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Senior Manager - Affiliate Marketing Operations, Relationship Management & Compl

Capital One National Association, Richmond, VA, United States


Senior Manager - Affiliate Marketing Operations, Relationship Management & Compliance (Hybrid) The Senior Manager of Affiliate Marketing Operations, Relationship Management & Compliance will be responsible for overseeing the marketing we perform with affiliate partners from planning and execution to monitoring, analysis and campaign optimization. You will lead a team of five marketing and process managers (four associates and one contractor) to manage the day to day interactions with affiliate partners and perform a number of well managed activities to ensure our affiliate marketing is compliant. We will look for the Senior Manager to put together the marketing strategy and own a roadmap for each affiliate partner. We also expect the Senior Manager to be in tune with affiliate marketing best practices and understand publisher performance to help continuously optimize our program. The candidate needs to be a strong communicator and skilled in managing partner expectations, while concurrently maintaining delivery momentum.

Responsibilities

Oversee Capital One’s portfolio of more than 20 affiliates, developing and managing relationships with these partners.

Serving as the central point of contact from Capital One with the different affiliate partners, owning the broader communication strategy

Holding regular meetings and managing email communication to keep affiliate partners apprised of product and intent changes

Tracking down answers to any ad hoc questions our business partners or affiliate partners have

Attending and meeting with partners at key industry conferences

Providing regular feedback to affiliate partners on things that are going well and areas of improvement

Managing contractual terms with individual affiliate partners

Continuously monitor performance and market/industry/competitive trends in order to make recommendations for how to optimize partnerships and drive the most business value through different affiliate partners

Oversee the team in managing payout changes with affiliate partners and managing an allow list which directs which product(s) we market with different affiliate partners

Research, recruit and onboard new affiliate partners to the program

Onboard new products with existing affiliate partners

Manage bi-annual process to review affiliate performance and offboard any identified partners

Put together and manage roadmaps for our different affiliates

Support technical integrations as needed between affiliate partners and Capital One

Manage the creative development process either (1) acting as a creative consultant to our affiliate partners as they design advertising on our behalf and reviewing the content through our legal review process, or (2) partnering with our internal creative team/agencies to develop ads to place on affiliate sites, in affiliate emails, etc.

Ensure affiliate partners meet all compliance requirements effectively managing risk for Capital One

Conduct monthly audits of the work our vendor, Impact, is doing on our behalf to spot check for accuracy

Oversee the legal review process for content produced by affiliates

Maintain a complete and accurate list of monetized URLs at all times

Complete ongoing monitoring and reporting to ensure affiliates are meeting our compliance requirements and liaising with risk to document and remediate any issues as necessary

Manage the relationship with our third‑party vendor, Impact, helping to influence their platform roadmap

Work closely with internal partners from the business team, data, tech, Brand, PR, legal, ESM, risk, etc. to manage affiliate marketing strategy

Liaise with our PR team to align on communication strategy with affiliate partners

Liaise with our data partners that support the underlying infrastructure for the performance feedback loop to affiliate partners or invoice reconciliation support

Responsible for overseeing budget management process ensuring affiliate partners are paid accurately each month

Ensure the team is appropriately documenting processes to be well managed and continuously seek to automate/streamline processes to make the team more efficient

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or military experience

At least 3 years of experience managing people

At least 4 years of experience in Affiliate Marketing

At least 8 years of experience in digital acquisition marketing and paid media

Preferred Qualifications

At least 5 years of experience managing people

At least 8 years of experience in Affiliate Marketing overseeing high volume and multi‑million dollar marketing budgets

At least 3 years of experience with marketing analytics and optimization

At least 2 years of experience in project management

At least 2 years of experience using Impact

Experience working for an affiliate, affiliate marketing agency or brand that manages affiliate marketing in house

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace.

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