Sr Consultant/Principal Affiliate Marketing Program Manager

Location: Hybrid schedule with three days per week onsite in New York City, NY

Company

hirify.global provides marketing and data-driven customer acquisition services, with this role supporting the external affiliate channel for a large U.S. financial institution.

What you will do

• Support affiliate channel strategy and execution to drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and business results.
• Manage affiliate networks, publishers, agencies, and strategic partners through onboarding, activation, optimization, and performance reviews.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, coordinating Marketing, Product, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Technology teams.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resources, risks, and success metrics while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Improve affiliate platforms, tracking, attribution, reporting, governance, and operational processes.
• Analyze channel performance, develop executive-ready presentations and business cases, and drive issue resolution and stakeholder alignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, performance marketing, digital acquisition, partnerships, product management, consulting, or project management.
• Strong understanding of affiliate ecosystems, networks, publishers, and performance-based marketing models.
• Experience managing external partners and influencing stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills, including executive communications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

Nice to have

• Financial services, credit card, lending, or consumer banking experience.
• Experience with CJ, Impact, Partnerize, or Rakuten affiliate platforms and networks.
• Knowledge of affiliate tracking, attribution, tagging, performance measurement, marketing technology, or product development.
• Familiarity with marketing compliance, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• PMP, Agile, or related project management certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a high-impact acquisition marketing team responsible for a major performance marketing channel.
• Collaborate with distributed teams and external partners.
• Opportunity to shape affiliate strategy, lead growth initiatives, and build measurable business partnerships.