Affiliate Marketing Manager

Vida Shoes International

1d•$80,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are bringing our affiliate program in-house from an agency and need an experienced operator to lead the transition. This role involves managing affiliate programs across multiple consumer brands selling to U.S. customers, all running on Impact with Shopify storefronts. A key initial project will be migrating one brand from Partnerize to Impact. The position requires direct collaboration with performance marketing leadership and the future in-house Affiliate Manager, with the goal of becoming a second owner of the channel, capable of running the program independently. The ideal candidate takes ownership, communicates effectively with U.S. partners, and focuses on revenue generation.

Requirements

4+ years of hands-on affiliate marketing experience, including managing programs for U.S. brands.
Hands-on Impact experience: partner management, contracts and payout terms, reporting, and reversals or reconciliation.
Shopify experience, including Impact tracking integration and managing affiliate promo codes.
A track record of recruiting and activating partners who became revenue producers.
Excellent written and spoken English, and comfort negotiating with U.S. partners on calls.
Confidence working with performance data and KPIs.
Strong organization and follow-through across multiple brands and priorities.
Availability full-time during U.S. Eastern business hours.

Nice To Haves

Experience migrating a program from one affiliate network to another.
Experience with Impact, Partnerize, Share A Sale or equivalent.
Experience independently running an affiliate program end to end.
Experience with fraud detection, trademark enforcement, and FTC compliance.
Experience managing large strategic partners such as cashback, loyalty, coupon, or media publishers.
Background in U.S. e-commerce or direct-to-consumer brands.

Responsibilities

Manage partner accounts, contracts, payout terms, and tracking in Impact across multiple brands.
Manage affiliate promo codes through Shopify discounts and resolve coupon-attribution issues.
Troubleshoot tracking between Shopify and Impact.
Handle commission validation, reversals, and payment reconciliation.
Find and recruit U.S. partners: content publishers, creators, newsletters, communities, comparison and review sites, loyalty and cashback partners.
Run personalized outreach and calls, and negotiate terms within company guidelines.
Onboard new partners and follow up until they're producing.
Re-engage joined but inactive partners.
Build relationships with top and high-potential partners.
Plan promotions, placements, and incentives that grow partner revenue.
Recommend new partner categories, commission strategies, and program improvements.
Monitor FTC disclosure compliance.
Enforce trademark and brand-bidding policies.
Detect fraudulent conversions and coupon or toolbar attribution abuse.
Track revenue, new customers, CPA, conversion rate, commissions, and active partners by brand and partner.
Turn the data into clear recommendations for leadership.
Maintain the Affiliate Program Playbook: procedures, partner history, commission terms, recurring tasks, and troubleshooting.
Keep partner relationship notes current so program knowledge belongs to the company.
Be ready to run the full program independently if a team member is unavailable.