Outreach Specialist (Link Builder)

About Progress Partners Progress Partners is a fast-growing technology company building and scaling next-generation SaaS and mobile platforms. We blend creativity with data-driven execution to ship high-impact products, including AI-powered tools, productivity platforms, and workflow software, used by millions of people in more than 160 countries. Our global team of experts in software development, product design, growth, and analytics collaborates across time zones to deliver category-defining innovations. We work end-to-end across the product lifecycle: design, build, launch, and scale. If you’re passionate about building transformative products, Progress Partners is a place to make a lasting impact. About the Role We're looking for a Link Building & Outreach Specialist to grow our domain authority and organic visibility through high-quality backlinks. You'll own the full link acquisition process, from prospecting and qualifying opportunities to executing outreach campaigns at scale, using data-driven analysis and AI-powered automation to maximize efficiency and personalization. Your work will directly shape our search rankings, referral traffic, and long-term SEO growth. What You’ll Do Identify and qualify high-value link-building opportunities through competitor backlink analysis, search footprints, Google operators, and other prospecting methods, evaluating sites on relevance, traffic, authority, and quality. Design and run personalized outreach campaigns at scale, including segmentation, follow-up sequences, and ongoing optimization, leveraging AI and automation tools to boost efficiency and response rates. Secure guest posts, link insertions, directory listings, and other backlink placements that strengthen our domain profile. Build and optimize company profiles and submissions across relevant B2B directories, industry platforms, and review sites. Coordinate end-to-end content for guest posts, from briefing and sourcing to reviewing, editing, and final approval. Audit and verify live placements, confirming target URLs, anchor text, link attributes, and overall quality, to ensure campaign integrity and results. What We’re Looking For 3+ years of hands-on experience in outreach and link building, with strong knowledge of link-building strategies and backlink quality assessment. Advanced proficiency with Ahrefs, including competitor and backlink analysis, and a proven ability to independently find and qualify link-building opportunities. Experience with guest posting, link insertions, directory/profile submissions, and publisher outreach, including briefing writers and reviewing/editing external content. Strong experience with email outreach automation and personalization at scale, using tools such as Lemlist, Instantly, Hunter, or similar. Strong working knowledge of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) for research, outreach personalization, content, and workflow automation, plus strong Google Sheets / Excel skills. Strong written communication and the ability to work autonomously in a remote, async environment. Comfort with ownership, transparency, and a results-driven mindset. How We Work We’re fully remote and distributed across time zones. We default to async, communicate in writing, and trust people to deliver outcomes, not log hours. Decisions are transparent, ownership is clear, and your work is visible from day one. Interview Process We've designed our interview process to be transparent, respectful of your time, and a genuine two-way conversation. We want to get to know you, and we want you to get to know us. You'll always know what stage you're at, what to expect next, and roughly how long things will take. Initial screen with our Talent Acquisition Team - 30 min Take-home assessment - Estimated effort: under 2 hours Final panel with the Head of SEO & SERM - 60 min What We Offer We believe great work starts with taking care of our people and we want everyone on our team to have the support and resources they need to thrive, both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join our team: Remote-first: Live and work wherever you're happiest and most productive. No relocation, ever. Flexible hours: we measure outcomes, not time spent at a desk. Unlimited PTO: take the time you need to rest, recharge, and do your best work. Learning & development budget: courses, books, conferences, certifications, whatever helps you grow. Home office & wellness allowance: a dedicated budget to set up your workspace and support your health. A small, senior, collaborative team where your work is visible and your decisions matter. The chance to build products used by millions of people across 160+ countries. Equal Opportunity Progress Partners is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about building a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome applications from people of all genders, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ages, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, disabilities, neurotypes, family situations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and life experiences. We hire on skills, experience, potential, and values fit. never on protected characteristics. If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, just let us know.