Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day and long-term strategy, development, and planning for the affiliate channel
• Drive partner planning, contracting, and campaign testing to expand and innovate the program
• Track, analyze, and review channel performance to deliver clear insights and recommendations
• Design, launch, and optimize tests and pilots to improve efficiency, conversion, and channel contribution
• Identify, evaluate, and implement new capabilities (including AI-driven optimization), publishers, and audience/data tactics
• Partner cross-functionally to shape portfolio profitability analyses, investment decisions, and the growth roadmap
• Present strategies, performance, insights, and recommendations to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Define requirements for new capabilities and influence the technology roadmap to enhance channel performance
• Improve operational excellence through stronger processes, documentation, and ways of working across planning, execution, and reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of experience in digital marketing and media, with a focus on affiliate marketing or partner marketing
• Demonstrated ability to lead channel strategy and deliver measurable growth against targets
• Strong analytical skills, including performance measurement and test-and-learn optimization
• Proven partner management and negotiation experience (e.g., contracting, commercial terms, joint planning)
• Experience leading people, including developing goals, coaching, and performance management
• Strong communication skills, including executive-ready storytelling and influencing across stakeholders
• Understanding of regulated marketing environments and the ability to manage risk in channel execution

Preferred

• Experience building or scaling affiliate programs with multiple publishers/partners
• Familiarity with AI-driven marketing optimization and advanced targeting approaches
• Experience partnering closely with legal, compliance, and risk teams in go-to-market work
• Track record of improving marketing operations through new processes, tools, and documentation

Benefits

• We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location.
• Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.
• We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.
• These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.