Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager

At Bondora, our mission is simple: to make finance easy, transparent, and accessible for everyone.

Founded in 2008, we’ve helped more than 700,000 customers across Europe borrow and invest effortlessly through our trusted digital products.

As a rapidly growing financial technology company, we’re reaching new heights with a bold vision. We’re set to acquire a banking license, unlocking a world of possibilities for our customers. This transition will allow us to expand our lending across more EU countries and broaden our product suite to deliver even more value.

Join us on this journey and let’s build the future of finance together!

What is this role about?

As a Senior Affiliate Marketing Manager at Bondora, you'll take ownership of the affiliate marketing channel for Go & Grow, managing and growing the partnerships that bring new investors to the platform. You'll work with content creators, publishers, comparison sites, communities, and affiliate networks across Europe, while building a strong pipeline of new partners.

This is a highly autonomous, hands-on role where you'll combine partner management with business development — strengthening existing relationships, sourcing and onboarding new affiliates, negotiating commercial agreements, and using data and AI to continuously improve partner performance. You'll work closely with Product, Data, Engineering, Brand, CRM, Legal, and Compliance to optimise the full journey from first click to long-term investor value.

You'll have the opportunity to own and shape one of Go & Grow's key growth channels , with direct access to senior leadership and significant freedom to improve how the affiliate programme operates and scales.

Your main responsibilities

• Own and Execute the affiliate marketing channel strategy, operating plan, forecast and performance.
• Source, qualify and close direct partnerships with affiliates (in other words publishers: content creators, comparison sites, communities and relevant affiliate networks).
• Create clear segmentation, outreach, onboarding and activation routines that move partners from prospect to live
• Design and negotiate CPA, CPL, fixed-fee and hybrid deals
• Define and improve the funnel from click and sign-up through funded investor, first 30-day deposits , repeat deposits and 30/60/90-day retained value .
• Operate and improve Target Circle/Circlewise
• Build partner- and cohort-level reporting covering acquisition cost, revenue (deposits) value, retention, net revenue (net deposits)
• Test placements, content, landing pages, incentives, creative and localized messaging with Brand, CRM, Product and Design.
• Apply country-specific financial-promotion rules, execute approval workflows, required disclosures, content monitoring and documentation together with Legal and Compliance.

What would ensure success in this role?

• Expert in at least one partner management platform ( Affiliate platforms such as Target Circle/Circlewise, Impact, Awin or Partnerize, CJ )

• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets and BI dashboard experience

• AI fluency : Comfortable using AI tools for data analysis, partner research and qualification, and content/compliance review, with strong judgment on when human verification is essential.

• Fluent in English and German is a plus

What can you expect at Bondora?

• Be part of Bondora’s ambitious journey toward 1BN in revenue - your work will have a real impact.
• Enjoy a competitive salary and amazing benefits: 5 weeks of vacation , private healthcare compensation, hobby grant, mental health support, share options, and much more!
• Work in an environment that encourages growth and innovation - with resources and budget for continuous learning.