Affiliate Manager

• Closing date: 04-Dec-2025

About the role

Accountable to lead and grow QR global affiliate program, delivering incremental revenue, and setting a clear strategic vision for growth for the Affiliate channel. The Affiliate Manager will manage a team of affiliate officers and will be accountable for driving higher sales through strategic partner recruitment, effective campaign management and optimizing performance across regions.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Responsible for scaling global affiliate programs by setting a long-term growth roadmap and aligning regional strategies to drive sustained revenue expansion and market share growth.
• Designing performance-based incentive models by leading commercial negotiation with the partners in order to maximize partner commitment and profitability.
• Strategic oversight of affiliate tracking and measurement frameworks by ensuring robust pixel implementation and attribution models to enable accurate insights for executive decision-making.
• Identify growth gaps and market opportunities by leveraging competitor benchmarking and performance analysis resulting in targeted recruitment that expands the affiliate portfolio strategically.
• Visionary campaign planning by aligning affiliate initiatives with broader marketing objectives to ensure cohesive multi-channel impact and brand consistency.
• Coaching affiliate officers and fostering a performance-driven culture to ensure a capable team ready to execute strategic priorities.
• Affiliate channel budget ownership at a strategic level by forecasting, allocating, and optimizing spend across regions, achieving maximum return on marketing investments.
• Cross-functional influence by collaborating with senior leaders in product, finance, revenue management and analytics to drive integrated go-to-market executions.
• Accountable for executive-level communication, by presenting strategy, forecasts, and performance to leadership and stakeholders, securing alignment and resource support for growth initiatives.
• Strategic adaptability by pivoting plans in response to market shifts, competitive activity, and affiliate channel innovations, maintaining program resilience and competitive advantage.
• Embedding brand protection protocols and partner vetting processes to safeguard reputation and regulatory adherence globally to safely protect the group.
• Manage the affiliate platforms and capitalizing on emerging technologies by leveraging multi-network tools strategically to unlock efficiencies and scalability in partner management. Anticipating market trends through commercial growth mindset by capitalizing on untapped revenue streams, positioning the affiliate program as a key profit driver for the business in order to achieve greater revenue streams.
• Oversight of end-to-end affiliate operations by setting process standards for recruitment, onboarding, reconciliation, and partner payments, delivering operational excellence and partner trust.
• Interpreting performance analytics and ROI metrics through data-led strategic decision-making in order to sharpen high-impact initiatives that deliver measurable commercial outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 6+ years of job-related experience.
• Experience in managing affiliate campaigns, affiliate networks & publisher relationship, performance tracking, and optimization techniques to enhance QR.com exposure and drive sales.
• Proficiency in analyzing marketing performance data to inform strategic decisions and optimize campaigns for better results.
• Experience in an international airline environment.
• Familiarity with digital marketing technologies and tools to enhance operational efficiency and improve the user experience on QR.com.
• Knowledge and experience managing global affiliate networks.
• Skilled in managing global affiliate networks, partner recruitment, campaign optimization and negotiating placement opportunities to maximize exposure and sales.
• Strong knowledge of tracking technologies, pixel implementation and data driven performance analysis
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and spoken presentation.