Affiliate Manager

You will build and scale an affiliate program into a meaningful revenue line. You will recruit, onboard, and grow a roster of affiliates; negotiate commercial terms and set payout and reporting cadence; coordinate tracking, creatives, and landing pages with product and marketing; detect and remove fraud; keep affiliate copy and geo-targeting compliant; and optimize CAC and attribution to grow attributable revenue.

Responsibilities

• Build the affiliate program into a revenue line by recruiting, onboarding, and growing a roster of affiliates
• Negotiate commercial terms including rev-share, CPA, hybrid models, cookie windows, and payout schedules
• Set reporting cadence and default commercial terms and carve exceptions where the math works
• Coordinate with marketing, content, and product on landing pages, creatives, tracking links, and promo codes
• Specify and implement tracking and attribution (including postback/S2S changes) with engineering
• Detect and remove affiliate fraud such as cookie stuffing, self-referrals, multi-accounting, and blow-up farming
• Ensure compliance of affiliate copy and geo-targeting in regulated markets
• Drive down CAC while scaling attributable revenue month-over-month

Requirements

• 3+ years running affiliate marketing as the program owner
• Track record in web2 verticals with scalable affiliate programs (SaaS, fintech, online gambling/sports betting, forex/CFD, crypto exchanges)
• Numerate and comfortable with LTV, CAC, payback period, blended ROI, and attribution windows
• Able to read SQL-style reports and identify actionable levers
• Experience negotiating rev-share and CPA deals and understanding market rates
• Hands-on experience with at least one tracking platform (Tune, Affise, Everflow, Cellxpert, Post Affiliate Pro, or rolled-your-own)
• Fluent written English for partner communications, contracts, and dispute replies