[Hiring] SEO Lead (Local SEO & Google Business Profile — Home Services) @Hire Hangar

Role Description

We are hiring a highly experienced SEO Lead with deep, hands-on experience in home-services and service-based industries to lead and scale SEO delivery across a portfolio of US-based clients. This role is critical to performance and is not suitable for candidates without direct experience in home-services SEO (e.g., HVAC, plumbing, electrical, remodeling, roofing, junk removal, cleaning, painting).

You will own strategy and execution across local SEO, Google Business Profile (GBP), service-area businesses (SABs), competitive metro markets, and multi-location/franchise environments. This is a hands-on role focused on rankings, map pack visibility, calls, and booked jobs—not theory or generic SEO.

You’ll work closely with content, development, paid media/LSA teams, and account strategy to execute clear SEO plans and deliver measurable organic growth for service-based businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Own SEO strategy and execution for a portfolio of home-services clients (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, remodeling, junk removal, painting, cleaning, etc.)
• Build and maintain SEO roadmaps covering technical SEO, local visibility, content, GBP optimization, and link acquisition
• Lead scalable SEO processes, templates, QA checks, and reporting standards across accounts
• Stay current on Google algorithm updates, local SEO changes, AI-influenced search behavior, and E-E-A-T considerations specific to service businesses
• Clearly prioritize actions that drive map pack rankings, organic leads, and phone calls
• Drive consistent GBP ranking improvements across primary and surrounding service areas
• Optimize categories, services, attributes, service areas, photos/videos, citations, and trust signals
• Conduct city-level and service-level keyword research for local expansion
• Support sustained map pack visibility in highly competitive metro markets
• Manage and improve local SERP performance for service-area businesses without storefronts
• Build content strategies for service pages, city/location pages, blogs, and topical authority clusters
• Create SEO briefs aligned with local intent, conversion goals, and service-based search behavior
• Review content for SEO quality, local relevance, and lead-generation effectiveness
• Collaborate with internal and external writers (human and AI-assisted) while maintaining strict quality standards
• Coordinate link acquisition efforts (citations, outreach, partnerships, placements) suited to home-services verticals
• Maintain simple, scalable backlink playbooks that support local authority and trust
• Monitor backlink gaps, authority metrics, and competitive benchmarks
• Run technical audits covering crawlability, indexation, internal linking, duplication, schema basics, and Core Web Vitals
• Work directly with WordPress and development resources to implement SEO improvements
• Support scalable multi-location site structures and internal linking strategies common in home-services businesses
• Track performance using GA4, GSC, and SEO tools with a focus on leads, calls, and local visibility
• Collaborate with paid media and LSA teams to align messaging and growth priorities
• Communicate SEO priorities clearly to internal stakeholders and support consistent execution

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of hands-on SEO experience with direct, proven experience in home-services or service-based industries
• Demonstrated success improving local SEO and Google Business Profile rankings for service-area businesses
• Experience competing in highly competitive local markets (map pack + organic results)
• Strong familiarity with multi-location and franchise-style SEO structures
• Solid technical SEO foundation (audits, indexation, internal linking, CWV awareness, basic schema)
• Strong proficiency with WordPress, including on-page optimization and common technical fixes
• Ability to produce clear SEO documentation, briefs, roadmaps, and performance reporting
• Excellent organization and time management across multiple active client campaigns
• Prior professional remote work experience, fluency with remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana or similar), and experience supporting US- or UK-based teams/clients

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in one or more home-services verticals (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, cleaning, junk removal, remodeling)
• Experience with home-services CRMs and marketing stacks (ServiceTitan, Jobber, Workiz, Housecall Pro, or similar)
• Experience collaborating with paid media and Google Local Services Ads (LSA) teams
• Experience implementing and validating structured data/schema
• Experience mentoring junior SEO specialists or coordinating contractors/vendors

Tools & Technology

• Google Search Console (GSC), Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
• SEMrush and/or Ahrefs
• WordPress and common SEO plugins
• Local SEO & GBP tooling (citation management, listings, review workflows — tooling varies by client)
• Reporting dashboards and spreadsheets (Looker Studio, Google Sheets, or equivalent)
• Remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana or similar)

Important

This role requires real-world experience in home-services SEO. Candidates without hands-on experience in service-based industries (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, remodeling, etc.) will not be considered.

Please NOTE: It is crucial that you complete the application form in full. As part of the application process, you will be required to record a video. If your application is successful, you will receive an email confirming next steps—the video is the first step of the interview process. If you do not record a video, we will not be able to consider you for ANY open roles.