Link Building Operations Manager

About us: At TLNT, we believe that recruitment is more than just filling roles — it’s about connecting humans with humans. We’re a people-first organization partnering with top U.S. companies to help them grow by attracting exceptional talent, and we know that the right content can open the right doors.

About our partner: Join a bold, innovative pest control digital marketing agency that helps brands stand out and scale through creative, data-driven strategies. With a focus on performance marketing, branding, and storytelling, they craft high-impact campaigns that drive engagement and growth. Their team thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, constantly pushing boundaries to deliver exceptional results for clients across various industries.

About the role: We are looking for a Link Building Operations Manager to own and scale link building execution across all client accounts, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality links while continuously reducing manual work through automation, tooling, and improved processes. This is a hands-on production role with real ownership, responsible for running link building in live environments, improving how the system operates, and leaving it cleaner and more scalable over time. The ideal candidate thrives in execution, systems thinking, and operational accountability.

This is an incredible remote opportunity to work for a US-based company.

What You'll Do

Link Building Execution & Negotiation
Own end-to-end link acquisition across all clients
Communicate directly with publishers, editors, and site owners
Negotiate placements, pricing, and link terms
Track conversations, follow-ups, and outcomes accurately
Ensure links meet quality, relevance, and placement standards
Automation & Systems Improvement
Identify manual steps in the link-building process and replace them with automation
Independently design and manage Clay tables, logic, and workflows
Use tools like Instantly, AI prompting, and enrichment platforms to scale prospecting and outreach
Experiment with AI and automation to improve speed, quality, and consistency
Document systems so they can be reused, improved, and eventually delegated
Operations & Process Ownership
Maintain clean tracking of prospects, outreach, negotiations, and live links
Build and improve SOPs, checklists, and workflows
Surface bottlenecks, risks, or inefficiencies early
Improve systems instead of patching issues manually
Prepare the operation to support junior analysts in the future

What You Need

Experience in link building, SEO operations, or digital PR
Comfort communicating and negotiating with publishers
Strong spreadsheet skills and operational attention to detail
Ability to work independently and own outcomes
Clear written communication in English
Willingness to work with the US CST or PST time zone overlap
Automation & Technical Aptitude
Experience building or managing workflows in Clay (or equivalent systems)
Strong curiosity and ability to learn new tools independently
Comfort using AI tools and prompting to improve workflows
Ability to demonstrate technical thinking through: Past work experience, or Personal projects, automations, or systems you’ve built
Nice to Have
Experience with Instantly or similar outreach tools
Light development experience (scripts, APIs, SQL, no-code tools)
Experience in training or supporting junior team members
Core Competencies (Non-Negotiable)
An A Player in this role consistently demonstrates:
Extreme ownership – treats link building as their system to run and improve
Systems thinking – replaces manual effort with scalable processes
Technical curiosity – actively learns tools, automation, and AI
Execution discipline – tracks work carefully and follows through
Judgment – knows when to push, negotiate, or walk away
Process improvement mindset – leaves systems cleaner than they found them

Salary & Perks

Competitive Salary
This is a full-time, long-term position.
The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement.
Work from home.
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (+/- 1 hour accepted) - CST or PST.
Additional perks.

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SEO Link Building Specialist