Strategic Affiliate Partnerships Manager

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and grow relationships with affiliate networks and affiliate management agencies, developing these partnerships into consistent sources of qualified advertiser opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to establish new partnerships across the affiliate ecosystem.
• Turn partner relationships into active, productive sources of advertiser opportunities, including educating partner teams, identifying brands within network and agency portfolios, and facilitating introductions.
• Develop repeatable strategies for generating qualified pipeline through affiliate channels.
• Help establish processes and improve partner engagement as one of the first dedicated hires in the function.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure partner-sourced opportunities are properly handed off and supported.

Requirements

• Understanding of the affiliate marketing industry, including networks, affiliate management agencies, and how affiliate-sourced pipeline is built.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships from the ground up and independently manage existing and prospective partners.
• Experience with partner prospecting, activation, and pipeline generation.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to bring structure and process to a newly developing function.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to educate partner teams on products and opportunities.

Preferred

• Experience with affiliate networks, partnership marketing, or marketing technology platforms.
• Experience working at an early-stage or high-growth company where individual contributors regularly shape process, not just execute it.
• Familiarity with performance marketing and customer acquisition channels.

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment
• Competitive salary and equity opportunities
• Performance bonuses
• Health, dental, and vision benefits (company pays 80% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent premiums)
• Daily lunch stipend
• Other benefits such as monthly wifi, cell phone and subscription reimbursement, and annual hardware stipend
• Flexible PTO and remote-friendly culture
• Annual Corporate Offsites
• Opportunity to help shape a function at a rapidly scaling tech company