Affiliate Account Manager

Global Sports Jobs Limited; United States; Remote; USD 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

DAZN Bet is expanding its affiliate acquisition channel in Canada. The Affiliate Account Manager will identify, recruit, and manage partners across Ontario and Alberta, driving high-quality customer acquisitions while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Collaborate with Marketing, CRM, BI, and local teams, negotiate flexible compensation models, monitor performance data, and forecast activity to support growth in a fast-moving, international betting business.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in affiliate marketing or performance partnerships.
• Experience with CPA, Revenue Share, and Hybrid models.
• Experience using performance metrics like registrations, CPA, and NGR.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills to turn data into actions.
• Experience with tracking platforms and Excel/Sheets.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, and onboard new Canadian affiliate partners.
• Manage day-to-day partner relationships and campaign opportunities.
• Negotiate CPA, Revenue Share, and Hybrid deals within budgets.
• Monitor performance metrics and optimize for quality and LTV.
• Coordinate campaigns, tracking links, and promotional assets with internal teams.
• Ensure compliance with Canadian regulations and brand guidelines.
• Provide forecasting and reporting to Country Manager and central team.
• Collaborate with Marketing, CRM, Product, Finance, BI teams.
• Stay informed on Canadian betting landscape and opportunities.

Skills

Affiliate marketing

Account management

Business development

Performance marketing

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Data-driven

Tools

Affiliate platforms

Tracking tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

About the Role

The Affiliate Account Manager – Canada role supports the growth of DAZN Bet's affiliate acquisition channel across Ontario, Alberta and the wider Canadian market, helping to grow and develop the Canadian affiliate programme. It involves working with a wide range of partners, from publishers and comparison sites to content creators and performance marketing partners, to turn commercial opportunities into high-quality customer acquisition. The post-holder identifies, recruits and manages affiliate partners, builds commercially sustainable relationships, and uses performance data to improve customer acquisition and long-term player value. The role works closely with the Country Manager, central Affiliate team, Marketing, CRM, Compliance and Business Intelligence, providing dedicated local ownership of affiliate activity while ensuring campaigns are commercially effective and compliant with local regulations. It offers the opportunity to take ownership of a growing channel within an ambitious international betting business.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit and onboard new affiliate partners across Canada, focusing on relationships that can deliver sustainable acquisition volume and high-quality customers.
• Build strong day-to-day relationships with affiliate partners, acting as the key local contact for campaigns, placements, promotions, performance discussions and new opportunities.
• Negotiate and manage CPA, Revenue Share and Hybrid agreements within agreed budgets, balancing acquisition volume, customer quality and commercial return.
• Monitor partner performance across registrations, FTDs, CPA, conversion, NGR, retention and customer value, using data to identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Coordinate affiliate campaigns, landing pages, tracking links, creative assets and promotional placements with internal teams to ensure activity launches effectively.
• Ensure affiliate content and promotions meet Canadian regulatory, Responsible Gambling and DAZN Bet brand requirements, escalating and resolving issues where necessary.
• Maintain accurate reporting and forecasts across acquisition volumes, partner performance, commercial commitments and affiliate spend, providing recommendations to the Country Manager and central Affiliate team.
• Work closely with Marketing, CRM, Product, Compliance, Finance and Business Intelligence teams to resolve issues and maximise the performance of the affiliate channel.
• Stay close to the Canadian betting and affiliate landscape, identifying new publishers, partnerships, competitor activity and emerging opportunities that can support DAZN Bet's growth.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Around 2–4 years' experience within affiliate marketing, digital partnerships, account management, business development or performance marketing.
• Good understanding of affiliate commercial models, including CPA, Revenue Share and Hybrid agreements, with the confidence to negotiate and manage partner relationships.
• Experience using acquisition and customer metrics such as registrations, FTDs, CPA, conversion, NGR, retention and customer value to evaluate performance.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with the ability to interpret performance data and turn insights into clear actions and recommendations.
• Understanding of digital acquisition funnels, tracking and attribution, with experience using affiliate platforms, reporting tools and Excel or Google Sheets.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the confidence to work directly with publishers, affiliates and internal stakeholders.
• A proactive, organised and detail-focused approach, with the ability to manage multiple partners, campaigns and priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• A strong sense of ownership and commercial curiosity, comfortable working independently while collaborating with local and international teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience ideally within online betting, gaming or another regulated digital industry.
• Knowledge of the Canadian online betting and gaming market would be advantageous, particularly Ontario, Alberta and their respective regulatory environments.

Workplace

• Remote in Ontario, Canada

The Application Process

As part of the recruitment process, automated or AI-supported tools may be used to assist with application review and screening; these tools support, not replace, human decision-making, and final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team.