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Director of Affiliate Marketing - CPG - NYC Metro Area

Stamford, Connecticut Permanent USD160,000 - USD175,000 per year View Job Description
An exciting opportunity for a Director of Affiliate Marketing to build, lead, and scale a high-impact affiliate, creator, and partnership marketing programme for a fast-growing consumer brand in Westport, CT. The Director of Affiliate Marketing will drive revenue growth, customer acquisition, influencer partnerships, and social commerce initiatives.
  • Opportunity to build and own an affiliate marketing function
  • Join a mission-driven wellness and athletic brand

About Our Client

Our client is a high-growth consumer brand operating within the athletic, recovery, and wellness space. Since launching only a few years ago, the company has established a strong market presence and continues to expand into new categories, creating significant opportunities for innovation and career progression.
The organisation is known for its collaborative, team-focused culture where ambitious individuals can make a measurable impact. Employees are empowered to take ownership, move quickly, and contribute directly to business growth while working alongside passionate professionals committed to building a category-leading brand.
This is an exciting time to join the business as it enters its next phase of expansion, creating opportunities to shape strategy, influence key decisions, and help build scalable growth engines across multiple channels.
Location: Westport, CT (4 days onsite per week). Candidates commuting from New York City are encouraged to apply.

Job Description

The Director of Affiliate Marketing will:

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive affiliate marketing strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
  • Build, manage, and optimise relationships with creators, influencers, affiliates, publishers, and strategic partners.
  • Lead programme expansion across affiliate, influencer, ambassador, and partnership channels.
  • Create scalable onboarding processes, campaign workflows, and affiliate communication strategies.
  • Define commission structures, incentive programmes, budgets, and performance targets.
  • Manage affiliate technology platforms and attribution reporting tools.
  • Drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and return on investment through partner marketing initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Brand, Creative, Social Media, Growth Marketing, and E-commerce teams to maximise channel performance.
  • Oversee content production and utilisation across paid social, organic social, influencer, and affiliate channels.
  • Identify emerging partnership opportunities across TikTok, Meta, social commerce, and other digital platforms.
  • Analyse campaign performance and provide actionable insights to optimise results.
  • Establish measurement frameworks, reporting standards, and performance dashboards.
  • Manage external agencies and future team members as the function grows.

The Director of Affiliate Marketing will play a critical role in shaping how the business approaches creator-led growth and partnership marketing in Westport, CT.MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

The ideal Director of Affiliate Marketing will possess:

  • 5+ years of affiliate marketing, influencer marketing, creator marketing, or partnership marketing experience.
  • 3+ years operating in a leadership, management, or strategic role.
  • Proven success scaling affiliate or creator programmes within high-growth consumer, ecommerce, lifestyle, health, wellness, athletic, or direct-to-consumer brands.
  • Expertise in affiliate marketing platforms and performance-based marketing programmes.
  • Strong understanding of TikTok, Meta, influencer ecosystems, social commerce, content partnerships, and creator-led acquisition strategies.
  • Experience building commission models, partnership structures, and growth frameworks.
  • Advanced analytical capabilities with the ability to connect affiliate performance to revenue outcomes.
  • Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and relationship management expertise.
  • Experience managing agencies, vendors, or direct reports preferred.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • Passion for wellness, performance, fitness, athletic, or recovery-focused products is highly desirable.

What's on Offer

This Director of Affiliate Marketing opportunity offers:

  • Significant ownership within a newly created leadership position.
  • Opportunity to build and define the affiliate function from the ground up.
  • Exposure to executive leadership and business-critical growth initiatives.
  • A collaborative and entrepreneurial company culture.
  • Career growth opportunities as the organisation continues its rapid expansion.
  • The chance to work with a highly recognised and innovative brand in the wellness and athletic space.
  • Influence over budgets, programme strategy, technology, partnerships, and team structure.
  • Strong visibility and impact across Brand, Creative, Social, Ecommerce, and Growth functions.
  • Competitive compensation package (salary currently being finalised).
  • Performance bonus opportunity.
  • Long-term career development within a high-growth environment.
  • Onsite collaboration in Westport, CT with a highly engaged leadership team.
  • Convenient access for candidates commuting from New York City to Westport, CT.
Contact
Megan Floor
Quote job ref
JN-032026-6978653

Job summary

Sector
Marketing
Sub Sector
Affiliate & Partnership
Industry
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Where
Stamford
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Megan Floor
Job Reference
JN-032026-6978653
 

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