Location: The Senior Account Manager, Affiliate Marketing position is a remote, work-from-home role, as are all positions at Acceleration Partners. Some travel is required for client meetings, internal meetings, conferences, and other events. Candidates must be located in Singapore.
The Role: As a Senior Account Manager in the APAC market, you will own the planning and execution of high-value enterprise level client strategies. You will drive tactical and strategic execution, leveraging insights and industry knowledge to optimize performance and achieve long-term growth. Working closely with Account Directors (ADs) for strategic alignment and Program Directors (PDs) for executional support, you will be responsible for ensuring successful program implementation.
Top Responsibilities:
- Client Strategy & Relationship Management
- Partner with Account Directors to develop and execute high-caliber strategies, translating strategic plans into actionable execution to ensure positive client outcomes and long-term success.
- Drive the development and execution of client strategies aligned with their business objectives.
- Lead client engagements, focusing on building innovative, growth-oriented strategies and fostering strong relationships.
- Maintain strong client relationships, proactively identifying opportunities for growth and performance optimization.
- Campaign Execution & Operational Oversight
- Accountable for performance outcomes, owning the successful execution of program work while maintaining high delivery standards
- Drive day-to-day campaign operations, ensuring all activities are delivered to a high standard
- Lead team execution, setting clear priorities and deadlines
- Monitor campaign performance and work with relevant teams to optimize based on results
- Ensure operational excellence across all campaign activities
- Strategic Data Oversight & Storytelling
- Ensure delivery of impactful data insights and that data is closely aligned to client KPI’s through productive storytelling.
- Oversee the presentation of high-level data insights to inform long-term client strategy, optimizations, and business decisions, partnering with strategic analytics team to deepen insights and strengthen recommendations
- Guide the team in effectively using data to support client performance and growth opportunities.
- Partner Management & Development
- Manage high-value affiliate partnerships, ensuring alignment with growth targets.
- Develop innovative partnerships and stay ahead of market trends.
- Attend industry events to build relationships and identify new partners.
- Lead brainstorming sessions to drive innovative solutions.
- Leverage internal publisher development team support to optimize partner relationships and enhance growth opportunities.
- Leadership & Team Development
- Manage and develop direct reports, providing mentorship and coaching to strengthen strategic thinking, accountability, and project management skills.
- Support Program Directors in fostering team cohesion and identifying growth opportunities for all team members.
- Effectively delegate responsibilities to ensure seamless execution and team efficiency.
What Success Looks Like:
- By 6 months: You will be managing multiple affiliate programs, forming strong relationships with key client contacts, and ensuring high-quality execution. You will take ownership of key deliverables, proactively managing client needs and program performance. You will identify opportunities and create strategic initiatives to drive additional value for clients. You will navigate challenging client or team situations with a solutions-oriented approach. Client data will be regularly analyzed and leveraged to optimize campaigns, ensuring KPIs are met. You will proactively develop and lead program improvements based on performance insights. Clients will be satisfied with account performance, and client Net Promoter Scores will consistently be 8+.
- By 1 Year: You will take full accountability for overall team performance and high value strategic outputs. You will coach team members to challenge the status quo, promoting innovation and growth within the team. Clients will recognize you as a key driver of their success, and Net Promoter Scores will remain at 8+. The accounts you support will be increasing their spend with Acceleration Partners and investing more heavily in the affiliate channel.
Qualities of the Ideal Candidate:
- Strong project management and delegation skills
- Strategic thinker with a solutions-oriented mindset
- Confident, adaptable, and proactive
- Flexible, resilient, and coachable; comfortable being uncomfortable
- Strong relationship and service orientation
- Proactive and outcome oriented
- Strong work ethic and personal standards
- Motivated by bringing big ideas to life; unafraid to test new concepts and fail forward
- Strong sense of curiosity
- Critical thinker and highly analytical
- Detail oriented
- AI-user / embracer
- Strong sense of creativity
- Growth mindset and go-getter
Minimum Qualifications & Skills:
- Fluency in English
- Fluency in either Korean or Japanese
- 5-8 years of online marketing, e-commerce, or affiliate marketing experience.
- Direct affiliate marketing experience (agency, in-house, or network) required.
- Knowledge of Affiliate Networks (e.g., Awin Commission Junction, Impact) required.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
- Advanced Excel capabilities (e.g., formulas, reports).
- Working knowledge of HTML is a plus.
- Previous experience managing and motivating direct reports is a plus.
WHY ACCELERATION PARTNERS?
Acceleration Partners is the world’s largest and first-to-market Partnership Marketing Agency creating and nurturing partnerships that drive exceptional measurable outcomes for their clients. Managing clients in 40+ countries, AP’s global team of 300+ focuses on data-driven strategies that connect brands to the right consumers through affiliate and influencer All of our work is supported by APVision, our proprietary technology suite which leverages the largest dataset of any agency in the Partnership Marketing agency ecosystem. Serving over 200 brands—including household names like Amazon, Apple, Target, Google, Marriott, Coinbase, and Burberry—AP’s diversified team is creating what’s next in the industry by building high-performing partnership marketing programs. As the only truly integrated global partnerships agency, AP prides itself on being at the cutting edge of industry developments and leveraging proven expertise to deliver unique solutions for brands seeking sustainable growth.
AP Perks & Benefits – What we offer
- 100% remote work for everyone
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Summer & Holiday Wellness Breaks in July and December
- Volunteer and Birthday Time Off
- Focus Fridays (no internal meetings)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefits
- Wellness, Technology & Education Allowance
- Paid sabbatical leaves, donation matching, and more!!
- Target salary range: S$78–95K depending on location and experience
Benefits may vary based on employment status or country location.
Acceleration Partners is committed to having a diverse and inclusive culture. We would particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ candidates, and candidates with a disability or who are neurodivergent.
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