Global Operations Senior Manager

Company description

As part of Publicis Groupe, CJ Affiliate is the leader in Global Affiliate Marketing. We take pride in our innovative technology, comprehensive data solutions and our people. We equip our teams with the tools, training and career development opportunities to provide cutting edge solutions, strategies and support that deliver high quality results for our clients. We work in an energetic, results-oriented, collaborative, team environment that recognises exceptional performance.

As we evolve and grow as a business, so do you.

Snr Global Partnerships Manager is responsible for defining and delivering the global operations of the end-to-end publisher journey for one of CJ’s most strategic enterprise clients. This role owns the management and coordination of the entire publisher ecosystem from how new partner opportunities are identified, activated, nurtured, and scaled across all regions, ensuring the partner ecosystem drives sustainable growth while protecting brand integrity and compliance.

Operating in close alignment with the Global Client Lead and Global Commercial Lead, this role acts as the global authority on the global functioning of the entire ecosystem of publisher and partner management for this enterprise client.

• Define and own the global publisher management, aligned to the client’s commercial priorities, brand positioning, and customer journey.
• Act as the primary point of alignment for regional publisher teams across EMEA, NAM, LATAM, and APAC.
• Create and implement a streamlined publisher management workflow across all regions from recruitment, onboarding to activation and optimisation.
• Segment the global publisher ecosystem (e.g. strategic partners, scale partners, innovation partners, long-tail) and define clear objectives for each group.
• Own and coordinate the global approach to recruiting, onboarding, and activating new publishers across all client teams while allowing for local market nuance.
• Work with regional CJ publisher managers to drive partner performance and progression
• Work closely with publishers and CJ client team to define and enhance new publisher tools, widgets, and capabilities designed to improve traffic activation, conversion rates, and partner performance.
• Partner closely with Program Compliance teams to ensure all publisher activity adheres to brand guidelines, regulatory requirements, and advertising standards.
• Implement, measure, and optimise KPIs while activating multi‑vertical publisher campaigns that expand share of wallet and drive scalable growth across categories.
• Collaborate across Marketing, Product, and cross‑functional teams to support roadmap development, QBP planning, project management, and ensure best‑in‑class operations.

• Previous affiliate marketing or publisher management experience ideally in a global role.
• Experience working within the travel industry is desirable but not essential.
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience managing internal and external stakeholders.
• Microsoft Office suite experience, especially Excel and PowerPoint.