As an AI Search Strategist at XLR8 AI, Inc., you will own the end-to-end success of top-tier brands navigating the shift from SEO to AI-generated answers. You’ll manage high-level client relationships with CMOs, reverse-engineer LLM retrieval patterns, and act as an internal product manager to automate and scale these cutting-edge optimization strategies.
AI Search Strategist at XLR8 AI, Inc.
Search is shifting from links to AI-generated answers, and XLR8 AI, Inc. is leading the charge. As an AI Search Strategist, you will own client relationships with CMOs at top-tier brands and reverse-engineer how LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude rank content. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth, 80%-margin business as a core member. You will act as a consultant, GEO expert, and product manager all in one, with the autonomy to build the future of AI search optimization.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
$85k-$100k + Performance Bonuses
Company
XLR8 AI, Inc.
Role overview
XLR8 AI is an AI search visibility and optimization company that helps mid‑market and enterprise brands turn AI search into a measurable growth channel. It provides a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform and managed execution to monitor and improve how brands appear across AI‑native search engines and large language models such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and other answer engines. The platform tracks brand visibility for relevant queries, analyzes the characteristics of cited sources, and offers tools for reverse‑engineering high‑performing strategies, including content cosine similarity analysis, RAG‑optimized content generation, keyword planning, and content optimization. In addition to its proprietary software, XLR8 AI’s team of GEO strategists and ML engineers deliver end‑to‑end services spanning visibility tracking, sentiment correction, Reddit intelligence, and third‑party citation building, enabling enterprises to win AI search and grow their organic pipeline.
What you will do
- Manage high-stakes client relationships with weekly strategic calls and rapid-response Slack support for founders and marketing executives at top-tier brands.
- Reverse-engineer how LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini retrieve web content to develop and execute Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) strategies.
- Collaborate with engineering as a primary user and PM, identifying product improvements that help the team scale from managing 3 to 20 clients.
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses 0-4 years of professional experience with a strong blend of business intuition and technical curiosity to reason about data retrieval and LLM behavior.
- Demonstrates an exceptional ability to multitask and context-switch across diverse industries while maintaining a high bar for customer satisfaction and response times.
- Thrives in an in-person, high-velocity startup environment in San Francisco and is capable of forming and testing hypotheses about AI search ranking.
Why this role is remarkable
- Unrivaled Autonomy: You will operate as a founder-in-role, owning a book of business end-to-end with no oversight and direct impact on the company’s 20% MoM growth.
- Exceptional Traction: Join a rare, 100% revenue-funded startup that hit $2M ARR in record time with 80% margins, offering stability and massive upside without venture constraints.
- Elite Network: Directly partner with CMOs and Heads of Growth at enterprise companies making $100M+ ARR, becoming their primary expert for the future of search.
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