Business Development Manager
Job Description:
Business Development Manager (Multivertical)
Our client is a rapidly growing affiliate marketing agency that works directly with high-caliber advertisers and publishers across multiple verticals. Known for their agile environment and direct collaboration with the leadership team, they are looking to add a dynamic Business Development Manager to their team.
This role is designed for a high-performing professional who can expand the agency's network, forge high-value strategic relationships, and manage them at the highest level. The ideal candidate is confident starting conversations, opening doors, and turning industry relationships into tangible business opportunities.
Scope of the Role
The Business Development Manager will operate across diverse Lead Generation verticals—including Home Improvement, Debt Consolidation, Loans, Insurance, Medicare, and Education—as well as Nutra, E-commerce, Sweepstakes, Casino, and Dating campaigns. Working closely with both advertisers and publishers, the primary focus will be expanding the network, onboarding the right partners, and scaling volume.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Network Expansion: Identify, approach, and onboard new premium publishers and strategic partners.
- Relationship Management: Build and maintain long-term, scalable partnerships while maximizing existing relationships.
- Commercial Negotiation: Open new business opportunities, negotiate commercial terms, and launch new campaigns.
- Strategic Collaboration: Work directly with the agency founders to identify and execute high-growth opportunities.
- Industry Presence: Represent the company at major industry conferences and networking events worldwide.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor partner performance and identify strategic opportunities to increase volume, ROI, and profitability.
- Market Intelligence: Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging traffic sources, and new market opportunities.
What You'll Bring
- Experience: At least 3 years of proven experience in affiliate marketing, specifically in sales-driven Affiliate Management or Business Development roles.
- Industry Network: A massive, established "rolodex" of active contacts within the affiliate marketing industry.
- Domain Expertise: Experience working directly with high-quality traffic sources and direct publishers. High preference will be given to candidates with a strong background in Lead Generation.
- Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Everflow, Affise, or similar affiliate tracking platforms.
- Analytical Skills: A solid, metric-driven understanding of performance KPIs, including CPA, CPL, RevShare, EPC, and ROI.
- Communication: Exceptional negotiation and communication skills, with absolute fluency in English (written and spoken).
What Makes You a Great Fit
- You don't wait for opportunities; you proactively create them.
- You are highly comfortable cold-outreaching and building rapport with new industry players.
- You know how to earn trust and build long-term business alignment.
- You are commercially driven, value high execution, and consistently follow through on your word.
- You thrive when given autonomy, take total ownership of your pipeline, and care deeply about bottom-line results.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently expanding the agency's network with high-quality, reliable publishers and strategic partners.
- Unlocking new revenue streams across multiple target verticals.
- Establishing yourself as a trusted, consultative partner to both advertisers and publishers.
- Driving a measurable, high-impact contribution to the agency's long-term scale.
What's on Offer
- Flexibility: Fully remote position with flexible working hours focused entirely on results.
- Compensation: Competitive base salary paired with a highly rewarding, performance-based bonus structure.
- Structure: B2B contract setup.
- Growth: Direct collaboration with the agency's founders in a flat hierarchy where your ideas matter.
- Travel: Opportunities to attend key industry conferences and global networking events.
Required Skills:
Environment Reports Performance Technical Proficiency Data Flexibility Access Google Docs Loans Collaboration Salary Ownership Analysis Team Player Conferences Compensation Lead Generation Metrics Campaigns Insurance MS Excel Networking Communication Skills Excel Data Analysis Marketing English Leadership Communication