Affiliate Manager/Sr. Affiliate Manager

Ruckus; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruckus is seeking an Affiliate Manager / Senior Affiliate Manager in the United States to own and scale our affiliate channel. You will recruit partners, negotiate deals, and drive performance while exploring new channels like CTV, audio, and OOH.

You will build relationships with publishers and creators, optimize campaigns, and collaborate with growth, analytics, and creative teams to maximize customer acquisition and revenue growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in affiliate marketing.
• Experience independently managing an affiliate program or owning a significant portion of one.
• Hands-on experience identifying, recruiting, and onboarding new affiliate partners.
• Experience developing relationships with publishers, creators, media partners, podcasts, newsletters, or similar partners.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and closing partnerships.
• Strong understanding of affiliate performance, tracking, attribution, and optimization.
• Experience with affiliate platforms; Impact experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow the affiliate program and its day-to-day operations.
• Identify, recruit, and onboard new affiliate partners, publishers, creators, podcasts, newsletters, and other relevant partners.
• Proactively build relationships with publishers and media partners across health, wellness, lifestyle, and other relevant categories.
• Develop outreach strategies and pitch prospective partners.
• Negotiate commercial terms and close new partnerships.
• Manage partner relationships from initial outreach through launch and ongoing optimization.
• Monitor affiliate traffic, campaign performance, and key metrics to identify opportunities for growth.
• Analyze partner performance and optimize toward revenue and customer acquisition goals.
• Collaborate with growth, creative, analytics, and other internal teams to support affiliate initiatives.
• Identify creative new partnership opportunities and ways to expand the affiliate channel.
• Help explore and test emerging acquisition opportunities, including CTV, audio, and OOH.

Skills

Affiliate marketing

Partner recruitment

Negotiation

Analytics

Performance optimization

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Tools

Impact

Job description

Our client, a fast-growing telehealth company focused on longevity and personalized healthcare, is looking for an Affiliate Manager / Senior Affiliate Manager to own and expand its affiliate channel while helping identify new opportunities for customer acquisition.

We’re looking for a hands-on, entrepreneurial affiliate marketer who knows how to build relationships, identify new partnership opportunities, and turn those relationships into a scalable acquisition channel.

You’ll take ownership of the affiliate program—from identifying and recruiting new partners to negotiating deals, launching partnerships, managing performance, and optimizing the channel.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building and isn’t afraid to operate without an established playbook. While affiliate marketing will be your primary focus, you’ll also have the opportunity to help test and explore additional acquisition channels, including CTV, audio, and out-of-home (OOH).

What You’ll Do

• Own and grow the affiliate program and its day-to-day operations.
• Identify, recruit, and onboard new affiliate partners, publishers, creators, podcasts, newsletters, and other relevant partners.
• Proactively build relationships with publishers and media partners across health, wellness, lifestyle, and other relevant categories.
• Develop outreach strategies and pitch prospective partners.
• Negotiate commercial terms and close new partnerships.
• Manage partner relationships from initial outreach through launch and ongoing optimization.
• Monitor affiliate traffic, campaign performance, and key metrics to identify opportunities for growth.
• Analyze partner performance and optimize toward revenue and customer acquisition goals.
• Collaborate with growth, creative, analytics, and other internal teams to support affiliate initiatives.
• Identify creative new partnership opportunities and ways to expand the affiliate channel.
• Help explore and test emerging acquisition opportunities, including CTV, audio, and OOH.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in affiliate marketing.
• Experience independently managing an affiliate program or owning a significant portion of one.
• Hands-on experience identifying, recruiting, and onboarding new affiliate partners.
• Experience developing relationships with publishers, creators, media partners, podcasts, newsletters, or similar partners.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and closing partnerships.
• Strong understanding of affiliate performance, tracking, attribution, and optimization.
• Experience with affiliate platforms; Impact experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and a performance-oriented mindset.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial approach and the ability to identify opportunities and take ownership.
• Creativity and curiosity around new customer acquisition opportunities.

Nice to Have

• Experience in telehealth, healthcare, wellness, DTC, or another high-growth consumer business.
• Existing relationships with publishers or media partners, particularly within health and wellness.
• Experience working with large publishers and content platforms.
• Experience with creator partnerships.
• Experience building or scaling an affiliate program.
• Exposure to additional acquisition channels such as CTV, audio, or OOH.

Compensation

$140,000 - $160,000 depending on experience.