions for Google, Bing and LLM answer engines.
• Monitor and optimise Core Web Vitals, schema markup, internal linking and sitemaps; manage redirects and mitigate crawl-budget waste.
• Produce clear specifications for development requirements.

Project & vendor management

• Evaluating and prioritising technical requests in Asana and liaising with our outsourced tech firm via their project management tool, Basecamp.
• Ensuring developer output is tested thoroughly prior to and following deployment.
• Attend weekly meetings with leadership and our outsourced tech firm. Report on progress, ROI, and live-site health.
• Participate in strategic planning with leadership.

AI-driven efficiency

• Identify areas where AI automation could make a significant saving in time and energy.
• Train the team to use AI effectively, including producing help documentation.
• Plan for future AI integration opportunities.

Knowledge sharing & continuous improvement

• Host monthly “SEO & AI insights” sessions.
• Build SOPs and internal documentation so processes scale.

Must-have skills & experience

• 3+ years’ technical SEO (agency or in-house)
• Transferable Project Management skills
• Comfortable writing Python/JS snippets, using APIs, and wrangling data in spreadsheets/BigQuery.
• Proven remote-work discipline, excellent communication and record-keeping skills.

Desirable

• iGaming or high-compliance background.

Personal qualities

• Proactive, biased toward action—flags issues before they bite.
• Structured thinker who loves checklists and clear KPIs.
• Low-ego collaborator who gives and receives feedback maturely.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology