Affiliate Marketing Manager

<h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <p>We’re hiring an Affiliate Marketing Manager to own and scale a $40–50M affiliate program that is core to our growth engine. This role is the DRI for affiliate strategy, budget allocation, and publisher partnerships, with direct accountability to CAC efficiency and company growth metrics. You’ll operate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, MarTech, and Compliance to build a scalable, compliant, and performance-driven affiliate ecosystem.</p> <p>This is a high-impact individual contributor role with meaningful budget exposure, strong cross-functional visibility, and direct connection to CAC and acquisition performance.</p> <p>The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $105,000 and up to $145,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.</p> <h3><strong>In this role, you can expect to:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Manage and optimize a $40–50M affiliate budget in alignment with quarterly growth targets, including pacing, performance monitoring, and tactical spend reallocations</li> <li>Execute affiliate strategy in partnership with Growth leadership, translating goals into day-to-day channel plans</li> <li>Support negotiations and ongoing relationships with deal, loyalty, marketplace, comparison, and content publishers</li> <li>Manage the affiliate agency and oversee program execution on the Impact platform</li> <li>Partner with MarTech and Analytics teams to improve reporting, attribution, and data quality</li> <li>Work with Compliance to support publisher content reviews and help streamline approval workflows</li> <li>Conduct cohort-based performance analysis and collaborate with CRO/Web teams on landing page and conversion improvements</li> <li>Support SEO/AEO initiatives through affiliate content partnerships</li> </ul> <h3><strong>To thrive in this role, you have:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience managing affiliate or performance marketing programs, with hands-on Impact platform experience<br>Strong understanding of publisher models (cashback, coupon, comparison, content) and performance-based optimization levers</li> <li>Analytical proficiency, including cohort analysis, CAC evaluation, and strong Excel or Google Sheets skills</li> <li>Experience partnering cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, MarTech, Analytics, and external agencies</li> <li>Comfort operating within compliance-heavy or regulated environments (fintech, finance, healthcare preferred)</li> </ul> <p>#LI-Hybrid #LI-AM1</p><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>A little about us</strong></h2> <p>At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.</p> <p>We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.</p> <p>We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedbac ... (truncated, view full listing at source)