Head of Affiliate Partnerships

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$180K/yr – $200K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale the affiliate channel end-to-end, from onboarding long-tail partners to nurturing top affiliates, while evolving the program with technology and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own the affiliate channel end-to-end
  • Build scalable onboarding and activation for long-tail partners
  • Develop a high-touch program for top partners

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the affiliate channel end-to-end
  • You will be accountable for affiliate-driven acquisition and revenue, from strategy to execution. This includes goal setting, forecasting, performance tracking, and continuous optimization of the channel.
  • Build scalable onboarding and activation for long-tail partners
  • Design and launch automated onboarding, education, and activation journeys that help thousands of smaller partners succeed with minimal friction. This includes tooling, content, incentives, and lifecycle communication that drives early wins and sustained engagement.
  • Develop a high-touch program for top partners
  • Create and run a relationship-driven program for high-potential and top-performing affiliates. This includes personalized onboarding, ongoing strategy support, early access to launches, co-marketing opportunities, and regular performance reviews. You’ll act as a trusted partner to creators and agencies who treat Manychat as a core growth lever.
  • Evolve the program with technology and AI
  • Partner closely with internal teams to adopt new tools and AI-powered workflows that improve how affiliates are onboarded, supported, and activated. You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you should be curious, forward-thinking, and excited to learn how new technology can unlock scale and efficiency.
  • Partner cross-functionally
  • Work with Product and Growth teams to ensure affiliates are aligned with launches, positioning, and priority use cases. Bring partner insights back into the company to influence roadmap, messaging, and growth strategy.

Requirements

  • Strong affiliate or partner program leadership
  • Experience owning and scaling an affiliate or partner program at a growth-stage or scaled tech company.
  • Strategic thinking with hands-on execution skills
  • Ability to build deep relationships
  • Data-driven and growth-minded
  • A Curiosity for new technology
  • Strong communication and collaboration

Preferred

  • Strong affiliate or partner program leadership
  • Strategic thinking with hands-on execution skills
  • Ability to build deep relationships
  • Data-driven and growth-minded
  • A Curiosity for new technology
  • Strong communication and collaboration

Benefits

  • - 📚 Annual professional development reimbursement for conference tickets, online courses, and other relevant resources to help you grow.
  • - 💙 Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • - 🪴 Hybrid work and generous leave options to prioritize your work-life balance.
  • - 🍽️ In-office perks, including free meals and snacks.
  • - 🤝 Company-funded sport activities, annual offsites and team-building events.
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Manychat

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Manychat is a leading Chat Marketing platform. We enable businesses and creators to drive more sales and conversions on messaging apps, such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram, using automation. Trusted by over 1 million brands in 170+ countries, we're an official Meta Business Partner, backed by top investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners.Our global team of 350+ people is located around international offices in Austin, Barcelona, Yerevan, São Paulo, and Amsterdam. 🌏Founded in 2016, we still embrace a startup work culture — making fast decisions, setting ambitions goals, fostering open feedback and transparency. We think big and win together. 🏆We value our team, offering competitive compensation and benefits, and a hybrid work model to split time between home and cozy offices.We care intensely about our customers and their goals. By experimenting a lot and testing hypotheses, we continuously improve our product to help businesses grow and generate revenue on their social channels. That’s how we deliver results and dazzle our customers. ⚡️🚀 Ready to make an impact in a new and fast-evolving market? Explore our job openings here on LinkedIn, or by visiting our careers page: https://careers.manychat.com/

Founded in 2016
Austin, Texas, USA
471 employees (82 in marketing)
85% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$45.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.4%
Direct
67.2%
Referral
4%
Social
1.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~496

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
60 (13% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$163.1M
Last Raise
$140M
Series B, 11 months ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2025
    Series B • $140M
  • Apr 2019
    Series A • $18M
  • Nov 2017
    Seed • $4M

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