Affiliate Marketing Executive

Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

• One of the UK’s most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people

• Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK

• Profitable since 2017

• Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs

• Proven track record sourcing and closing brand-new affiliate or influencer partnerships from scratch this is a new-business role, not just account management

• 2-3+ years in affiliate marketing, acquisition or performance marketing roles for a consumer brand

• Fluent in core acquisition performance metrics – CPA, fixed-fee, LTV, ROI and blended CAC and confident structuring CPA or fixed-fee deals that guarantee incremental acquisition

• Working knowledge of channel economics: payback period, cohort behaviour, and how partnership spend compares against other acquisition channels

• Direct experience running affiliate and/or influencer partnership end to end, including commercial negotiation (not just relationship management)

• Track record of running activations end-to-end and delivering measurable results

• Strong account / relationship management skills

• Comfortable with the data — channel economics, attribution and ROI

• Highly organised and detail-oriented — you can run multiple activations in parallel

• Strong commercial communicator — you can hold your own with senior partners

• Demonstrable use of AI in your workflow

• Experience in fintech or financial services

• Experience with sport, entertainment, media or large brand sponsorships

• Experience with an affiliate network or tracking platform (e.g. Impact, Awin, CJ, Partnerize, Income access) and reading platform-level reporting unassisted

• Experience building an affiliate or influencer programme from 0 to 1 in a consumer brand

• An experienced affiliate marketer who has sourced new customer-acquisition channels, not just managed existing ones

• A natural relationship-builder — partners trust you, and so does your team

• Commercially literate first, relationship-led second – you measure success in growth, not vanity

• Data-fluent – you build your own view on what’s working from raw performance data, not just a dashboard summary

• Hands-on and resourceful — you make things happen

• Curious about AI and how it changes the partnerships discipline

• Proactively map the affiliate and influencer landscape to identify new partners who can drive incremental customer acquisition

• Run outbound outreach and pitch new affiliates and influencers, building and working a pipeline of prospective partners

• Negotiate and close new commercial deals primarily CPA or fixed-fee structured so every new partner is measurably incremental

• Own onboarding and activation of every new partner, from signed deal through to first live campaign

• Negotiate commercial terms with affiliates, influencers and sponsorship partners —

prioritising CPA and fixed-fee structures that tie partner pay to genuine incremental customer acquisition — and know which model fits each partner

• Own the unit economics of every live partnership: track CAC by channel and partner against LTV, and flag anything trending the wrong way before it becomes a budget problem

• Build and maintain the channel-economics view that lets the team compare partnership spend against other acquisition channels

• Manage affiliate network/platform relationships (tracking, reconciliation, payout accuracy) and be the first port of call when number don’t match

• Run sponsorship and partnership activations end-to-end — brief, plan, ship, measure

• Manage the day-to-day with partners: planning, comms, escalations

• Coordinate across creative, growth, lifecycle and legal

• Own the affiliate relationship from first contact — be the trusted operator they call first, from outreach and onboarding through to ongoing management

• Manage budgets and timelines across activations

• Spot opportunities to expand existing partnerships based on their performance data

• Track partnership performance against targets — CPA, CAC, LTV, ROI, Rev Share payout

• Build the playbooks and tooling that scale the function, including standard commercial terms by partner type

• Use AI to scale research, brief-writing and reporting

• Partner with creative on activation assets

• Partner with finance and legal on contracts and accruals and commission reconciliation

• Report on partnership performance to the Head of Growth Partnerships, with the numbers to back every recommendation

• Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies

• Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites

• Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls

• Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover

• Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans

• Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members

• Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations

• Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations

Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner.

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