Head of Affiliates & Partnerships Bitfortune.com is a next-generation crypto casino at the intersection of gambling, internet culture, creators, and crypto. We’re building a brand that feels more like a movement than a casino: loud, edgy, and impossible to ignore. Our “IDGAF” motto is about attitude, not standards. We move fast, think big, and expect the people we hire to do the same. Role Summary We are looking for someone who actually knows how affiliate traffic works. Not someone who signs random partners, throws out big CPA deals, and hopes for the best. We want someone who understands quality, knows the right partners, knows who is full of shit, and knows how to build an affiliate channel that drives real players and real revenue. Right now, we have an affiliate platform. We have some partners. But there is no real structure, no proper strategy, and too much money is being spent on traffic that does not convert. You will own the entire affiliate and partnership channel outside of streamer management. You should be the kind of person who: - knows which affiliates, communities, and traffic sources are actually worth working with - can tell the difference between high-volume traffic and traffic that actually deposits - understands how to negotiate deals without massively overpaying - knows how to build a proper affiliate machine, not just collect logos and vanity traffic - can combine instinct, relationships, and data to decide what to scale What You’ll Be Doing - Own the affiliate and partnerships channel end-to-end. - Build a proper affiliate strategy for Bitfortune. - Identify, recruit, negotiate, and manage high-quality partners across: - crypto gambling affiliates - casino and sportsbook affiliate sites - review sites - Telegram communities - X accounts - crypto influencers - media buyers - sports communities - SEO partners - Decide which types of partners make sense for Bitfortune, and which do not. - Manage and optimise our affiliate programme. - Create a proper structure around: - rev-share - CPA - hybrid deals - reporting - tracking - partner segmentation - fraud prevention - Work out which partners bring real players, which bring bonus hunters, and which should be cut immediately. - Improve traffic quality and reduce wasted spend. - Work with the CMO, CRM, and product teams to help partners convert better through: - better landing pages - offers - campaigns - funnels - Build a repeatable outreach and partner management process. - Track FTDs, deposits, retention, player value, CAC, and ROI by partner. - Build a small but strong network of partners that can scale over time. What We’re Looking For - You have managed affiliates or partnerships for a crypto casino, sportsbook, iGaming brand, crypto exchange, or similar high-growth business. - You know the crypto and gambling affiliate world and already understand which partners are worth speaking to. - You have experience negotiating CPA, rev-share, and hybrid deals. - You understand the difference between traffic that looks good and traffic that actually deposits and stays. - You are data-driven and commercial. - You understand FTDs, retention, player quality, CAC, ROI, and partner performance. - You know how to use data to decide what to scale, what to improve, and what to kill. - You are comfortable working in a fast-moving startup without huge budgets or perfect systems. - You know how to build relationships, but you are not afraid to cut partners that are wasting money. You’ll Work Closely With - CMO - Performance Marketing - CRM & Retention - Product / CMS - Data / BI - Streamer Management Success In The First 90 Days - We know exactly which partners and traffic sources are worth scaling. - We stop overpaying for low-quality traffic. - Affiliate traffic quality improves. - FTDs and deposit quality improve. - There is a proper structure around deals, reporting, and partner management. - We have a repeatable outreach process and a much stronger pipeline of quality partners. - We are no longer dependent on a small number of expensive, volatile channels. - We finally have an affiliate programme that is built around data and performance, not guesswork. How To Apply Send us: - your CV / LinkedIn - a short note on why you’re the right fit - examples of affiliate programmes or partnerships you have built - examples of partners you have worked with and what results they delivered - examples of CPA, rev-share, retention, FTD, or ROI improvements you achieved If you’ve worked in a crypto casino / sportsbook before, tell us exactly what affiliate channels you owned, which partners performed best, and what you learned. We care far more about what you’ve actually built than what your title was. BITFORTUNE.COM

Overview Leads the contributions of the Account Team and the Consulting account team. Leads the Industry Solutions account planning contribution with the wider Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions account team. Owns and maintains in agreement with the core account team. Leverages insight from consulting account-delivery team to ensure awareness of status of projects in delivery. Drives and leverages for agreement with the core account team. Proactively builds and maintains up-to-date knowledge of customer. Leverages Microsoft Consulting go-to-market scenarios to drive intentional customer conversations about Microsoft Cloud adoption. Identifies, qualifies, leads, manages, and closes strategic industry cloud opportunities on prioritized accounts. Orchestrates the consulting-sales relationship with the core account team, working closely with Enterprise colleagues. Leverages customer connections, the account team, customer success team, service team, and the Consulting account team's insight. Gains active contribution from others in building close plans for all qualified opportunities. Ensures all applicable leads and qualified opportunities are linked to customer priorities in the account plan. Drives discussions of terms and conditions. Maintains relationship with the customer to secure formal signing of contract. Responsibilities Accelerate Cloud Growth Identifies, qualifies, leads, manages, and closes strategic industry cloud opportunities on prioritized accounts aligned to documented customer business value and outcomes. Has in-depth knowledge of advanced cloud solutions and cross-check with the solutions of key competitors. Drives advanced workloads and usage. Accelerates Microsoft Cloud differentiation (e.g., security, AI) against competitors and wins more market share. Increases customer business value with advanced technology (e.g., AI) and drives consumption. Leverages Microsoft Consulting go-to-market scenarios to drive intentional customer conversations about Microsoft Cloud adoption. Provides feedback on required go-to-market scenarios based on local market requirements and opportunities. Educates senior decision makers of assigned account(s) (e.g., director-level) on Microsoft's value proposition, aligned to the customer’s priorities and maturity, appropriately differentiating competitor solutions. Proactively identifies and engages other stakeholders who are key influencers of decision makers. Proactively builds and maintains up-to-date knowledge of customer's business priorities, risks and challenges, internal landscape (e.g., organization structure, stakeholders, business performance), industry/sector challenges, regulations, trends, and futures (e.g., impact of artificial intelligence [AI], sustainability) to meet customer needs and drive customer satisfaction. Proactively connects with internal and external network of industry experts to build industry knowledge and connections. Shares knowledge with virtual team. Account Team Orchestration Orchestrates the consulting-sales relationship with the core account team, working closely with Enterprise colleagues to ensure successful creation, maintenance, and execution of the Industry Solutions account plan components, and a positive One Microsoft customer experience. Orchestrates and coordinates across the account team, customer success team, service team, and the Consulting account team, effectively influencing and collaborating with account-aligned and solutions-aligned, pursuit and delivery colleagues including Partners to bring the best resources to ensure customer success and satisfaction, successfully closing deals. Follows and champions the One Microsoft methodology (e.g., the common sales and delivery methodology for Microsoft). Deal Excellence Leverages customer connections and the account team's insight to confirm Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline (BANT) information to determine progression or lack thereof of a lead to become a consulting opportunity and throughout the Microsoft sales process. Leverages trusted customer stakeholder relationships to expand customer thinking. Probes and challenges customer appropriately to determine quality of customer service's BANT. Secures pre-sales investment to secure appropriate consulting resources needed to shape and scope the opportunity into a compelling customer proposition. Focuses on opportunities that are in alignment with organizational strategy, prioritizing opportunities based on highest potential for impact/consumption. Drives discussions of terms and conditions (e.g., scope, milestones, price) with executive-level customer stakeholders (e.g., CFO, CEO, elected officials, board level) for opportunities in collaboration with the entire account team and customer through multiple iterations to ensure agreement. Maintains productive working relationships with those involved in negotiation, persuading others, and driving a positive atmosphere during difficult objections and discussions. Successfully leverages recognized techniques for handling difficult questions, overcoming objections, and respectfully challenging. Builds and executes negotiation activities into the close plan for the opportunity, based on guidance from broader team (e.g., business operations). Ensures all applicable leads and qualified opportunities are linked to customer priorities in the account plan. Maintains accurate Sales Stage, Forecast Recommendation (e.g., committed, committed at risk) and Due Dates in required systems of record (e.g., Microsoft Sales Experience [MSX]), in alignment with close plan. Consistently delivers on committed forecast recommendations. Coaches peers by providing guidance and tips on good practice for ensuring accuracy in deal commitment forecasting. Uses required tooling to report out the state of the business. Maintains relationship with the customer to secure formal signing of contract and oversees the processing of that, including financial purchased orders. Drives smooth transition of sales-led accountabilities to delivery-led accountabilities. Support the delivery aspects with customers and delivery teams, and drives future opportunities. Once contract is signed and the Consulting engagement is in the delivery stage, supports tracking the Industry Solution Delivery (ISD) direct Azure impact (aligned with the consumption plan). Meets or exceeds personal Revenue-based incentive (RBI) targets and makes valuable contribution within team and beyond for broader impact. Contributes to win/loss reviews with sales and pursuit management, champions lessons learned activities to drive improvements and efficiency for customers and peers. Identifies repeatable intellectual property that could be replicated and sold to other customers, increasing the sales team's ability to scale the solution and grow market share. Gains active contribution from others in building close plans for all qualified opportunities, initially (at qualified stage) comprising the core Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline (BANT) information and commercial strategy for the deal, and progressing to include detailed customer procurement process, risks, and issues. Updates the close plan as deal progresses through each sales stage. Obtains consensus and participation from entire account team to the close plan. Executes, updates, and closes on customer-centric actions that achieve alignment between Microsoft and customers. Builds and shares plans with the customer. Secures Microsoft virtual Consulting account team and customer stakeholder buy in to schedule of activities for successful closure of the deal. Anticipates potential risks and blockers and takes proactive action to mitigate to maintain deal velocity. Works with internal key stakeholders and approvers to ensure margin targets, consumption plans, and other key metrics are considered/met. Relationship Management Leverages insight from consulting account-delivery team to ensure awareness of status of projects in delivery. Plans regular consulting connections with customer to seek customer feedback and maintain proactive dialogue on overall consulting value provided, as well as relationship risks and issues. Anticipates issues/risks on customer satisfaction, determines the root cause of problems, removes blockers, and establishes recovery action plan to improve customer's overall experience. Facilitates CXO connections between customer and Consulting to enable customers to provide feedback directly to Microsoft executives, and to develop customer/consulting executive relationships. Owns and maintains in agreement with the core account team customer and partner relationships, influences key decision makers and leads effective rhythms of connection with customer and partner stakeholders. Builds and maintains relationships with appropriate networks of Microsoft decision makers and leaders, and successfully leverages them where needed for customer and partner success. Drives and leverages for agreement with the core account team, building and strengthening relationships with Microsoft partner teams, such as software and customer success teams, (e.g., ATU and CSAM), as well as the pursuit and delivery teams, through regular rhythm of connections. Brings expertise, insights, and perspectives from customer engagement to Microsoft business to drive deeper customer engagement. Contributes to and leads the Microsoft overall account teams, solution teams, and other partner groups. Strategy and Planning Leads the contributions of the Account Team and the Consulting account team to the account vision and strategic approach. Provides insights, ideas, and recommendations to address immediate and longer-term customer priorities and Microsoft objectives. Contributes to the overall One Microsoft strategy, driving for agreement with account team on Consulting and Partner strategy. Leverages appropriate tools, frameworks, and methodologies to develop a deliberate approach to position potential modernization and digital transformation outcomes specific to their industries across 3 horizons which are aligned with customer's priorities. Understands the weaknesses and strengths of competitor solutions and footprints and leverage this knowledge in strategy and planning. Leads the Industry Solutions account planning contribution with the wider Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) account team, defines Industry Solutions sales priorities to leverage insight and provide input to overall account plan. Proactively looks ahead and identifies actions required to develop Consulting opportunities that are aligned with the account strategy, Microsoft's strategy, and Consulting catalog go-to-market solution plays. Leverages business outcomes specific to their industries across 3 horizons as a point of view/roadmap for digital transformation. Leads Consulting input to account-team planning sessions, follows the common sales and delivery methodology for Microsoft, and provides updates per required account-team governance and rhythms. Understands revenue drivers for other Microsoft business segments (e.g., Microsoft Azure Commit to Consume (MACC) and aligns plans appropriately (e.g., cloud-success metrics, revenue-recognition timelines). Thinks strategically about account planning for assigned accounts, setting standards and priorities, outlining where to and how to invest resources of the account management team and other stakeholders, engaging internal and external decision makers on long-term business planning, and anticipating needs of assigned accounts to turn enterprise accounts into strategic accounts. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years industry sales experience in the commercial or public sector (e.g. Finance, Local Government) or related work OR 8+ years industry sales experience in the commercial or public sector (e.g. Finance, Local Government) OR equivalent experience. 3+ years consulting solution sales experience. Preferred qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND 8+ years industry solution or consulting sales experience in the commercial or public sector (e.g. Financial Services, Local Government) or related work OR Master's Degree in Business, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND 6+ years experience in technology sales experience in the commercial or public sector (e.g. Finance, Local Government) or related work OR equivalent experience. 5+ years consulting solution sales experience. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. Consulting Account Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,000 - $222,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $170,300 - $239,800 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America’s 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America’s Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025.  We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.  Ascend Learning's Nursing Category is fueled by a commitment to excellence as we support the full learning journey of future nurses. Our nursing brands — ATI, APEA, and NursingCE — offer evidence-based solutions designed to develop practice-ready nurses who are prepared for board certification and clinical practice. We use data analytics and engaging learning tools to help nursing students master core content. And we provide nursing education administrators and faculty with best-in-class support and expertise from some of the sharpest minds in nursing education. We aid nurse educators in understanding students' comprehension based on nearly two decades of data — including more than 12 million proctored assessments — that detail student learning and performance. The result is customers who are confident in their program offerings and positioned for healthy outcomes. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Strategic Account Manager, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and expanding relationships with strategically important large customers. Assigned to the highest-value clients, the Strategic Account Manager is tasked with building a deep understanding of the clients’ business processes, goals, and strategies to align our offerings and drive mutual growth and success. WHERE YOU’LL WORK This position will work remote in the South territory preferably in North Carolina or South Carolina regions. HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME - Serve as the lead point of contact for strategic account matters, build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships, develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts, customer stakeholders, and executive sponsors - Identify and understand the roles of the clients’ stakeholders, identify champions, users, the technical team, and the economic buyers - Manage relationships with existing clients to ensure their retention, and customer loyalty – including annual account reviews and reporting - Manage and nurture the sales pipeline, ensure timely follow-ups, and progress tracking - Uncover clients' objectives and pain points, build strategic roadmaps to drive positive outcomes and solutions to meet client needs while providing exceptional customer collaboration and guidance - Develop account growth strategies, collaborate with category leadership, leverage market knowledge and client insights, including territory management, pipeline opportunities, and cross-sell opportunity referral activity where applicable - Prepare compelling sales strategies, messaging, and presentations. Negotiate and close deals, collect implementation details for client execution - Ensure timely and successful delivery of Ascends solutions according to customer needs and objectives, exceeding client expectations - Prepare and present regular reports on account opportunities, sales forecasts, tailwinds, and headwinds to management - Maintain CRM to include prospective client headcount or other category suitability - Stay up to date with, and share, industry trends, competitors, and market conditions to identify new business opportunities WHAT YOU'LL NEED - Bachelor’s degree required - 6+ years of relevant sales work experience - Prior track record of influencing stakeholders up to the executive level, with proven negotiation skills for securing advantageous agreements - Skilled in delivering tailored solutions to clients and managing multiple projects with precision - Proficient in written communication for creating sales documents (proposals, contracts) - Ability to build trust and proactively engage in upselling and cross selling - Strong analytical abilities for sales data interpretation and strategy formulation - Proven track record of delivering results in a quota-based sales environment with multi-year multimillion-dollar contracts - Nursing education industry knowledge, background in healthcare or higher education experience preferred - Proficient in CRM software (e.g., Salesforce, Zoho CRM, HubSpot) and MS Office, especially Excel - Up to 50% travel BENEFITS - Flexible and generous paid time off - Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance - 401(k) employer matching program - Parental leave - Wellness resources - Charitable matching program - On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington) - Community outreach groups - Tuition reimbursement Fostering A Sense of Belonging Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers. We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and be authentic. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.  Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S.-based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

• Build and maintain Optro’s ecosystem partnership strategy from the ground up • Map the GRC, ERP, financial reporting, and adjacent enterprise software landscape to identify the highest-value partnership targets • Develop the business case for each priority partnership: the commercial rationale, the integration opportunity, the GTM model, and the long-term strategic value • Lead commercial negotiations and executing partnership agreements; co-sell arrangements, technology integration agreements, joint GTM commitments • Maintain a living partner landscape map that informs the LRP, the M&A thesis, and the CEO’s strategic narrative • Design and run co-sell programs with partner sales teams, including joint pipeline development, deal registration, and field enablement • Coordinate with Optro’s Marketing and Sales teams on joint campaigns, integration go-to-market, and partner-sourced demand generation • Build the internal case for each partner’s channel value; partner-sourced pipeline should show up in the GTM numbers and be attributable • Work with Product and Engineering on integration prioritization, ensuring the technical integration roadmap aligns with the commercial partnership strategy • Own executive relationships at partner companies at the VP+ level, not just with their partner programs or technical teams • Maintain a regular cadence of strategic dialogue with each priority partner: joint roadmap alignment, product vision sharing, market positioning conversations • Monitor each partnership for signals of deepening strategic interest; acquisition intent, category expansion, competitive positioning shifts and route those signals to the CEO, Corp Dev, and CGO. • Serve as the connective tissue between Optro’s partnership activity and the company’s M&A strategy: the relationships you build are the pipeline from which strategic transactions emerge