Senior Affiliates Manager

Why Join DAZN? DAZN is on a mission to connect fans with their favourite sports, and affiliates are key to that strategy. As Head of Affiliates, you’ll drive the growth of an affiliate programme for DAZN in North America. You’ll have a chance to build an acquisition channel at scale, working with innovative partners to drive quality traffic and subscriptions. Collaborate with media teams, legal, finance, and country leads to make affiliate marketing a key contributor to performance. If you thrive in a data-led, entrepreneurial environment, this role is for you. The Role You’ll lead the affiliate strategy, overseeing a portfolio of partners, networks, and publishers. You will build and optimise the affiliate programme, ensuring alignment with business goals. This includes setting KPIs, managing budget, evaluating new technologies, and developing compelling offers and content. The role is both strategic and operational, requiring stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership. Salary Range: $150,000 - $180,000. This is hybrid role which will be based mostly on site from our New York office. What You'll Be Doing: Define and scale an affiliate strategy aligned with commercial targets. Recruit and nurture new affiliate partners and optimise existing ones. Manage budgets, commissions, and incentive plans. Collaborate on creative asset development and ensure brand compliance. Measure and analyse affiliate performance and report to senior leadership. Ensure compliance with regulations, especially in the betting sector. Lead affiliate testing and innovation roadmap. Support integration of affiliate platforms and tracking solutions. What You'll Bring: Significant experience in affiliate marketing, preferably within media or gaming. Strong commercial acumen and understanding of CPA/CPL/RevShare models. Exceptional negotiation and relationship management skills. Proven experience leading global affiliate strategies and teams. Data-driven mindset with experience using affiliate platforms and tracking tools. Understanding of gambling compliance. Benefits Benefits include access to DAZN, up to 15 days of paid time off and 9 days of annual leave, health benefits (including dental & eye care) and a generous sick time package as well as short and long-term disability covering, parental leave offering, personal insurances, such as basic life term and personal accident and access to a 401(k) retirement plan. You’ll also find a family friendly community, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.