Affiliate Manager

About the role

Accountable to lead and grow QR global affiliate program, delivering incremental revenue, and setting a clear strategic vision for growth for the Affiliate channel. The Affiliate Manager will manage a team of affiliate officers and will be accountable for driving higher sales through strategic partner recruitment, effective campaign management and optimizing performance across regions.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Responsible for scaling global affiliate programs by setting a long-term growth roadmap and aligning regional strategies to drive sustained revenue expansion and market share growth.
• Designing performance-based incentive models by leading commercial negotiation with the partners in order to maximize partner commitment and profitability.
• Strategic oversight of affiliate tracking and measurement frameworks by ensuring robust pixel implementation and attribution models to enable accurate insights for executive decision-making.
• Identify growth gaps and market opportunities by leveraging competitor benchmarking and performance analysis resulting in targeted recruitment that expands the affiliate portfolio strategically.
• Visionary campaign planning by aligning affiliate initiatives with broader marketing objectives to ensure cohesive multi-channel impact and brand consistency.
• Coaching affiliate officers and fostering a performance-driven culture to ensure a capable team ready to execute strategic priorities.
• Affiliate channel budget ownership at a strategic level by forecasting, allocating, and optimizing spend across regions, achieving maximum return on marketing investments.
• Cross-functional influence by collaborating with senior leaders in product, finance, revenue management and analytics to drive integrated go-to-market executions.
• Accountable for executive-level communication, by presenting strategy, forecasts, and performance to leadership and stakeholders, securing alignment and resource support for growth initiatives.
• Strategic adaptability by pivoting plans in response to market shifts, competitive activity, and affiliate channel innovations, maintaining program resilience and competitive advantage.
• Embedding brand protection protocols and partner vetting processes to safeguard reputation and regulatory adherence globally to safely protect the group.
• Manage the affiliate platforms and capitalizing on emerging technologies by leveraging multi-network tools strategically to unlock efficiencies and scalability in partner management. Anticipating market trends through commercial growth mindset by capitalizing on untapped revenue streams, positioning the affiliate program as a key profit driver for the business in order to achieve greater revenue streams.
• Oversight of end-to-end affiliate operations by setting process standards for recruitment, onboarding, reconciliation, and partner payments, delivering operational excellence and partner trust.
• Interpreting performance analytics and ROI metrics through data-led strategic decision-making in order to sharpen high-impact initiatives that deliver measurable commercial outcomes.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You'll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what's never been done before.

Together, everything is possible.

About You

We are looking for a passionate and experienced professional to join the team.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 6+ years of job-related experience.
• Experience in managing affiliate campaigns, affiliate networks & publisher relationship, performance tracking, and optimization techniques to enhance exposure and drive sales.
• Proficiency in analyzing marketing performance data to inform strategic decisions and optimize campaigns for better results.
• Experience in an international airline environment.
• Familiarity with digital marketing technologies and tools to enhance operational efficiency and improve the user experience on
• Knowledge and experience managing global affiliate networks.
• Skilled in managing global affiliate networks, partner recruitment, campaign optimization and negotiating placement opportunities to maximize exposure and sales.
• Strong knowledge of tracking technologies, pixel implementation and data driven performance analysis
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and spoken presentation.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We've grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don't slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what's never been done before.

So whether you're creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.