Partnerships Manager, Affiliates

Who We Are

Babylist is the leading registry, e-commerce, and content platform for growing families. More than 9 million people shop with Babylist every year, making it the go-to destination for seamless purchasing, trusted guidance, and expert product recommendations for new parents and the people who love them. What began as a universal registry has grown into a full ecosystem for new parents, including the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, and a flagship showroom in Los Angeles. Hundreds of brands in baby and beyond partner with Babylist to engage meaningfully with families during one of life’s most important transitions. With over $1 billion in annual GMV, and more than $500 million in 2024 revenue, Babylist is reshaping the $320 billion baby product industry. We’re helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for at every step. As we build the generational brand in baby, our mission remains simple: to connect growing families with everything they need to thrive.To learn more, visit www.babylist.com.

Our Ways of Working

Babylist thrives as a remote-first company, with HQ team members located across the U.S. and Canada. We meet in person twice a year—once as a company and once by department to strengthen the relationships that power our work. We show up consistently, stay purpose-driven, and achieve results —together, from anywhere.

What the Role Is

We are looking for an Affiliate Partnerships Manager to join our Account Management team. You will play a critical role in supporting our partners and teams that drive affiliate revenue growth. You will be responsible for managing the relationships with affiliate partners, ensuring that all partnerships and campaigns are executed seamlessly and exceed their goals. You will operate as an external and internal partner for campaign setup, management, and support. This is an ideal role for an organized, detail-oriented, self-starter who is looking to leverage their analytical and problem-solving abilities in a media environment.

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience in a results-driven affiliate marketing Account Manager role working with clients, agencies and advertisers at a media company or experience with marketing and executing media plans. A performance marketer at heart: you are obsessed with tracking, attribution, and ROI.
• Strong knowledge of affiliate platforms (e.g., Amazon, Amazon Creator Connections Impact, ShareASale, CJ, Rakuten), and/or direct affiliate partnership management.
• Experience working with editorial and/or publishing teams and/or affiliate marketing agencies, with market-facing experience 
• Experience managing successful affiliate campaigns, with a keen eye to leverage reporting to identify where the retailers are performing well and where they can improve
• Successful history of cross-selling and upselling for pertinent opportunities
• Excellent time management, problem-solving and communication skills, both internal and external
• Energetic, enthusiastic, solutions-oriented and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Great interpersonal skills including poise, tact and diplomacy to handle sensitive situations,  and affiliate relationships; ability to find opportunity in every interaction despite internal and/or external complexity
• Highly organized with a systematic approach to detail-oriented work
• High proficiency in tools like Excel, Google Sheets, Google Analytics, affiliate tracking platforms, and project management tools (e.g., Asana, Canva).
• Excited about the ability to develop with a lean ad sales team, wearing multiple hats and taking on a variety of roles
• Understanding of working with creative, sales, product, engineering, and marketing teams

How You Will Make An Impact

• Own day-to-day management of affiliate partnerships, including owning reporting and affiliate data, platform data, optimizing performance, and building strong, long-term partner relationships
• Manage and support retailer-paid/barter campaigns  to ensure accurate contract fulfillment, quality control, and excellent partner customer service
• Identify areas of efficiency on Babylist to inform upsells and additional flat fee investment
• Track, measure, analyze and report the performance of multiple affiliate partners, including creating detailed performance reports and proposing optimization and upselling strategies
• Organize interdepartmental workflow to ensure all elements are handled according to process and schedule, with a focus on beating deadlines
• Own asset gathering, creation, production, and archiving for campaigns, campaign pacing, performance and optimization opportunities
• Prepare and distribute performance reports, both specific to affiliate partner and general program performance

Why You Will Love Working At Babylist

• We invest in the infrastructure you’ll need to be supported and successful: tools, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and a stipend to help you set up your office
• We build products that have a positive impact on millions of people’s lives
• We work at a sustainable pace which means work/life balance is a real thing here
• We believe technology and data can solve hard problems 
• AI plays a meaningful role in how we work, create, and scale—intentionally embedded in our tools, systems, and decision-making to support innovation and real impact
• We believe in exceptional management 
• We offer competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• We have great benefits like company paid medical, dental, and vision, a generous paid parental leave policy, and 401k with company match
• We care about employee wellbeing with perks for physical, mental and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning

Babylist takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location.

The estimated pay range for this role is $76,360.00 - $114,540.00

In addition, Babylist offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including company paid health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.

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