Senior Affiliate Manager - Lead Gen & Publisher Partnerships

Motive Interactive

$80K — $95K *
US-AnywhereRemote in San Diego, CA
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 2+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, with a preference for 5+ years.
  • Experience managing direct publishers and traffic partners.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills essential.
  • Comfortable analyzing data, performance metrics, and payout structures.
  • Familiarity with affiliate platforms like Everflow, HasOffers, CAKE, or Voluum.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to independently manage relationships and revenue.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit and onboard direct affiliates and performance publishers.
  • Identify and activate new traffic partners with CPL or CPA expertise.
  • Work with publishers to launch and scale lead generation campaigns.
  • Analyze performance metrics to enhance conversion rates and lead quality.
  • Collaborate with internal compliance and analytics teams.
  • Foster long-term publisher relationships to sustain revenue growth.

Benefits

  • Fully remote role with a flexible schedule.
  • Direct interaction with experienced industry leaders.
  • Opportunity to build and grow a portfolio of valuable publisher relationships.
  • Significant role in driving revenue and long-term growth strategies.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Senior Affiliate Manager - Lead Gen & Publisher Partnerships
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.

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