Job Description

About Affinity

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Affinity is pioneering new frontiers in AdTech by building solutions that go beyond today's limitations and unlock new monetization opportunities for both publishers and advertisers. With a global team of 600+ professionals across the US, Europe, and Asia, we are developing privacy-first advertising infrastructure that thrives beyond traditional walled gardens.

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We empower publishers to maximize the value of their digital assets while enabling advertisers to connect with highly engaged, high-intent users through innovative and scalable touch-points.

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Role: Senior Manager – Publisher Alliances

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Location: Mumbai, India

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About the Role

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Affinity Global is looking for an experienced and commercially driven Senior Manager – Publisher Partnerships to accelerate our growth across fintech, utility and other high-value mobile app publishers in Southeast Asia and India.

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This is a strategic supply-side partnerships role where you'll identify, acquire and grow publisher relationships across Affinity's monetization ecosystem. You will own the partnership lifecycle—from prospecting and commercial negotiations to onboarding and long-term revenue growth—working closely with Product, Engineering, Ad Operations, Publisher Success and Demand teams.

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Success in this role means building a strong publisher pipeline, acquiring strategic partners and driving sustainable revenue growth across Affinity's supply ecosystem.

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If you're passionate about building partnerships, closing deals and helping publishers maximize their monetization potential, we'd love to hear from you.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Identify, prospect and onboard high-value mobile app publishers onto Affinity's monetization stack (VEVE, SitePlug, mCanvas and future product offerings).
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- Develop and manage a healthy pipeline of publisher opportunities across Southeast Asia and India.
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- Build strategic relationships with publisher stakeholders including Heads of Monetization,



Revenue, Growth and Ad Operations.
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- Lead commercial negotiations across CPM, CPC, CPI, CPS and revenue-share models.
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- Own publisher relationship health by driving revenue growth, fill rates, eCPM, supply quality and long-term retention.
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- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Ad Operations and Publisher Success teams to ensure seamless onboarding, SDK integrations and monetization optimisation.
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- Identify opportunities to expand existing publisher relationships through additional Affinity products and solutions.
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- Maintain accurate pipeline forecasts and regularly report on partnership performance.
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- Represent Affinity at industry events, conferences and customer meetings to strengthen market presence and generate new business opportunities.
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Required Skills & Experience

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- A self-starter with a hunter mentality, who thrives on identifying opportunities, opening new doors and closing strategic partnerships.
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- Someone with 5+ years of experience in Publisher Partnerships, Supply Partnerships, AdTech, Programmatic Advertising or Mobile App Monetization.
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- Experienced in working with mobile app publishers, ad networks, SSPs, affiliate networks, publisher monetization platforms or similar AdTech businesses.
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- Someone with an existing network of publisher relationships across Southeast Asia and/or India (preferred).
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- Comfortable engaging senior decision-makers including Heads of Monetization, Chief Revenue Officers, Heads of Growth, Revenue leaders and Ad Operations teams.
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- Commercially fluent in mobile app monetization, mediation platforms, programmatic advertising and publisher revenue models.
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- Proven in consistently achieving commercial targets and driving publisher revenue growth.
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- Team-oriented by nature, working effectively with Product, Engineering, Ad Operations, Publisher Success and Demand teams to deliver outstanding publisher outcomes.
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- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering or a related discipline; MBA preferred.
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📌 Senior Manager, Publisher Alliances (Mumbai)
🏢 Affinity Global
📍 Mumbai