Affiliate Marketing Manager

Harvey Nash; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 200,579,000 - 226,367,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash USA is seeking an Affiliate Marketing Project Manager III to lead affiliate initiatives across the Americas, including the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.

You will develop and execute affiliate strategies, manage relationships with publishers and affiliate partners, identify and onboard high-performing partners, and optimize campaigns to support customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in affiliate marketing and partnerships.
• Proven experience owning or managing affiliate programs from strategy through execution.
• Hands-on experience managing affiliate partners, publishers, networks, or content partners.
• Proven track record driving customer acquisition, revenue growth, ROI, or ROAS.
• Experience identifying, recruiting, onboarding, and developing affiliate partners.
• Experience with major affiliate platforms (Impact, Partnerize, Rakuten, CJ/Awin, Performance Horizon).
• Strong understanding of tracking, attribution, reporting, and optimization.
• Experience negotiating commissions, incentives, contracts, or agreements.
• Strong analytical, communication, and relationship-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive affiliate marketing strategies to drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness.
• Manage and optimize relationships with affiliate partners, publishers, content creators, and networks.
• Identify, evaluate, recruit, and onboard high-performing affiliate partners.
• Develop campaigns aligned with product launches and marketing initiatives.
• Analyze affiliate performance data and optimize campaigns to improve revenue, conversion, ROI, and efficiency.
• Monitor tracking, attribution, and reporting to ensure accurate measurement of performance.
• Negotiate contracts, commission structures, incentives, and partner agreements.
• Collaborate with paid media, brand marketing, e-commerce, product, and cross-functional teams.
• Support campaign launches across multiple products, markets, and initiatives.
• Monitor budgets and allocate resources to support scalable growth.
• Research affiliate industry trends, publisher opportunities, and partnerships models.
• Identify opportunities to expand the program with new partners and networks.
• Provide performance insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure tracking and payouts are properly supported.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities to meet timelines.

Skills

Affiliate strategy

Partner management

Performance marketing

Customer acquisition

Campaign analytics

Data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

E-commerce

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Impact/Impact.com

Partnerize

Rakuten

CJ Affiliate/Commission Junction

Performance Horizon

Awin

Job description

Harvey Nash USA has been engaged to find an experienced Affiliate Marketing professional to support a leading global consumer technology organization’s Americas affiliate marketing program. This role is ideal for professionals with hands‑on experience developing affiliate strategies, managing affiliate partners and publishers, driving customer acquisition and revenue, and optimizing performance through data, attribution, and campaign analytics.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in affiliate marketing and performance‑driven customer acquisition, with the ability to manage external partners, identify new affiliate opportunities, negotiate partner terms, and execute campaigns across multiple markets. The individual should be highly analytical, organized, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple strategic initiatives in a fast‑paced environment.

Role Summary

The team is responsible for driving affiliate marketing initiatives across the Americas, including the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The Affiliate Marketing Project Manager III will develop and execute affiliate strategies, manage relationships with publishers and affiliate partners, identify and onboard high‑performing partners, and optimize campaigns to support customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness.

Description

The Affiliate Marketing Project Manager III will be responsible for managing affiliate marketing programs and partnerships from strategy through execution and optimization.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of affiliate marketing, performance marketing, e‑commerce, partner management, campaign analytics, attribution, and revenue optimization. The individual should be comfortable working directly with affiliate publishers, networks, content partners, and other external stakeholders.

Strong communication, analytical, negotiation, organizational, and relationship‑management skills are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive affiliate marketing strategies to drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness.
• Manage and optimize relationships with affiliate partners, publishers, content creators, and affiliate networks.
• Identify, evaluate, recruit, and onboard high‑performing affiliate partners.
• Develop affiliate campaigns aligned with product launches, marketing initiatives, and broader business objectives.
• Analyze affiliate performance data and optimize campaigns to improve revenue, conversion, ROI, and overall program efficiency.
• Monitor affiliate campaign performance, tracking, attribution, and reporting to ensure accurate measurement of program effectiveness.
• Manage affiliate partner relationships and serve as a strategic point of contact for key partners.
• Negotiate contracts, commission structures, incentives, and partner agreements.
• Collaborate with paid media, brand marketing, e‑commerce, product, and other cross‑functional teams to align affiliate initiatives with broader marketing strategies.
• Support campaign launches and ensure flawless execution across multiple products, markets, and initiatives.
• Monitor affiliate budgets and ensure efficient allocation of resources to support scalable growth.
• Research affiliate industry trends, competitor strategies, publisher opportunities, and emerging partnership models.
• Identify opportunities to expand the affiliate program through new partners, publishers, content creators, and networks.
• Develop and communicate performance insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure affiliate tracking and attribution are accurate and that partner payouts are properly supported.
• Manage multiple projects, campaigns, and partner priorities while meeting established timelines.
• Support additional affiliate marketing initiatives and strategic projects as business needs evolve.

Must‑Have Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, affiliate partnerships, performance marketing, or a closely related field.
• Proven experience owning or managing affiliate marketing programs from strategy through execution and optimization.
• Hands‑on experience managing affiliate partners, publishers, affiliate networks, or content partners.
• Proven track record of driving customer acquisition, revenue growth, conversions, ROI, or ROAS through affiliate programs.
• Experience identifying, recruiting, onboarding, and developing affiliate partners.
• Experience with affiliate marketing platforms such as Impact/Impact.com, Partnerize, Rakuten, CJ Affiliate/Commission Junction, Performance Horizon, Awin, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of affiliate tracking, attribution, performance reporting, and campaign optimization.
• Experience negotiating commission structures, incentives, contracts, or partner agreements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign and partner performance data and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong relationship‑management and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams including e‑commerce, paid media, brand marketing, and digital marketing.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, results‑driven environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of affiliate initiatives and projects.
• Strong understanding of e‑commerce and digital marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in retail, consumer electronics, technology, or consumer brands.
• Experience managing affiliate programs across multiple geographic markets.
• Experience supporting US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, or broader Americas/AMR markets.
• Experience with SEO and content marketing strategies as they relate to affiliate marketing.
• Experience managing large or complex affiliate partner ecosystems.
• Experience working with major publishers, content creators, affiliate networks, or commerce partners.
• Experience managing affiliate marketing budgets and optimizing spend for scalable growth.
• Strong understanding of emerging affiliate, creator, commerce, and partner marketing trends.
• Experience working within a large global organization with complex cross‑functional stakeholder environments.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, E‑commerce, or a related discipline preferred.
• Equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.

Top Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of hands‑on affiliate marketing experience, with a strong background in affiliate strategy, partner and publisher management, customer acquisition, revenue growth, campaign optimization, and performance analytics.
• A strong candidate will have directly managed an affiliate program or affiliate channel and should be able to demonstrate experience recruiting and developing affiliate partners, negotiating commissions and incentives, managing affiliate platforms, analyzing performance and attribution, and driving measurable revenue or acquisition results.
• Candidates with experience using Impact/Impact.com, Partnerize, Rakuten, CJ Affiliate/Commission Junction, Performance Horizon, Awin, or comparable affiliate platforms are strongly preferred.
• The candidate should be highly analytical, commercially minded, organized, and comfortable managing multiple affiliate initiatives across a fast‑paced global environment. Strong partner relationship management, negotiation, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills are critical.

Compensation

A reasonable, good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum hourly wage for this position is $70-79/hr on W2.

About Harvey Nash

Harvey Nash is a national, full‑service talent management firm specializing in technology and professional talent solutions. Our company was founded with a mission to serve as a trusted talent partner, connecting skilled professionals with leading organizations and helping businesses build high‑performing teams.