Manager, Affiliate Marketing & Partnerships

About The Role

We are seeking a data-driven, strategic, and execution-focused growth leader to scale our western market (US, UK, ANZ, EU) partnership & affiliate program. This role goes beyond the typical affiliate management/operations – you will own operations, commercial strategy, and performance accountability while identifying key strategic partnership opportunities. You will work cross-functionally with global and local market teams to scale affiliate performance, test new growth strategies, and develop partnership initiatives that drive measurable business impact.

We're looking for a data-driven and hands-on affiliate leader to scale Klook's affiliate program across our Western Markets. You'll own the program end-to-end – from commercial strategy, publisher partner relationships, network/platform operations, and performance accountability. You'll build and optimize our publisher mix and lead the affiliate-model partnership program, like co-funded commercial arrangements with major platforms. You'll work closely with global and regional marketing, analytics, and tech teams to drive growth for the program.

Because you will manage a small team of 1-2 direct reports, you will need the strategic insights to set direction, have the commercial experience to negotiate with publishers, and have the operational prowess to get into the affiliate platforms and run the work yourself.

About Klook

We are a leading pan-regional experiences platform in Asia Pacific, purpose built to digitalize experiences and make them accessible to every traveler.

Our mission is to build the digital infrastructure for the global experience economy — empowering merchants to share their passions and travelers to discover the heartbeat of each destination.

We operate a mobile-first, curated platform featuring diverse experiences across global destinations.

Do you share our belief in the wonders of travel Global citizens ourselves, Klookers are not only curating memorable experiences for others but co-creating our world of joy within Klook.

We work hard and play hard, upkeeping our high-performing culture as we are guided daily by our 6 core values:

• Customer First
• Push Boundaries
• Critical Thinking
• Build for Scale
• Less is More
• Win as One
  
  

We never settle, and together, we believe in achieving greater heights and realizing endless possibilities ahead of us in the dynamic new era of travel. Care to be a part of this revolution Join us!

What You Will Do

• Own end-to-end affiliate operations for the US, UK, ANZ, and EU markets, including publisher recruitment, onboarding, tracking, optimization, and scaling across networks
• Drive commercial outcomes that maximize affiliate ROI and drive incremental sales through fee structures, funding models, and incentive program optimization
• Maintain program quality – monitoring for fraud, brand-term bidding, coupon leakage, and policy violations, and enforce publisher terms
• Manage network and publisher relationships (e.g., coupon, cashback, loyalty, content/comparison), including senior stakeholders and drive conversations to unlock bigger partnership opportunities
• Identify affiliate-model partnership opportunities (e.g., co-marketing, co-funded promotions, loyalty and card-linked publishers) in partnership with regional marketing teams
• Build and run incrementality tests and experiments like holdouts, publisher tests, media fee buys, etc. to ensure spend drives net-new bookings
• Leverage performance data to drive clear decisions on where to invest, renegotiate, or pull back
• Manage, coach, and develop junior team members, setting clear priorities and raising the bar on execution
• Align with regional marketing leads, analytics, and tech PM's, including writing business cases for new tech integrations and tracking improvements
  
  

What You Will Need

• 6–8 years of experience in affiliate marketing and affiliate channel management (travel, e-commerce, or performance marketing agency experience strongly preferred)
• Hands-on expertise in at least one major affiliate platform (e.g., Partnerize, CJ, Impact, Awin, etc.)
• Deep working knowledge of traditional publisher types: coupons, cashback, content
• Proven track record of scaling the affiliate program with measurable, incremental sales impact
• Strong commercial skills and experience negotiating commissions, fee structures, and exclusive placements with publishers
• Analytical rigor and comfort translating affiliate performance data into actionable insights
• Experience managing or mentoring junior team members (formal direct report experience preferred)
• Strong written and verbal communication in English
• Experience working with Western Markets and stakeholders across multiple timezones preferred
  
  

Klook is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented and passionate people of all backgrounds. We believe that a joyful workplace is an inclusive workplace, one where employees from all walks of life have an equal opportunity to thrive. We're dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive culture where everyone belongs.

Klook does not accept unsolicited resumes from any temporary staffing agency, placement service or professional recruiter (Agency). Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments related to such unsolicited resumes.

An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Klook's Talent Acquisition Team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed agreement for service and in response to a specific job opening for which the Agency has been requested to submit resumes for. Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place or does not comply with the foregoing.