Affiliate Relationship Manager

About Garage.App

Garage.App [as Starfish entity] is a technology-driven business ecosystem focused on building, scaling, and enabling businesses through technology, strategic partnerships, affiliate networks, and market expansion.

With operations in Bengaluru and Hyderabad and an expanding presence across India, we work at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, business development, and partnerships to create new business opportunities and scalable growth models.

We operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, high-growth environment where ownership, execution, speed, relationship-building, and commercial thinking are highly valued.

As we expand our affiliate and business development ecosystem across India [Noida, Surat, and Ahmedabad], this role is for energetic, driven professionals who can build strong local networks, identify business opportunities, and convert relationships into meaningful partnerships.

The Role – Affiliate Relationship Manager

We are looking for Affiliate Relationship Managers to drive the growth and expansion of Garage.app’s affiliate network in Noida, Surat, and Ahmedabad.

This is a field-oriented, relationship-driven business development role for someone who understands the local market, enjoys meeting people, building networks, and creating business opportunities.

As an Affiliate Relationship Manager, you will be responsible for identifying, onboarding, activating, and nurturing affiliates within your assigned city. You will build a strong local ecosystem of partners who can introduce prospective customers and business opportunities to Garage.app.

What the Affiliate Relationship Manager will do

Affiliate Acquisition

•                 Identify, approach, and recruit potential affiliates within the assigned territory.

•                 Build a strong pipeline through personal networking, referrals, local business communities, and field outreach.

•                 Drive affiliate acquisition in line with monthly business targets.

Lead Generation & Local Outreach

•                 Generate qualified prospects through offline and online local marketing initiatives.

•                 Conduct field visits and participate in relevant networking events, exhibitions, business meets, and community activities.

•                 Identify new local channels and opportunities for affiliate acquisition.

Webinar Mobilization

•          Invite prospective affiliates to Garage Opportunity Webinars.

•          Consistently follow up with registered prospects to maximize webinar participation.

•          Work towards maintaining a minimum 70% webinar attendance rate among registered prospects. Follow up with webinar attendees after the session, with support from senior team members, to address queries, maintain engagement, and drive prospects towards affiliate conversion.

Relationship Management

•          Build and maintain strong relationships with prospective and existing affiliates.

•          Act as a key point of contact for prospects during the initial affiliate journey.

•          Maintain regular engagement with local business communities and referral networks.

Follow-up & Conversion

•          Ensure timely follow-up with every prospect, particularly after webinars and meetings.

•          Support prospects through the affiliate conversion journey.

•          Work closely with internal teams to ensure smooth handover and onboarding of converted affiliates.

Pipeline & CRM Management

•          Maintain accurate and updated prospect information in the CRM.

•          Track leads, follow-ups, webinar registrations, attendance, and conversion status.

•          Ensure 100% daily CRM update compliance.

Local Brand Representation

•          Represent Garage professionally across local networking events, exhibitions, business forums, and promotional activities.

•          Build visibility and credibility for Garage within the assigned market.

Key Performance Indicators & Result Areas

New Affiliates Recruited      As per monthly target

Qualified Leads Generated   As per monthly target

Webinar Registrations           As per daily target

Webinar Attendance Rate     ≥70% of registered prospects

Affiliate Conversion Rate     % of attendees converted into affiliates

Follow-up Completion         100% within 48 hours

Networking / Field Activities Minimum prescribed activities per week

CRM Update Compliance     100% daily

Success Metrics

•                     Consistently achieve monthly affiliate recruitment targets.

•                     Build a strong and sustainable prospect pipeline within the assigned territory.

•                     Maintain a healthy lead-to-webinar and webinar-to-affiliate conversion ratio.

•                     Achieve strong webinar registration and attendance numbers.

•                     Develop an active local network of affiliates, business owners, and referral partners.

•                     Ensure timely and structured follow-up with every prospect.

•                     Contribute directly to Garage’s regional business growth.

Required Skills & Competencies

•          Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.

•          Strong networking, field sales, or business development capabilities.

•          Ability to confidently approach and engage new people.

•          Strong persuasion, follow-up, and stakeholder management skills.

•          Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable working against defined targets.

•          Good understanding of the local market and business ecosystem.

•          Comfortable with regular field visits and local networking activities.

•          Basic proficiency in CRM tools, smartphones, and digital communication platforms.

•          Strong execution and follow-through.

•          Interest in entrepreneurship, business development, and affiliate-led growth.

Mandatory Requirements

•          Regional/native language fluency based on the assigned location:

•          Noida: Hindi and English

•          Surat: Gujarati, Hindi and working proficiency in English

•          Ahmedabad: Gujarati, Hindi and working proficiency in English

•          Strong familiarity with the respective local market.

•          Willingness to undertake regular local travel and field activities.

•          Comfortable working in a target-driven, customer-facing role.

•          Ability to independently build and manage a local network of prospects and affiliates.

Preferred Background

Candidates with experience in any of the following areas would be preferred:

•          Field Sales

•          Business Development

•          Relationship Management

•          Channel / Partner Development

•          Franchise Development

•          Affiliate or Network Development

•          B2B Sales

•          Community or Local Business Development

Why This Role Matters?

The Affiliate Relationship Manager plays a key role in expanding Garage’s affiliate network within the assigned market. This role directly contributes to business growth by building strong local relationships, generating quality prospects, driving webinar participation, and supporting prospects through the conversion journey.

By creating a consistent local pipeline and maintaining strong follow-up, the role helps Garage strengthen its presence in the region and convert market opportunities into an active and growing affiliate network.

Why Join Garage.app?

This is an opportunity to be part of a high-growth technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem and play a direct role in expanding Garage.app’s presence across India.

You will have the opportunity to build a network from the ground up, develop strong business relationships, create new revenue opportunities, and grow alongside an ambitious organisation.

Locations: Noida | Surat | Ahmedabad

Work Mode: Field / On-ground + Business Development

Environment: Startup | High Growth | Entrepreneurial | Performance Driven