Role overview
The Partner Development Manager is responsible for publisher optimisation, recruitment and revenue generation across a portfolio of managed and new local & international publishers.This individual owns publisher relationships and is responsible for developing and deploying optimisation plans for their managed client portfolio alongside recruitment of new publishers onto the network. Commercial awareness, negotiation skills and the ability to identify and drive business development opportunities are some of the key skills that we are looking for in this role.
The Partner Development Manager works closely with local and international client development teams to continuously have the best possible publisher and traffic mix for the network and our clients programs.
This role will closely monitor key publisher performance across a portfolio of accounts, and will provide regular feedback to the Head of Partner Development.
Main Responsibilities
- Understand and plan according to the business objectives of each publisher in your portfolio
- Report on publisher KPIs and make recommendations for growth
- Closely monitor all publishers in your portfolio on a daily basis and be proactive if they are under-delivering
- Be proactive with client action plans and new publisher recruitment
- Seek opportunities to drive overall revenue growth across our clients
- Be the first line of support for your publisher portfolio
- Create & present optimisation and development plans for publishers
- Promote and sell new product development features to your portfolio of publishers, ensuring each publisher is operating efficiently within the Tradedoubler network
- Use available publisher discovery tools to source and onboard new publisher opportunities across a range of verticals
- Line manage and mentor Partner Development Executives, providing day-to-day guidance and development support
Your profile
You’re a results-driven professional with strong commercial awareness, prepared to embrace our values: "Make it Happen, Stay Curious, & Achieve Together".You have excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. Able to handle pressure and passionate about Digital Marketing. At Tradedoubler we all work as one team, so you will be ready to work as a team player, adding value to our business.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in digital marketing or related field
- 1–2 years’ experience in affiliate, performance, or digital marketing, ideally with partnership/publisher management focus.
- Prior experience in online or affiliate marketing is a plus but not mandatory - we value your ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges
- Strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to analyse trends
- Excellence in building relationships and working with different teams, publishers and clients
- Demonstrable influencing skills and commercial awareness
- Confident communicator, with proven oral and written presentation skills
- Great team worker with excellent organisational & multi-tasking skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook) and familiarity with CRM tools. Experience with data visualisation tools is a bonus