Senior Specialist, Affiliate & Influencers - Italy

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated and resourceful Senior Specialist, Affiliate & Influencers - Italy to join our team and lead our expansion in the Italian market.

This role is ideal for a results-driven professional who is eager to manage complex external partnerships and drive user acquisition while maintaining a high-impact, operational mindset across all performance marketing channels. You will join a high-performance team where you will be expected to manage everything from strategic negotiations to technical troubleshooting in a fast-paced environment.

Influencer and Affiliates Marketing

• Primary focus will be defining, optimising and executing our Affiliate and Influencer marketing strategy, ensuring total alignment with our business goals and local market nuances.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Italian Affiliate and Influencer network, including pipeline building, relationship management, negotiation, and performance optimisation.
• Conduct data-driven research and analysis to support decision-making and provide the insights needed to scale channel performance. This includes deep dive analysis on acquisition rates, costs, profitability, product penetration and long term retention,
• Own the reporting of channel performance, key insights, and strategic plans during weekly and monthly growth steering meetings.
• Help define and improve marketing processes related to partnership tracking, attribution, and payout/budgeting for the Italian market.
• Ensure content compliance and internal rules and controls processing.

Growth Marketing

• Identify and execute ad-hoc growth initiatives to drive user and revenue growth.
• Develop and manage co-marketing campaigns with strategic business partners to expand reach and acquire new audiences.
• Plan and coordinate offline growth initiatives, including traditional media placements, displays, and event activations.
• Lead social media collaborations with key partners to increase brand visibility and engagement.
• Coordinate content creation with external subject-matter experts and speakers to build public brand awareness and thought leadership.
• Proactively identify and execute new growth opportunities and experimental initiatives that support overall marketing and business objectives.

Background:

• The Foundation: 5+ years of experience within high-paced marketing agencies or performance marketing roles, demonstrating a resourceful and versatile marketing background.
• Specialised
  
  Experience:
  
  At least 2 years of direct experience managing Affiliate and Influencer Marketing programs.
• Market Mastery: A proven track record of independently building and scaling new partner relationships specifically within the Italian market.
• Data Excellence:
  Proficiency in data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, or PowerBI) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data modeling) to audit partner performance and attribution models.
• Commercial Grit:
  Demonstrated ability to negotiate and structure diverse commercial deals, including CPA, CPL, fee structures, and commission tiers.
• Linguistic Fluency:
  Professional fluency in Italian is required; fluency in English is essential for collaboration with our international team.
• The "Plus":
  Experience in fintech or banking is a significant advantage.

Skills:

• Partner Management:
  Proven ability to build, maintain, and scale relationships with external partners, including affiliates, agencies, and influencers.
• Analytical Mindset:
  Strong ability to work with data, track KPIs, and extract actionable insights to drive strategic decisions.
• Strategic Thinking:
  Ability to translate high-level business goals into actionable partnership initiatives within a local market context.
• Operational & Independent Problem-Solver: A highly operational mindset with the ability to proactively diagnose and solve day-to-day issues like tracking discrepancies or conversion funnel blocks.
• Project Management:
  Strong organisational skills to manage multiple campaigns and partner contracts simultaneously.
• Communication:
  Excellent written and verbal communication in both Italian and English, with a talent for effective negotiation and clear presentation of results.

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, experiences, and backgrounds.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.

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