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Investment Planning Manager, Performance Marketing

CJ
Needham, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
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.

Responsibilities

  • Create comprehensive investment plans aligned with client benchmarks, budgets, and goals. Collaborating with client strategy teams to address the eCommerce/Affiliate landscape, identifying growth opportunities and developing tailored investment plans.
  • Assess the financial impact of potential opportunities and provide strategic recommendations. Develop a deep understanding of how Affiliate strategies can drive client business growth and find opportunities for scale.
  • Stay updated on rising partnerships and trends in the eCommerce/Affiliate space to create diversified and forward-thinking investment strategies by vertical, publisher and media type.
  • Manage and track client requests providing accurate and timely feedback.
  • Aggregate and analyze data from internal Strategy, Business Analytics, and Operations teams to inform overarching strategies and investment decisions.
  • Incorporate key factors such as budget, past performance, audience reach, opportunity size, and impact to build publisher portfolio recommendations.
  • Assist with annual planning, applying client growth goals across multiple brands and categories.
  • Act as a Commerce specialist within the greater strategy team, integrating efforts with media and analytics to drive commerce growth.

Manage team of Investment Planners including oversight of Recruitment/Activation

strategies, ensuring quality and effectiveness of strategies, developing materials

Qualifications

  • An analytical attitude with an ability to pull insights from multiple, large data sets
  • 5 years experience or knowledge of the ecommerce & affiliate ecosystem
  • Project management experience and ability to multitask
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, and the ability to transmit information, ideas, and solutions across different levels of collaborators
  • Strong understanding of market consumer trends and marketplace readiness
  • Ability to identify, pitch, and close new opportunities with affiliates or partners to drive incremental revenue.
  • Excellent organizational skills (experience with ticketing systems and project management software a plus)

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.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.

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 1/21/26.

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

Salary : $73,910 - $101,200

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