Senior Affiliate Manager — Affiliate & Publisher Development

Motive; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote with flexible schedule

Competitive base salary + commissions

Job summary

Motive Interactive seeks an experienced Senior Affiliate Manager to grow our network of direct publishers and performance-driven affiliates. You will identify new traffic partners, manage relationships, and drive CPL/CPA revenue while maintaining lead quality.

This fully remote role rewards a growth mindset and data-driven decision making, with opportunities to scale campaigns, collaborate with compliance and analytics teams, and build a valuable publisher portfolio.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in affiliate marketing, lead generation, or performance media
• Experience working directly with publishers, affiliates, and traffic partners
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Comfortable with data, performance metrics, payout structures, and campaign economics
• Familiar with affiliate platforms such as Everflow, HasOffers, CAKE, Voluum (or similar)
• Self-motivated and able to manage relationships and revenue independently
• Growth mindset — seek opportunities to expand accounts and increase profitable volume

Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard, and manage direct affiliates and performance publishers
• Identify and activate new traffic partners with CPL or CPA experience
• Collaborate with publishers to launch and scale lead generation campaigns
• Analyze performance metrics, conversion rates, EPCs, payouts, and quality
• Identify opportunities to increase volume and revenue across existing publisher relationships
• Collaborate with compliance, analytics, and advertiser teams
• Build long-term publisher relationships to drive sustainable revenue

Skills

Affiliate marketing

Publisher relations

Negotiation

Data-driven

Everflow

HasOffers

CAKE

Voluum

Communication

Growth mindset

Job description

Motive Interactive is a performance-based marketing company and affiliate network with over 20 years of experience driving measurable results for advertisers and publishers.

We specialize in lead generation, performance media, and scalable affiliate partnerships across a wide range of verticals, including insurance, health, home services, auto, and financial services.

Role Overview

About Motive Interactive

Motive Interactive is a performance-based marketing company and affiliate network with over 20 years of experience driving measurable results for advertisers and publishers.

We specialize in lead generation, performance media, and scalable affiliate partnerships across a wide range of verticals, including insurance, health, home services, auto, and financial services.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Affiliate Manager to help grow and scale our network of direct publishers and performance-driven affiliates.

This is a growth-focused, revenue-impacting role centered on identifying new publisher opportunities, developing productive relationships, and generating revenue with partners who deliver high-quality CPL and CPA traffic.

You will serve as a strategic partner to the publishers you manage — helping them launch, optimize, and grow campaigns while maintaining strong lead quality and long-term advertiser performance.

This role is ideal for someone who understands both the traffic side and relationship side of affiliate marketing and is comfortable taking ownership of publisher relationships and the revenue they generate.

What You’ll Do

• Recruit, onboard, and manage direct affiliates and performance publishers
• Identify and activate new traffic partners with strong CPL or CPA experience
• Work closely with publishers to launch and scale lead generation campaigns
• Analyze performance, conversion rates, EPCs, payouts, lead quality, and campaign economics to improve results
• Identify opportunities to increase volume and revenue across existing publisher relationships
• Collaborate with internal compliance, analytics, and advertiser teams
• Build long-term publisher relationships that drive sustainable revenue

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years required; 5+ years strongly preferred in affiliate marketing, lead generation, or performance media
• Experience working directly with publishers, affiliates, and traffic partners
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Comfortable working with data, performance metrics, payout structures, and campaign economics
• Familiarity with affiliate platforms such as Everflow, HasOffers, CAKE, Voluum, or similar
• Self-motivated and able to manage relationships and revenue independently
• A growth mindset — someone who looks for opportunities to expand accounts, activate new partners, and increase profitable volume

Nice to Have

• Experience in CPL verticals such as insurance, health, home services, auto, or finance
• History of growing high-volume publisher accounts
• Understanding of compliance, lead quality, and advertiser expectations
• Background at an affiliate network, lead generation company, or performance agency
• Existing relationships within the affiliate and performance marketing industry

Why Motive

• Competitive base salary plus performance-based commissions
• Fully remote with a flexible schedule
• Work directly with experienced industry leaders
• Build and grow a valuable portfolio of publisher relationships
• Play a meaningful role in driving revenue and long-term growth
• Join an established performance marketing company with 20+ years in the industry

Interested?

We'd like to hear about more than what's on your resume.

Apply with your resume and, if possible, tell us briefly about the types of publishers, traffic sources, verticals, or CPL/CPA campaigns you've managed or grown.

Learn more about Motive Interactive and our team.

https://motiveinteractive.com/