Principal Affiliate Marketing Program Manager
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Overview
Remote
On-site
Compensation
$60-$64/hour
Job Description
Global Financial Firm located in New York City, NY has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Principal Affiliate Marketing Program ManagerPay Rate Range: $60.00 - $64.00 negotiable based upon years of experience
Work Mode: Hybrid, three days per week onsite in New York City, NY
Responsibilities:
- Support the development and execution of affiliate channel strategies that drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and business objectives.
- Manage relationships with affiliate networks, publishers, agencies, and strategic partners, including onboarding, activation, optimization, and performance reviews.
- Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, coordinating efforts across Marketing, Product, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Technology teams.
- Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, risks, and success metrics while ensuring on-time delivery.
- Partner with business and technology teams to identify and implement enhancements to affiliate platforms, tracking, attribution, reporting, and operational processes.
- Monitor channel performance and analyze data to identify growth opportunities, improve partner effectiveness, and optimize return on investment.
- Develop executive-ready presentations, business cases, performance reports, and strategic recommendations.
- Ensure affiliate marketing activities comply with regulatory, legal, privacy, brand, and governance requirements.
- Drive issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and decision-making across multiple teams and external partners.
- Identify opportunities to improve affiliate processes, reporting, governance, and operational efficiency.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in affiliate marketing, performance marketing, digital acquisition, partnerships, product management, consulting, or project management.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
- Strong understanding of affiliate marketing ecosystems, networks, publishers, and performance-based marketing models.
- Experience managing external partners and influencing internal stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience developing executive communications and presenting insights to senior leadership.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Skills:
- Financial services, credit card, lending, or consumer banking experience.
- Experience with affiliate platforms and networks such as CJ, Impact, Partnerize, or Rakuten.
- Knowledge of affiliate tracking, attribution, tagging, and performance measurement methodologies.
- Familiarity with marketing compliance, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience supporting channel strategy, marketing technology, or product development initiatives.
- PMP, Agile, or related project management certification.
Benefits:
- Join a high-impact acquisition marketing team responsible for one of the company's largest performance marketing channels.
- Opportunity to shape affiliate strategy, lead key growth initiatives, and build partnerships that deliver measurable business impact.
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Candidates can expect a pay range of $60–$64 per hour for this role.
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