SEO Manager

We’re looking for an SEO Manager to build and scale Drata’s content-driven organic growth engine. This is a critical role responsible for defining and executing our SEO strategy to drive visibility, authority, and conversion across the buyer journey.

You’ll partner closely with content, brand, and web teams to ensure every piece of content—blogs, guides, reports, videos, web pages, and more—is discoverable, data-driven, and optimized for performance across both traditional and AI-driven search. Reporting into the Sr. Director of Corporate Marketing, you’ll sit at the intersection of content strategy and growth marketing, helping position Drata as the category leader in Trust Management and security automation.

What you’ll do:

• Own Drata’s SEO strategy and roadmap with a focus on content optimization, organic acquisition, and long-term authority building.

• Lead initiatives in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) to ensure Drata content appears in featured snippets, People Also Ask, and AI-generated responses across search engines.

• Build and execute Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) strategies to enhance Drata’s presence in AI-powered search experiences like Google SGE, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, focusing on structured data, content clarity, and source authority.

• Develop and manage keyword and topic strategies aligned to audience intent, buyer stage, campaign priorities, and business goals.

• Partner with the content marketing team to guide SEO-informed ideation, briefing, and editorial planning.

• Optimize on-page elements—including metadata, headers, internal linking, and content structure—to improve visibility and engagement.

• Collaborate with the web and design teams to ensure all digital content is user-focused, mobile-friendly, and aligned with SEO best practices.

• Conduct regular content and site audits to identify opportunities for optimization, pruning, or repurposing based on performance data.

• Develop content schemas, structured data, and entity-based SEO strategies that strengthen Drata’s topical authority.

• Define KPIs to measure visibility, engagement, and conversion performance.

• Create and maintain dashboards and performance reports, sharing insights to guide ongoing content and SEO decisions.

• Stay ahead of emerging search and AI trends to proactively adapt strategy for evolving SERP and generative environments.

• Partner cross-functionally with product marketing, demand generation, and communications to ensure SEO integration across all initiatives.

• Evangelize SEO, AEO, and GEO best practices across the marketing team and broader organization.

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience in SEO, with a strong focus on content strategy and organic growth in B2B SaaS or cybersecurity.

• Demonstrated success driving measurable increases in organic traffic, rankings, and conversions through content-led SEO initiatives.

• Expertise in keyword research, content architecture, entity optimization, link acquisition, and on-page SEO best practices.

• Working knowledge of AEO and GEO, including schema markup, structured data, and strategies for AI-driven search visibility.

• Proficiency with SEO and analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Clearscope, or MarketMuse.

• Experience collaborating with writers, editors, and designers to create high-performing, discoverable content.

• Experience building domain and page authority through digital PR, partnership outreach, and backlink acquisition in competitive B2B SaaS industries

• Strong analytical and storytelling skills—able to turn insights into clear recommendations and business impact.

• Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Passion for the evolving world of search and for helping audiences discover trustworthy, high-quality content in an AI-driven ecosystem.

Benefits:

• Health & Wellness: 90-100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision plans for employee and dependents + on demand health care concierge

• HSA, FSA, & DCFSA: Pre-tax savings plans for healthcare and dependent care, with up to a $600 annual employer contribution to the HSA plan (if enrolled in HSA medical plan)

• 100% paid short and long term disability plus life + AD&D benefits

• Learning & Development: $500 annually towards professional development opportunities + $250 annually towards personal development opportunities

• Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation policy for strong, fully charged batteries

• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: An inclusive policy to ensure you have time with your newborn, newly adopted, or foster child (available after six months of employment)

• Work Remotely: Flexible hours and work from home + $1,000 annually to cover necessary business related items for your home office

• 401K: Reach your financial goals while reducing your taxes

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s leveling and compensation–including a candidate’s professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for each US-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers based on the cost of labor for that geographic area. The expected salary ranges for this role are below, subject to change.

• Tier 1: $110,500 - $136,500

• Tier 2: $99,500 - $122,800

• Tier 3: $93,600 - $109,200

You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s leveling and compensation–including a candidate’s professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

Drata is on a mission to serve as the trust layer between great companies.

Drata is a trust management platform that uses AI-driven automation to modernize governance, risk, and compliance, helping thousands of businesses develop a more secure, proactive, and risk-aware organization to continuously maintain trust with customers.

We all recognize the importance of earning and keeping the trust of our customers when it comes to protecting their data. We know how burdensome achieving and maintaining a strong GRC posture can be with the rise in compliance regulations. It’s a manual, redundant, error-prone, and unscalable process - and it only grows more complex and expensive over time.

Our team of SaaS, security, compliance, and audit experts have built a better way - with automation

Employment at Drata is based solely upon individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.