Affiliate Marketing Specialist

Ding is the world's leading universal top-up service. Founded in 2006, Ding was born from seeing something that wasn't there. More than 80% of the world's 5 billion mobile phones are now prepaid – and growing. We believe mobile phones can change lives and we want to improve people's lives by helping those with less gain access to more.

Ding is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has employees working across the world!

We are proud of our culturally diverse team of more than 200 employees, all with unique personalities who support our commitment to delivering cutting-edge, potentially life-changing technology to developed and emerging markets alike.

Our aim is to build and run the safest, simplest, most effective and convenient top-up technology, in partnership with the best operators and platforms. We'll continue to spread joy across the globe, helping people everywhere to send little bytes of happiness to their loved ones, keeping our customers connected to their families and friends. Now more than ever we realise the importance of keeping in touch and here at Ding we believe a little goes a long way.

We're always on the lookout for talented people who embody our core values:

• We're Here to Make a Difference
• We are Thinkers, Linkers & Doers
• We Win Together
• We Imagine Boldly & Build Fast

Job Overview:

We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Affiliate Marketing Specialist to play a key role in scaling Ding’s affiliate channel. This is a hands-on, performance-focused role where you will own day-to-day affiliate performance, manage and grow partner relationships, and drive expansion into new platforms, markets, and opportunities. You will be expected to take ownership of results within the channel — identifying, prioritising, and executing on opportunities to drive acquisition growth while improving efficiency and customer lifetime value (CLV).

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

Affiliate Channel Management

• Own day-to-day performance across affiliate campaigns and partnerships
• Optimise activity against key KPIs including CPA, CVR, ROAS, and CLV
• Make data-driven decisions to improve efficiency and scale performance

Publisher Growth & Relationship Management

• Identify, recruit, and onboard new affiliate partners across priority markets
• Build and manage strong relationships with publishers to drive sustained performance
• Proactively grow and diversify the partner base to unlock incremental scale

Channel & Market Expansion

• Drive testing and onboarding of new affiliate platforms and supply sources
• Expand activity into new geographies, audiences, and traffic types
• Identify and execute on new opportunities to grow the channel

Performance & Funnel Optimisation

• Analyse campaign and funnel performance to identify growth opportunities
• Work closely with internal teams to optimise landing pages, offers, and user journeys
• Run structured testing across creatives, offers, and GEO strategies

Commercial & Partner Strategy

• Manage commission structures and partner incentives to maximise performance
• Support and scale high-performing publishers through tailored approaches
• Ensure traffic quality and compliance with brand and regulatory standards

Tracking, Data & Reporting

• Ensure accurate tracking and attribution across affiliate activity
• Monitor data integrity and own performance reporting across key KPIs
• Translate insights into clear actions that drive measurable improvement

Qualifications & Experience:

• 2–5 years experience in affiliate marketing, performance marketing, or digital acquisition
• Proven ability to manage and optimise performance-driven campaigns or partnerships
• Strong understanding of CPA/CPL models, attribution, and optimisation principles
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and take action
• Strong communication and relationship management skills
• Proactive, results-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership

Nice to have:

• Experience working across international or multi-market campaigns
• Familiarity with mobile attribution platforms (e.g. AppsFlyer)
• Exposure to advanced tracking setups (e.g. S2S integrations)
• Experience in fintech, remittance, or digital products

What Success Looks Like:

• Clear ownership of affiliate channel performance and growth
• A scalable and increasingly diversified base of high-quality affiliate partners
• Measurable improvements across CPA, CVR, and CLV
• Successful expansion into new platforms, markets, and partnership models
• Strong contribution to making affiliates a key global growth channel

Ding is committed to creating equal employment opportunities in the workplace. We know that experience looks different for everyone – if you believe your proven experience would suit this role and is what we are looking for we encourage you to apply.

Life at Ding:

At Ding, we are striving to grow and nurture a culture that is inclusive, global, and equitable but most of all fun! In addition to your basic salary and bonus there are many benefits also available across Ding. Some are recent additions, some have been enhanced and others have been there all along!

• YOLO days & Dingversary Leave: additional holidays the year of your 4th/7th/10th/13th Anniversary
• Work Abroad Programme: the opportunity to work for 30 days from another country each year
• Transportation Allowance
• Monthly Mobile Allowance
• Wellness Programme: with monthly events, both virtual and in-person

Our aim is to build and run the safest, simplest, most effective and convenient top-up technology, in partnership with the best operators and platforms. Now more than ever we realise the importance of keeping in touch and here at Ding we believe a little goes a long way.

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