Affiliate & Partnership Manager (m/f/d)

Shine is the financial copilot for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Rico Andersen and Martin Hegelund, Shine is a leading European fintech unicorn on a mission to restore the joy of running a business, by ending wasted time on financial admin. Shine offers a connected solution for invoicing, accounting, payroll, business accounts, payments, and financing, meaning business owners can focus their energy on growing a healthy business, not held back by manual admin.

Part of something bigger
Today we're part of Cegid, a European leader in cloud software for finance and accounting. Together we're building Europe's leading financial copilot for small businesses and their accountants.

About the Role

As our Affiliate & Partnership Manager, you take full ownership of our affiliate and partner channels across the Shine ecosystem. You won’t be eased in slowly: from day one, you’ll dig into our existing setup, reactivate dormant relationships, negotiate high-impact deals, and build new strategic partnerships from scratch. You serve as the growth engine bridging top publishers, comparison sites, networks, and our internal Growth, Product, and Tech teams to scale Shine across Germany and beyond.

🎯 Your Mission

Transform our digital partner ecosystem into a high-converting revenue driver by optimizing existing partnerships across both Kontist and sevdesk product lines, acquiring high-performing new allies, and scaling commercial growth for Shine.

What You'll Do

• Hit the Ground Running: Evaluate existing affiliate activities across our product portfolio, refresh partner materials to reflect the Shine brand, reactivate quiet partnerships, and bring order and structure to complex deal setups from day one.

• Commercial Negotiation & Ownership: Own agreement structures, placement deals, and commission models (CPA, CPC, CPL, RevShare)—constantly pushing for smarter commercial terms that maximize ROI.

• Full-Engine Management: Run partner activation through targeted campaigns, incentives, and CRM-driven outreach. Translate metrics into sharp internal reporting that moves real business decisions.

• Data, Tracking & Safety: Work closely with affiliate platforms and internal data teams to ensure accurate tracking and clean data across all Shine properties, while upholding strict standards for fraud prevention, brand safety, and compliance.

• Strategic Growth & Scaling: Proactively pitch, onboard, and scale new publishers, financial comparison portals and corporate benefit partners to expand our market footprint.

📋 Profile & Requirements

Nice to Have

• Background in the German Fintech, Banking, SaaS, or Tax/Accounting landscape.

• Deep experience with major affiliate networks (e.g., Awin, CJ, Impact) and performance attribution tools.

• A passion for empowering freelancers, sole proprietors, and SMBs to manage their business effortlessly

Our recruitment process

1️⃣ 30' call with Talent Acquisition

2️⃣ 45' interview with Hiring Manager

3️⃣ 60' business case presentation to highlight your skills and give you a hands-on feel for the role

4️⃣ A team introduction, followed by a soft skills interview based on personality assessments to see how we can best support your growth at Shine

What we offer

• Impact: This team is foundational to ensuring multiple aspects of Shine’s business is operating as the best on the market.

• Ownership: Join a team and help shape its mission just as it’s getting started, with support from experienced leaders.

• Innovation: Work in a dynamic, ambitious environment with space to grow and try our ideas and approaches

• Mission-driven: Likes our mission to help entrepreneurs succeed by giving them better, smarter banking and administrative tools.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.