Partnerships Manager / Affiliate/

Partnerships Manager / Affiliate/

Application Deadline: 30 December 2026

Department: Retail

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Plovdiv

Reporting To: Annie Gateva

Compensation: €16,500 / year

Description

In May 2023 Reward Gateway was acquired by Edenred. Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments for people at work, connecting 52 million users and 2

million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients. Today, Reward Gateway | Edenred is the leading employee engagement platform in the UK, and one of the largest affiliate publishers. We deliver significant value through offers, cashback and discounts to employees through their employer portals, and the resulting trust means our average order value is twice as high as the average affiliate (APMA 2025). £1.2 billion of transactions went through Reward Gateway | Edenred in 2024, meaning that £1 in every £490 spent in UK ecommerce flowed through our platform. We build on a 20-year legacy of excellence and performance in the affiliate industry, meaning we have strategic relationships with international brands like TUI, Expedia, Samsung and Hello

Fresh.

With our shared missions of ‘Making the World a Better Place to Work” and ‘Enriching connections, For good’, you’ll be contributing to improving employee engagement and

building better, stronger, and more resilient organizations to improve people’s daily lives. Our shared mission guides our every action and charts a sustainable path to a better future.

Your Role in Our Mission:

We need you to be our Partnerships Manager - Affiliate who will manage a portfolio of our Emerging Affiliate Merchant Partners. You will be responsible for negotiating strong offers that will appeal to our audience, whilst maximising our commercial returns through securing subscription renewals and media spend, and optimising commission arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing day-to-day relationships with existing merchant partners to drive revenue and performance with frequent contact and check-ins to monitor performance and Partnerships Manager -

Affiliate capitalise on opportunities

• A strong focus on creating and executing media opportunities within your portfolio of partners, as well as identifying opportunities for commission-based and/or hybrid commercial deals
• Retaining and renewing the annual subscriptions of your portfolio of retail partners, through clear and effective positioning our Merchant Value Proposition
• Confidently communicating and presenting to retail partners as well as affiliate networks. You will collaborating with them to design and execute an effective marketing plan, engaging them with our suite of marketing opportunities to maximise investment
• You'll create quarterly performance overviews of your key affiliate partners to conduct a gap analysis and find new opportunities to grow.
• You’ll need to be creative and self-driven to find ways to improve and make our processes better. If you find any issues or pain points, you will be responsible to propose solutions and raise your ideas to the team.
• You will be responsible for escalations of feedback and/or queries from our client and customer facing teams and be able to raise any issues directly with our merchant partners or affiliate network contacts

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• Experience in affiliate marketing and partnerships – either at a publisher, network or agency is beneficial
• Proven track record of managing and growing affiliate programmes
• Knowledge of affiliate network platforms and working with both networks and agencies to optimise performance
• Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both internally and externally
• Ability to interpret data and translate insights into action plans and strategies
• Excellent task and time management with a proactive approach

The Interview Process:

• Screening call with a member of the Talent Acquisition Team
• First stage in-person interview and task with Head of Merchant Partnerships Emerging
• Final virtual interview with current Head of Merchant Partnerships – Emerging and UK Merchant Director

At Reward Gateway, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment Partnerships Manager - Gift

Card process for all candidates. If you have any specific requirements or need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment journey, please let your Talent Acquisition

Partner know. Your needs are important to us, and we want to ensure an equitable experience for every candidate.

Be comfortable. Be you.

We want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly

believe that diversity drives innovation. Express yourself, join our community and help us Make the World a Better Place to Work.

We hire BETTER.

Find out more about our approach to benefits, equality, talent, technology, empathy and what you’ll get in return for joining our Mission at rg.co/lifeatrg