SEO Manager

Paradise Media is a fast-growing performance marketing company behind some of the most successful affiliate and iGaming brands in the world. We run a global network of high-authority sites across casino, sports, and entertainment built on data, experimentation, and top-tier SEO. 

We’re a private company with strong capital reserves and no outside investors, making us a stable, independent, and fast-moving place to grow your career. You’ll work directly with the CEO and leadership team, have a real voice in strategy, and see your ideas go live fast. 

We’re scaling quickly to become one of the largest privately-owned companies in iGaming. A team where smart, driven people can have a massive impact and build something enduring.

About the role

As Paradise Media is a high-growth digital media company operating in the iGaming affiliate space, we give our team real ownership and an environment built for focus, execution, and performance.

As an SEO Manager, you will own and scale multiple high-value sites across our portfolio. This is a hands-on role with end-to-end responsibility for SEO performance, where your decisions directly impact rankings, traffic, revenue, and long-term site value.

You’ll be based in our Balluta Bay office in Malta, with panoramic ocean views, on-site fitness and recovery facilities, and premium amenities that remove friction from your day.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Own SEO performance across assigned sites, from strategy through execution and iteration.
• Orchestrate AI-driven SEO workflows using our internal tooling to scale output and insight.
• Define and prioritise SEO initiatives based on commercial impact, effort, and risk.
• Lead keyword strategy, site architecture, internal linking, and on-page optimisation at scale.
• Define search intent frameworks and page strategies across multiple sites.
• Oversee technical SEO in collaboration with developers, including crawlability, indexation, Core Web Vitals, and site migrations.
• Monitor rankings, traffic, and revenue performance, and take corrective action when results deviate.
• Investigate performance drops related to algorithm updates, technical issues, or competitive shifts.
• Collaborate with AI Integration Specialists to improve and extend SEO automation and tooling.
• Mentor junior SEO team members, review output, and raise overall execution quality.
• Partner with product, tech, and leadership teams on roadmap planning and prioritisation.

Requirements:

• Comfortable using CLI-based AI tools (e.g. Claude Code) or able to learn quickly.
• 3+ years of hands-on SEO experience with clear ownership of results.
• Proven experience managing and scaling competitive websites.
• Strong technical SEO foundation (indexation, crawling, site architecture, performance).
• Experience working with large sites, programmatic pages, or multi-site portfolios.
• Able to balance speed, quality, and risk in execution and decision-making.
• Systems-oriented thinker who prefers repeatable processes over ad-hoc fixes.
• Strong operator mindset with attention to detail and leverage.
• Comfortable taking responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
• Must be based in Malta (or willing to relocate) and work from the office full-time.
• Legal right to work in Malta is required.

Our Benefits:

• Location: Stunning Balluta Bay office with panoramic ocean views.
• Compensation: Highly competitive salary package.
• Work Environment & Ownership: Real responsibility and minimal bureaucracy ensure true ownership.
• Well-being & Perks: Access to a full on-site gym anytime, plus professional massage chairs for recovery.