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Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale
Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.
We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.
Why Kikoff:
This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.
We are seeking an Affiliate Marketing Manager to join our Business team. This isn’t just a "client-facing" role; it’s a hybrid of digital marketing strategy and data analysis. You will own a set of partners, define growth strategy and optimization paths, and collaborate closely with the User Acquisition team on achieving growth goals.
What you'll ownNorthstar Objectives:
- Champion Kikoff’s products and services and become the influential main point of contact for our active partners
- Define Kikoff and Grant’s ambitious new user acquisition goals through account management, up/cross selling, product roadmap recommendations, and optimizations
- Consistently overachieve monthly acquisition goals and grow your career as a contributing member of Kikoff
Affiliate Relationship Management:
- Serve as the main point of contact for assigned affiliate partners, fostering strong and collaborative relationships and actively source and onboard net new partners
- Communicate regularly with affiliates partners to understand their needs, provide support, and address any concerns or issues
- Act as a liaison between affiliates and internal teams to ensure alignment on goals, promotions, and campaign strategies
- Provide support to existing and inquiring partners while building out scalable systems to support common partner needs
- Build and run new verticals and partner types, prioritize outbound targets by expected volume and fit, and take partners from outreach to live and performing
- Attend major partner conferences to foster affiliate relationships, find new partnership opportunities, and represent Kikoff externally
Campaign Management and Optimization:
- Align partner strategy with User Acquisition goals and set clear roadmaps for achieving volume and quality KPIs
- Work closely with affiliate partners to develop and execute effective marketing campaigns that drive traffic, conversions, and revenue
- Monitor campaign performance, analyze data, and identify opportunities for optimization and improvement
- Present strategic guidance and recommendations to partners to help them maximize their performance and reach their goals
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field preferred
- 3-4 years of experience in affiliate marketing, account management, or a related role with at least 2 years owning a partner book or channel with a budget
- Strong understanding of affiliate marketing principles, strategies, and best practices
- Experience negotiating performance deals and can clearly articulate deal-making approach
- Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with affiliate partners and cross-functional teams
- Comfortable building a volume/budget forecast and an approach to achieve it
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, draw insights, and make data-driven decisions; proficiency with data software such as Tableau and Amplitude
- Familiarity with affiliate tracking platforms and tools (e.g., Impact, Appsflyer), proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs), and familiarity with AI automation (Claude Cowork, Claude Code)
- Self-motivated, proactive, and results-oriented, with a commitment to delivering exceptional service and results and brings a “test and learn” approach
- Experience with DTC, subscription, or fintech a plus.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field
- 3–4 years of experience in affiliate marketing, account management, or a related role
- At least 2 years owning a partner book or channel with a budget
- Strong understanding of affiliate marketing principles, strategies, and best practices
- Experience negotiating performance deals and articulating a deal-making approach
- Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build rapport and trust with affiliate partners and cross-functional teams
- Ability to build volume and budget forecasts and develop plans to achieve them
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Analytical mindset and ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions
- Proficiency with data software such as Tableau and Amplitude
- Familiarity with affiliate tracking platforms such as Impact and AppsFlyer
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs
- Familiarity with AI automation tools such as Claude Cowork and Claude Code
- Self-motivated, proactive, and results-oriented approach
- Commitment to exceptional partner service and results
- Test-and-learn approach to optimization
- Experience with DTC, subscription, or fintech
Kikoff Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kikoff and has not been reviewed or approved by Kikoff.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is presented as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision included and the full premium cost covered for employees in recent postings. Employer materials and listings consistently cite health insurance as a core benefit.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as 20 days of accrued PTO plus company‑paid holidays. This provides a clear baseline of paid leave beyond standard holidays.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Everyday perks include commuter benefits, catered office meals, and a fitness benefit policy. These additions contribute to daily convenience and lifestyle support.
Kikoff Insights
What We Do
Kikoff is a personal finance platform that offers the simplest credit-building solution out there: $0 fees, 0% interest, and no credit pull. Your credit score is the foundation of your financial health – yet most people don’t have the credit score they deserve. That’s why Kikoff built the most accessible and affordable credit-building solution – it’s also the fastest growing and the top-rated credit building mobile app. Kikoff works whether you’re new to credit or looking for an extra boost. Building credit is just the start; Kikoff is building a personal finance platform designed to help consumers achieve financial wellness. Driven by the co-founders’ and team’s personal experiences, Kikoff’s mission is to provide refreshingly fair, effective, and simple pathways to meet your financial goals. Kikoff is a Series B company and has raised over $42 million in total funding. Investors include Portage Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GGV, Coatue, Core Innovation Capital, and basketball star Stephen Curry. Kikoff was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Why Work With Us
We are building an organization that maximizes growth and learning; we are invested in helping you grow and achieve what you want in your career. Our principles include a bias towards action, work in public, first principles thinking, intellectual honesty and extreme ownership.
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