Growth Marketing Manager- Affiliates and Referrals

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

As a Growth Marketing Manager
- Affiliates and Referrals, you will lead the strategy and performance of one of the company’s most important marketing channels by driving lead generation through affiliate marketing and referral partnerships. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing and developing new partners, managing and strengthening existing relationships, and optimizing commission structures to maximize growth and performance. Reporting to the Directors of Performance Marketing, North America, you will play a key role in shaping brand perception, influencing customer acquisition, and delivering measurable business results through one of Lightspeed’s largest marketing channels.

Your contributions will be instrumental to the continued growth and success of the business.

Please note that this is a 13-month fixed-term contract position starting in August 2026.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and execute affiliate & referral marketing plans to drive user growth at scale

• Identify new partners, negotiate agreements, and strengthen existing partnerships

• Collaborate with Analytics team to track overall program performance and evaluate individual partnerships

• Monitor and improve performance and conversion rates across the marketing and product funnel

• Work with Marketing Operations and Data teams to build technical integrations with partners

• Align with Brand Marketing team to promote consistent brand narrative

What you need to bring:

• Experience in business development, sales, partnerships or similar opportunities to negotiate with partners

• Experience with Affiliate Networks (Impact, Rakuten, CJ)

• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects while optimizing for highest impact

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Experience in technical integration of partners

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Lead-generation experience in a B2B environment

• Experience managing affiliate strategy and execution, with focus on direct response in a fast-paced environment

• Proven track record of hitting aggressive targets and improving ROI and CAC

• Hands-on experience using affiliate tracking tools

You’ll enjoy:

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work

• A culture that celebrates performance

• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard

• Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies

• Equity options, because this is your company too

• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters

• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career

• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best

• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community

• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams

• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook

• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you - all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

At Lightspeed, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your skill set, qualifications, experience, and market data. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We reasonably expect the total compensation for this position to be in the range of $80,000 - $100,000. Lightspeed also provides a variety of employee benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off.

Please note that this compensation information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within Ontario and reflects the amount Lightspeed is willing to pay at the time of this posting. This role represents an existing…