Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager
Bondora
Skill Required
Key highlights
- Role: Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager
- Compensation: Competitive salary & Share options
- Key Perk: 5 weeks vacation, private healthcare compensation, hobby grant & mental health support
- Key Requirement: Expert in at least one partner management platform (Target Circle/Circlewise, Impact, Awin, Partnerize, CJ)
Role overview
At Bondora, our mission is simple: to make finance easy, transparent, and accessible for everyone. Founded in 2008, we’ve helped more than 700,000 customers across Europe borrow and invest effortlessly through our trusted digital products. As a rapidly growing financial technology company set to acquire a banking license, Bondora is expanding lending across more EU countries and broadening its product suite. As a Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager, you'll take ownership of the affiliate marketing channel for Go & Grow, managing and growing partnerships across Europe. In this highly autonomous, hands-on role combining partner management with business development, you will use data and AI to optimize partner performance, work closely with cross-functional teams, and shape one of Go & Grow's key growth channels with direct access to senior leadership.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the affiliate marketing channel for Go & Grow, managing and growing the partnerships that bring new investors to the platform.
- Work with content creators, publishers, comparison sites, communities, and affiliate networks across Europe, while building a strong pipeline of new partners.
- Combine partner management with business development — strengthening existing relationships, sourcing and onboarding new affiliates, negotiating commercial agreements, and using data and AI to continuously improve partner performance.
- Work closely with Product, Data, Engineering, Brand, CRM, Legal, and Compliance to optimise the full journey from first click to long-term investor value.
- Own and Execute the affiliate marketing channel strategy, operating plan, forecast and performance.
- Source, qualify and close direct partnerships with affiliates (in other words publishers: content creators, comparison sites, communities and relevant affiliate networks).
- Create clear segmentation, outreach, onboarding and activation routines that move partners from prospect to live.
- Design and negotiate CPA, CPL, fixed-fee and hybrid deals.
- Define and improve the funnel from click and sign-up through funded investor, first 30-day deposits, repeat deposits and 30/60/90-day retained value.
- Operate and improve Target Circle/Circlewise.
- Build partner- and cohort-level reporting covering acquisition cost, revenue (deposits) value, retention, net revenue (net deposits).
- Test placements, content, landing pages, incentives, creative and localized messaging with Brand, CRM, Product and Design.
- Apply country-specific financial-promotion rules, execute approval workflows, required disclosures, content monitoring and documentation together with Legal and Compliance.
Requirements
- Expert in at least one partner management platform (Affiliate platforms such as Target Circle/Circlewise, Impact, Awin or Partnerize, CJ).
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets and BI dashboard experience.
- AI fluency: Comfortable using AI tools for data analysis, partner research and qualification, and content/compliance review, with strong judgment on when human verification is essential.
Nice to have
- Fluent in English and German is a plus.
Benefits
- Be part of Bondora’s ambitious journey toward 1BN in revenue - your work will have a real impact.
- Competitive salary
- 5 weeks of vacation
- Private healthcare compensation
- Hobby grant
- Mental health support
- Share options
- Resources and budget for continuous learning
- Work in an environment that encourages growth and innovation
Additional details
- Opportunity to own and shape one of Go & Grow's key growth channels, with direct access to senior leadership and significant freedom to improve how the affiliate programme operates and scales.
- Call to action: If you have the guts, ideas, and a team vision, apply now!
- Hiring process step 1: Meet Anna, our Recruiter — your first chat to share your story and ambitions.
- Hiring process step 2: Meet Krzysztof Schmidt, CMO at Go&Grow.
- Hiring process step 3: Tackle a home task to showcase your skills.
- Hiring process step 4: Complete our personality and logic assessments via Alva Labs.
- Hiring process step 5: Meeting Pärtel Tomberg, CEO of Bondora.
- Hiring process step 6: Chat with Olga Kikas, our Chief of People.
- Hiring process step 7: 🎉 If the stars align — welcome to Bondora!
- Data privacy: If you'd like to read how Bondora collects, uses, and protects your personal data during recruitment, please see HERE.
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