Senior Growth Manager

The Senior Growth Manager is a remote, work from home position, as are all positions at Acceleration Partners (a structure central to our culture and our vision to change the work/life paradigm). Some travel is required, for client meetings or other internal meetings, conferences, etc.

Acceleration Partners is seeking a Senior Growth Manager to drive partner growth strategies for some of our largest and most complex client programs. In this role, you will identify, develop, and scale high-impact partnerships that drive measurable revenue growth and help clients achieve their business objectives. You will shape recruitment, activation, and optimization strategies, uncover emerging growth opportunities, and influence partnership roadmaps beyond traditional affiliate models.

• Publisher & Partner Performance: Contributes to client growth and retention by building high-potential partner relationships and optimizing performance. Prioritizes the client’s most strategically important partner relationships and is trusted to make judgment calls on where to invest time without needing direction.
• Performance Trackers & Reporting: Follows client-approved processes for paid placements and partner optimizations. Uses reporting effectively, translating data into a clear story that shows clients not just what happened, but why it matters and what to do next. Often defines or improves that process rather than just following it.
• Subject Matter Expert Across the Partnership Landscape: Is a trusted, knowledgeable resource on partner relationships and client verticals. Recognized as an SME not just on their own accounts but across the department.

• Proactive Research: Identifies and recruits high-quality partners with strong revenue potential. Regularly pursues more complex, or non-traditional partnership opportunities independently.
• Written and Verbal Communication: Communications are clear, informative, and engaging.
• Initiative: Proactively identifies and executes areas of opportunity and optimization to drive revenue growth. Leads end-to-end negotiations with an appropriate level of autonomy and collaboration.

• Relationship Management: Optimizes opportunities with top partners on behalf of the client. [Senior] Manages the most strategically important and/or highest-value partner relationships in the portfolio and negotiates complex terms independently.
• Budget Management: Identifies and acts on opportunities that drive client growth while maintaining a healthy return on investment. Operates with wider latitude on ROI trade-off decisions given demonstrated judgment.
• Time Management: Demonstrates exceptional calendar and time management skills.

• Alignment to Client Strategy and Goals: Participates in engagement kickoff calls and ongoing calls as needed; maintains a clear understanding of client goals and KPIs.
• Creation and Ongoing Ownership of Partner Strategy: Builds a recruitment and/or paid placement plan end-to-end, based on client goals and KPIs. Independently owns this process and often shapes the process/best practices other Growth Managers follow.
• Strategy Pivots: Adapts and pivots strategies to reach client goals. Trusted to reset client expectations directly, including navigating difficult conversations, without requiring senior support at each step.
• Internal Support & Mentorship: Collaborates with the Senior Account Manager and Program Director on upskilling around partner recruitment and optimization. Provides hands-on, direct support to team members on publisher best practices, and in some cases builds their knowledge of specific verticals or sectors.

• Client Education and Alignment: Clearly articulates the “why” behind each opportunity and its expected value, including anticipated ROI.
• Persuasiveness: Regularly develops and delivers persuasive pitches that secure larger or less conventional opportunities.
• Partnership Ecosystem Knowledge: Maintains deep knowledge across partnership types. Recognized expertise others actively seek out.
• Tenacity: Has a track record of overcoming objections. Coaches other Growth Managers on how to handle rejection productively.

You've established yourself as a trusted strategic advisor to clients and built strong relationships with key partners across the affiliate ecosystem. You possess a deep understanding of client objectives, growth…