Affiliate Partnerships Specialist

Role Overview

Affiliate Partnerships Specialist at Ziina, scaling the affiliate channel from a high-performing initiative into a structured, repeatable, and automated acquisition engine across merchant and consumer segments.

Role Purpose

Take full ownership of Ziina's affiliate channel and scale it into a predictable, compounding acquisition engine. Lead the next phase to unlock tiered incentive structures, fraud controls, consumer experimentation, and operational automation.

Key Responsibilities

Channel Ownership & Scaling

• Take full ownership of the affiliate channel and scale it from a high-performing initiative into a predictable, compounding acquisition engine
• Own performance metrics—TPV, CPAM, LTV/CAC, and contribution margin—and use them to drive decisions

Partner Recruitment & Activation

• Recruit, onboard, and activate an expanding network of affiliate partners, including agency owners, SaaS founders, influencers, consultants, and ecosystem operators
• Design structured incentive tiers and negotiate bespoke commission arrangements that reward performance and drive the right behaviours
• Work closely with Business Development, Marketing, and Finance to ensure the channel grows profitably and in alignment with company goals

Infrastructure & Operations

• Build and maintain reporting infrastructure and introduce automation across commission calculations, partner tracking, and performance workflows
• Implement fraud detection and risk controls that protect channel integrity as volume scales

Consumer Expansion

• Lead Ziina's consumer affiliate expansion—running structured experiments, measuring impact, and iterating based on results

Qualifications & Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in affiliate marketing, performance partnerships, or growth marketing
• Solid grasp of affiliate programme mechanics—tracking, attribution, commission structures, and incentive design
• Experience managing external partner relationships and negotiating commercial terms
• Operational strength in building scalable systems, not just managing day-to-day execution
• Hands-on experience with affiliate platforms such as Impact, PartnerStack, or similar tools

Skills & Competencies

• Highly data-driven with comfort translating performance insights into concrete action
• Clear communication skills and ability to work well across functions—align stakeholders without needing to escalate
• Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where the playbook is still being written

Additional Information

• Experience building or significantly scaling an affiliate programme from the ground up, not inheriting one
• Track record running affiliate motions across both B2B and B2C segments simultaneously
• Experience in the MENA fintech or consumer apps ecosystem
• Track record introducing automation or tooling that meaningfully reduced operational overhead and improved programme accuracy
• Experience managing complex, tiered partner structures with a clear focus on profitability and LTV—not just top-line volume