Client Growth Strategy Manager

Company Description
Welcome to Our World
We've been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service.

Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth. CJ's industry-leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors like retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services. As part of Publicis Groupe, our savvy data capabilities, cutting-edge tech, and strategic expertise facilitate genuine connections, allowing brands to reach consumers wherever they are.

A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing
Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers like you.

Overview
As a Client Growth Strategy Manager, you are responsible for a portfolio of advertiser accounts. Growth Strategy Managers provide expert advice, training, and consultation on affiliate marketing procedures and strategies; as well as create content, tools and thought leadership. This role plays a key role in renewing contracts, upselling relevant services, providing financial projections, and working with counterparts in other CJ functions to ensure client needs are met. The Client Growth Strategy Manager is the trusted advisor to our advertisers and collaborates with them on how to best implement affiliate marketing strategy on the CJ network.

Responsibilities
What you'll be doing:

• Manage client relationships and develop a deep understanding of advertiser's corporate and marketing objectives to develop affiliate marketing strategies that deliver high impact results.
• Lead a team of affiliate marketers and work together to drive the execution of the strategy while ensuring timeliness and effectiveness of deliverables.
• Pitch CJ's products and solutions and gain adoption to meet client business goals.
• Convey CJ's value proposition, functioning as point of escalation partners joined to advertiser programs.
• Define platform feature and capability enhancements as a product collaborator on behalf of advertisers.
• Grow CJ client revenue and accurately forecast revenue growth and identify potential.
• Develop and share best practices, content, and tools to be used by clients and/or published in CJ's Support Center, Blog, and other marketing collateral.
• Lead collaboration with cross-departmental teams to identify and troubleshoot complex program management and technical challenges.
• Mentor Associates- coach, provide guidance, and best practices to help team members succeed at CJ

Qualifications
What we look for:

• Bachelor's Degree or commensurate work experience
• 5 plus years of experience working in a marketing role-ideally digital performance marketing
• Capability to develop thoughtful strategies to grow advertiser programs
• Strong written and verbal communication and relationship skills
• Ability to work cross functionally with Product, Analytics, Accounting and Technology teams to accomplish client objectives
• Deliver high quality service and results to clients while delivering against CJ financial expectations
• Proven leadership and coaching skills
• Critical thinker and creative problem solver - you are able to influence/develop/negotiate account strategies that incorporate affiliate marketing best practices
• Passion for innovation and technology
• Proficient knowledge of the Microsoft suite of products, including Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Additional Information
This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in office.

CJ is the leader in Performance Marketing.  We take pride in our innovative technology, comprehensive data solutions and our people.  We equip our teams with advanced tools, training and career development opportunities all to provide modern solutions, strategies and support to deliver high quality results for our clients. We work in an enthusiastic, collaborative team setting that values outstanding performance.

We're a community of creative and passionate problem solvers who go the distance to tackle the tough questions, think creatively, and drive resourceful growth, for our clients—and ourselves. We foster and embody an inclusive and collaborative culture where diverse perspectives are sought, relationships are valued, and people feel accepted with a sense of belonging in expressing themselves authentically. We pride ourselves in having a workplace environment that values both work and play.

Why Our Workplace Stands Out
Apart from offering competitive salaries, 401K matching, wellness programs, and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we provide:

• Flexible time off without the hassle of accrual
• A generous number of paid holidays
• Company-sponsored team-building events
• An Employee Referral Program
• Annual recognition awards
• Hybrid work arrangements for optimal work-life balance
• Parental bonding leave
• Backup care options for children and elders
• An employee discount program
• International SOS program for global support
• Business Resource Groups, where employees connect over shared interests to cultivate an engaging, inclusive environment

…and those are just a few of our great perks Come join us and see what makes our company a great place to work.

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Compensation Range: $73,910 - $101,200 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/21/25.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.