Affiliate & Partnerships Manager (f/m/d)

Clariness; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Mobile working

Development budget

Team events

Open feedback culture

Job summary

Clariness is seeking an Affiliate & Partnerships Manager (f/m/d) to expand and manage our network of affiliate partners and strategic relationships for patient recruitment across global clinical trials. This full-time role collaborates with Marketing, Patient Recruitment, Clinical Operations, Compliance, Analytics, and external partners to drive high-quality results.

You will onboard affiliates, optimize campaigns, analyze performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and identify new opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or related field.
• 5+ years in affiliate marketing or partnerships.
• Experience developing affiliate programs and partnerships.
• Strong CPA/CPL/CPC understanding and attribution.
• Experience with Google Ads, Meta Ads, and paid media.
• Strong analytical skills with dashboards and web analytics.
• Experience in the U.S. digital marketing environment.
• Healthcare/life sciences experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow affiliate and strategic partner relationships.
• Onboard and maintain relationships with affiliates, publishers, advocacy groups.
• Coordinate campaigns and optimize partner performance.
• Collaborate with Marketing to support performance marketing.
• Monitor performance metrics and optimize lead quality and ROI.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare and privacy regulations.
• Identify new opportunities to improve recruitment performance.

Skills

Affiliate marketing

Partner management

Digital marketing

Performance marketing

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Web analytics

Job description

Clariness is looking for an Affiliate & Partnerships Manager (f/m/d) based in Berlin, Hamburg, Cape Town, UK, or Serbia.
- Full-time; unlimited -

About the role:

As an Affiliate & Partnerships Manager, you will play a key role in expanding and managing our network of affiliate partners and strategic relationships to support patient recruitment across global clinical trials. Working closely with Marketing, Patient Recruitment, Clinical Operations, and external partners, you will identify new growth opportunities, optimize partner performance, and help drive high-quality patient acquisition.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong relationship-building skills with a data-driven approach to performance marketing and partnership management.

As anAffiliate & Partnerships Manager, you would be responsible for:

• Developing, managing, and growing affiliate and strategic partner relationships to support patient recruitment initiatives.
• Identifying, onboarding, and maintaining relationships with affiliates, publishers, patient advocacy groups, and other strategic partners.
• Coordinating partner campaigns and optimizing partner performance to maximize recruitment outcomes.
• Collaborating with Marketing teams to support performance marketing initiatives and improve acquisition across digital channels.
• Monitoring affiliate and campaign performance using key metrics and providing recommendations to improve lead quality, conversion, and ROI.
• Ensuring affiliate and partnership activities comply with applicable healthcare, privacy, and marketing regulations.
• Working closely with Marketing, Patient Recruitment, Clinical Operations, Compliance, Analytics, and external partners to identify new opportunities and continuously improve recruitment performance.

We would like you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, partnership management, business development, digital marketing, or a similar role.
• Proven experience developing and managing affiliate programs, strategic partnerships, or publisher relationships.
• Strong understanding of performance marketing principles, including CPA, CPL, CPC, attribution, and campaign optimization.
• Experience supporting digital marketing campaigns across channels such as Google Ads, Meta Ads, display advertising, or other paid media platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using reporting dashboards, web analytics, and campaign performance metrics to drive data-informed decisions.
• Experience working in the U.S. digital marketing environment, with a good understanding of U.S. consumer behavior, advertising platforms, and market practices.
• Experience working in healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, or another regulated industry is a strong advantage.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills.

You may ask now, why should I work for you? Let us give you a few reasons – and you’ll learn more during the process.

• A varied and exciting job with a lot of personal responsibility in an international company, where you can develop and expand your skills.
• Professional and personal development opportunities - incl. personal development budget.
• Flexible working hours and mobile working.
• Regular team events and open feedback culture.
• A versatile field of activity and challenging projects.
• A supportive and open company culture, providing the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse and professional team.
• Impact healthcare by accelerating medical innovation through improved access to clinical trials, potentially bringing needed treatments to patients faster.

At Clariness, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

For more information, feel free to reach out to [e-mail].

Clariness GmbH will treat the above information strictly confidential and will especially observe the applicable provisions of the applicable data protection laws. Further information about the use of the applicant data, you will find in the data protection declaration online at https://www.clariness.com/privacy-policy/