Senior Affiliate Manager (Dating, Web)

About the Role

This opportunity is offered on behalf of a partner company seeking a Senior Affiliate Manager specializing in the dating web vertical, based in Saudi Arabia. This role plays a pivotal part in driving affiliate growth within a dynamic digital setting focused on fostering meaningful online connections.

Key Responsibilities

• Scout, negotiate with, and integrate new affiliate partners, advertisers, and networks within the mainstream dating sector.
• Maintain and nurture a robust pipeline of partnerships from initial engagement to campaign deployment and ongoing collaboration.
• Accelerate growth of the affiliate channel by exploring new traffic sources, amplifying successful partnerships, and boosting sales and profitability.
• Manage full lifecycle of partner relationships, encompassing onboarding, continuous communication, development, and internal coordination.
• Collaborate across product, sales, technology, and account teams to ensure seamless campaign execution and partner satisfaction.
• Analyze trends in the market, competition, offers, traffic, and partner economics to uncover new avenues for expansion.
• Utilize affiliate tracking data and performance metrics to monitor conversion rates, lifetime value, cost per acquisition, ROI, payouts, and traffic integrity.
• Oversee tracking configurations and resolve technical issues related to links, attribution, and reporting discrepancies.
• Formulate data-driven strategies to enhance partner outcomes, campaign effectiveness, and overall affiliate approaches.

Candidate Profile and Requirements

• Extensive experience in affiliate marketing, partnerships, business development, or sales within performance-driven digital sectors.
• Background working with mainstream dating products, affiliated advertisers, or comparable performance-based verticals highly preferred.
• Established network of affiliate partners, advertisers, traffic sources, or relevant industry contacts.
• Track record of successfully launching and scaling affiliate partnerships or client relationships.
• Proven ability to build or significantly expand partnership pipelines from the ground up.
• In-depth understanding of affiliate marketing models including CPA, CPL, revenue sharing, hybrid deals, payout structures, and evaluating traffic quality and partner economics.
• Experience negotiating and managing international commercial partnerships.
• Strong analytical skills with competence in assessing metrics and making informed data-driven decisions.
• Technical proficiency with affiliate tracking platforms, including managing tracking links, pixels, server-to-server postbacks, sub-IDs, attribution methodologies, conversion tracking, and payout arrangements.
• Familiarity with tools like Google Sheets and performance reporting software.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship management capabilities.

Benefits and Perks

• Fully remote full-time employment.
• Competitive salary with specifics disclosed during recruitment.
• 28 calendar days of paid vacation annually.
• 7 wellness days per year for personal care and life balance.
• Referral bonuses up to $5,000 for successful employee recommendations.
• Company-funded support covering 50% of professional development including training, international events, and conferences.
• Access to corporate discounts for English language courses.
• Health-related reimbursements up to $1,000 per year for eligible employees lacking corporate insurance coverage.
• Support for workplace setup, including equipment provision or expense reimbursement up to $1,000 every three years.
• Workplace arrangement assistance covering furniture, internet, and coworking fees.
• Internal rewards program offering bonuses redeemable for merchandise, team events, and wellness experiences.
• Opportunity to collaborate with an international, remote-first team on high-impact digital products.

Additional Information

Applications are managed by the partner company after initial candidate matching through an AI-powered process ensuring efficient, fair evaluation based on core role requirements. Final recruitment decisions rest with the hiring organization.

Data privacy and consent regarding AI usage in recruitment are upheld in accordance with relevant regulations including GDPR.