[Hiring] Manager Brand Affiliations @EpiHelp AB

Role Description

We are seeking a passionate, out of the box thinking Manager Brand Affiliations to grow and manage the brand partnerships with quality providers. This is a critical role for our business model - as it is built on sales commissions. The role is equity-compensated until funding is secured, offering the candidate with strong buy-in, and entrepreneurial spirit a unique high risk | high reward opportunity.

• Social Media Brand Campaigns: manage the affiliate tracking links and/or coupon codes in collaboration with Technology and Commerce, buy the supporting media, monitor accruals and plan distribution and payouts.
• Brand Onboarding: Qualify, plan and execute affiliate partnerships with brands and merchants via direct contracting and/or affiliate networks starting with launch countries Sweden and Germany.
• Commercial Optimization: Streamline affiliation conditions to our business model, negotiate the usage of technology with brands to perfectly track conversions.
• Co-Design Affiliation Business Cases: E.g. transition from brand related affiliate links to product related links.
• Targeting: Plan, build, and execute tailored roll-out to target audiences in different regions and verticals.
• Market Expansion: Develop affiliation market entry strategies for new regions in interdisciplinary team.
• Cross-functional team: Work closely in a team consisting of the technology developers, affiliate system and network providers, and the senior management.
• Commercial Excellence: Maximize user and customer acquisition efficiency, maximize revenue and profit per active user metrics.

Qualifications

• Proven Leadership: Minimum 5 years executive experience in start-up, small or medium sized digital ventures, with a focus on digital marketing, or affiliate marketing in fast scaling, user-centric hybrid (B2C and B2B) business models.
• Brand Affiliation: Proven experience in qualifying, planning, and contracting affiliate partnerships.
• Affiliate Network & System: Experience in onboarding merchants with direct contracts as well as integrating in external or internal affiliate systems. Ability to specify automated processes for scaling purposes.
• Commercial Excellence: Demonstrated success in optimizing commercial metrics like Cost per Installation, Cost per Customer Acquisition, Revenue and Profit per Active User, Conversion and Retention rates, ideally in app-based ecosystems or SaaS environment.
• Marketing & Sales Integration: Strong understanding of how marketing and sales processes intersect, with the ability to leverage both to drive commercial success. Setting the structure enabling future growth.
• Ability to navigate complex systems: Be passionate about understanding, navigating, and operating multiple intersecting technology and business layers with multiple stakeholders involved.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: A hands on, outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to endure high-risk, high-reward startup environments that succeed for their unmatched team spirit and will to win.
• Global Experience: Experience working in remote, decentralized teams with a global focus, especially in high-growth, tech-driven environments.
• Educational Background: Degree in Marketing, Business, Data Science, or related fields, with strong experience in digital marketing, affiliate marketing, or content marketing.
• Minimum Financial Independence: At least for the initial period of 3 to 6 months the candidate must have a financial independence as a retainer can only be initiated after the seed round financing has successfully been completed.

Benefits

• Unique Opportunity: Be integral part of the management team driving a highly differentiated and lucrative business model combining a fast-scaling social network, user generated content, and affiliate commissions into a unique recipe for success.
• Remote and global: Enjoy a 100% remote and international work culture that redefines the work life balance struggle for the better.
• Compensation: This role is equity-based, the candidate will acquire company warrants until funding is secured. Switch to retainer | hybrid pay, or payroll after successful seed fund raiser.