Affiliate Specialist - Pro (EMEA)

Kraken; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken Pro is expanding its affiliate program and seeks an Affiliate Specialist to support recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing operations. You will oversee partner outreach, vetting, and compliance alongside cross-functional teams in a fast-moving crypto platform environment.

The role focuses on growing the Kraken Pro affiliate network, maintaining accurate spend and performance data, and ensuring smooth cross-functional coordination with product, marketing, compliance, martech, and analytics

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in affiliate marketing, partnerships, growth marketing, or related digital marketing field.
• Strong written communication skills for partner outreach and relationship management.
• Comfortable working with data and numbers.
• Detail-oriented and process-driven; able to manage multiple partner relationships and workstreams.
• Genuine interest in the crypto or fintech industry.

Responsibilities

• Source and prospect new affiliate partners across media publishers, mobile networks, incentive sites, social networks, and CTV.
• Own day-to-day Impact.com platform administration, partner setup, link QA and commission updates; support reporting cycles.

Skills

Affiliate partnerships

Strong written communication

Data-driven

Detail-oriented

Crypto/fintech interest

Tools

SQL

Hex

QuickSight

AppsFlyer

Impact.com

Job description

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken NinjaTrader Breakout xStocks Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry built to advance an open global financial system.

The team

Founded in 2011 Kraken is one of the worlds longest-standing crypto platforms trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading margin futures staking and OTC services with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

The opportunity

As an Affiliate Specialist for Kraken Pro you will support the growth and day-to-day operations of the Kraken Pro affiliate program by identifying and onboarding new partners and by owning the operational processes that keep the program running accurately and compliantly.

Key responsibilities include

Partner recruitment

• Source and prospect new affiliate partners across media publishers
• Mobile networks
• Incentive sites
• Social network partnerships
• CTV
• etc
• Draft and send personalized outreach
• Manage the partner pipeline from first contact through onboarding
• Support partner vetting and scoring processes for example mobile network partner intake and evaluation
• Assist with go-to-market launch coordination for new affiliate partners briefs newsletters and creative asset delivery

Affiliate operations

• Own day-to-day Impact com platform administration partner account setup tracking link QA and commission structure updates
• Support weekly monthly reporting cycles QuickSite AppsFlyer Hex exports feeding the Pro performance dashboard and updates
• Monitor for compliance and fraud flags performance benchmark violations PID marketplace prohibitions and elevate per policy
• Support invoice and payment reconciliation with acceleration partners and finance
• Maintain partner creative assets records contracts and documentation compliance matrix partner type reference tables

Cross-functional support

• Coordinate with agencies on day-to-day partner servicing and escalations
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and dashboard maintenance
• The program scales support in the affiliate strategy development
• Participate in cross-functional discussions with product compliance design martech and analytics

What you bring

• 2 years of experience in affiliate marketing partnerships growth marketing or a related digital marketing field
• Strong written communication skills for partner outreach and relationship management
• Comfortable working with data
• Detail-oriented and process-driven able to manage multiple partner relationships and workstreams concurrently
• Genuine interest in the crypto or fintech industry

Nice to haves

• Exposure to SQL or BI tools Hex QuickSight
• Familiarity with affiliate platforms Impact com or similar and attribution tools AppsFlyer
• Fintech or crypto experience

Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting applications are accepted on an ongoing basis

Please note applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Our commitment

Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents backgrounds contributions and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit seeking out people with the right abilities knowledge and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don t fully meet the listed requirements especially if you re passionate or knowledgeable about crypto. We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.

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2+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, partnerships, growth marketing, or a related digital marketing field. Strong written communication skills for partner outreach and relationship management. Comfortable working with data. Detail-oriented and process-driven, able to manage multiple partner relationships and workstreams concurrently. Genuine interest in the crypto or fintech industry. Nice to haves Exposure to SQL or BI tools (Hex, QuickSight). Familiarity with affiliate platforms (Impact.com or similar) and attribution tools (AppsFlyer). Fintech or crypto experience.