senior affiliate manager in mainstream dating

Social Discovery Group is a group of social discovery companies that addresses loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into a new normal. Its portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions.

• Identify, approach, negotiate with, and onboard new affiliate partners, advertisers, networks, and business opportunities in the mainstream dating vertical;
• Build a strong pipeline from first contact to campaign launch;
• Drive growth of the affiliate partnerships direction by bringing in new partners, launching and testing traffic, scaling successful collaborations, and increasing sales volume and partner profitability;
• Manage the full partner lifecycle, including negotiations, onboarding coordination, launch alignment, partner development, and communication between affiliates, product, tech, sales, and account management teams;
• Analyze the market, competitors, offers, traffic sources, partner economics, funnels, and campaign performance;
• Identify growth opportunities and suggest data-driven improvements;
• Coordinate affiliate tracking setup;
• Analyze CR1, CR2, payment conversion, LTV, CPA, ROI, payouts, and traffic quality;
• Troubleshoot discrepancies and technical issues before and after launch.

• Proven experience in affiliate marketing, partnerships, business development, or sales within performance-driven digital industries;
• Existing network of relevant affiliate partners, advertisers, networks, or traffic partners;
• Understanding of which partners can work with mainstream dating offers and bring high-quality traffic;
• Strong track record of attracting, launching, and scaling new partners or clients;
• Experience building a partnerships or sales pipeline from scratch or significantly growing an existing one;
• Good understanding of affiliate and performance marketing models, including CPA, CPL, RevShare, hybrid deals, payouts, caps, traffic quality, partner economics, and international partner negotiations;
• Strong analytical and technical affiliate marketing skills;
• Ability to work with Google Sheets and analyze key performance metrics;
• Understanding of tracking links, pixels, S2S postbacks, sub IDs, attribution logic, conversion events, and payout logic;
• Ability to troubleshoot tracking or reporting discrepancies;
• Nice to have: experience with mainstream dating products, advertisers, networks, or affiliate partners.

• Remote opportunity;
• Vacation: 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 Wellness days per year;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• 50% Payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• Health benefits of up to $1,000 gross per year per employee for eligible employees without corporate medical insurance;
• Equipped workplace and necessary equipment in company offices or co-working locations;
• Reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1000 gross once every 3 years in other locations;
• Internal gamified gratitude system with bonuses exchangeable for merchandise, team building activities, massage certificates, and other rewards.