Product Manager — Partnerships & Distribution

NEXT Ventures; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures seeks a Product Manager — Partnerships & Distribution to own the Affiliate Program and Refer & Earn product, building end-to-end experiences from application through payout, and creating internal tooling and fraud guardrails that scale with growth.

You will design collaborator-facing portals, define commission structures, and partner with Growth, Payments, and Strategy to track OKRs, activation, and revenue.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of product management experience with affiliate programs or partner-driven channels.
• Experience designing affiliate commissions structures and tiered rewards.
• Understanding of attribution, tracking links, UTMs, and cross-device attribution.
• Experience building affiliate-facing portals and dashboards with real-time earnings.
• Strong data skills to analyse activation rates, revenue, and unit economics.
• Experience in fintech, trading, or creator economy platforms is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, CS, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end affiliate journey from application to payout.
• Design referral mechanics, reward structures, and in-product flows.
• Define and optimise commission structures for programs.
• Build affiliate portal and internal tooling for tracking and payouts.
• Coordinate with Growth, Payments, and Strategy squads on attribution and payout workflows.
• Define OKRs and measure affiliate metrics and conversions.
• Guardrails for integrity and fraud prevention.

Skills

Affiliate programs

Referral systems

Partner acquisition

Analytics

Internal tooling experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, CS, or equivalent

Tools

Attribution tracking

UTM tracking

Real-time analytics dashboards

Job description

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm — 220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

As Product Manager — Partnerships & Distribution, you own two of FundedNext’s most important growth levers: the Affiliate Program and the Refer & Earn product. You will take end-to-end accountability for the affiliate journey — from first application through to commission payout — and build the internal systems, portal experiences, and fraud guardrails that let the program scale without breaking. This is a role for a PM who is equally comfortable designing trader-facing referral flows and the operational plumbing underneath them, and who measures success in affiliate quality, not just volume.

How You'll Make an Impact

Affiliate Program & Refer & Earn Ownership

Own the end-to-end affiliate journey — from application and onboarding through active promotion to commission payout — and systematically remove friction at every stage

Own the Refer & Earn program — design referral mechanics, reward structures, and in-product flows that turn every funded trader into a potential acquisition channel

Design and optimise commission structures for both programs — ensuring models are competitive, transparent, and aligned with trader quality (not just volume)

Affiliate Portal & Internal Tooling

Build the affiliate portal product — define requirements for a self-service dashboard where affiliates can track real-time earnings, performance analytics, commission history, referral links, and marketing assets

Define and build internal operations tooling — admin systems for commission disbursement workflows, affiliate onboarding reviews, activity auditing, and compliance checks that reduce manual approvals at scale

Streamline the affiliate onboarding process — define application review criteria, automate where possible, and reduce time-to-activation for new affiliates

Integrity, Attribution & Cross-Squad Coordination

Set guardrails that protect program integrity — design fraud detection mechanisms, self-referral prevention, commission abuse monitoring, and policy violation flags that scale with the affiliate base

Coordinate with Growth squads (CFD and Futures) on attribution tracking — ensure affiliate-referred traffic is properly tagged and feeds into funnel analytics

Work with the Payments & Settlement squad on commission payout processing — define disbursement schedules, approval workflows, and reconciliation requirements

Measurement & OKR Ownership

Define and track squad OKRs: affiliate activation rate, affiliate-sourced revenue, affiliate-sourced trader quality (LTV, pass rate), commission disbursement processing time, and Refer & Earn conversion rate

What You Bring

3–5 years of product management experience, with exposure to affiliate programs, referral systems, creator/influencer platforms, or partner-driven acquisition channels

Experience designing or optimising affiliate commission structures, tiered reward models, and referral incentive programs

Understanding of attribution and tracking systems — referral links, UTM tracking, and conversion attribution across sessions and devices

Experience building affiliate-facing or partner-facing portals and dashboards with real-time earnings, performance analytics, and payout visibility

Strong internal tooling and operations product experience — ability to design admin systems for commission disbursement, onboarding approvals, and activity auditing

Experience designing guardrails and fraud prevention mechanisms for affiliate or referral programs at scale

Strong data skills — ability to analyse affiliate activation rates, affiliate-sourced trader quality (LTV, pass rates), commission ROI, and program-level unit economics

Experience with operational process design — streamlining manual workflows such as commission auditing, disbursement approvals, and compliance checks

Understanding of affiliate lifecycle management — application review, onboarding, activation, engagement, and churn prevention

Experience in fintech, trading, affiliate marketing platforms, or creator economy platforms is a strong plus

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or equivalent experience)

Your Journey After Applying

30-minute HR Session with the Talent Acquisition team

60-minute Session with the Direct Supervisor

60-minute Session with Chief Strategy Officer

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, performance is more than numbers — it’s the pulse that drives innovation and impact. Join us to architect a world-class performance and rewards ecosystem that shapes how success is recognised across continents. Be part of the team that turns ambition into achievement and potential into performance.

Your next chapter in global leadership begins here.