Full-Time

Merchant Account Executive

Kard

Kard

51-200 employees

Loyalty rewards API platform for partners

Compensation Overview

$180k - $220k/yr

+ OTE

Remote in USA

Remote

Must work core hours during US business hours (7am–7pm)

Category
Sales & Account Management
Required Skills
Lead Generation
Forecasting
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • 4-7 years of net-new business sales experience selling digital advertising, media, MarTech, data, analytics, or similar solutions
  • Experience managing complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Collaborative, process-oriented seller with strong territory management, forecasting, and CRM discipline
  • Ability to work 8 hours during core U.S. business hours between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m
  • Remote - USA Pay Range $180,000—$220,000 USD
  • Travel as needed for client meetings, industry events, and company meetings
  • 4-7 years of net-new business sales experience selling digital advertising, media, MarTech, data, analytics, or similar solutions
Responsibilities
  • Work the full sales cycle from prospecting and qualification through negotiation and closing of net-new business opportunities within your assigned territory and verticals
  • Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of opportunities through a combination of outbound prospecting, inbound lead follow-up, referrals, and other sourcing strategies
  • Develop a strong understanding of the Kard platform and effectively communicate our value proposition to prospective clients
  • Conduct virtual and in-person meetings, presentations, and product demonstrations with marketing and business decision-makers at mid-market and enterprise brands
  • Collaborate with Sales Leadership, Account Management, Marketing, Product, Data, and Finance teams to support the sales process and deliver a strong customer experience
  • Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline updates, forecasting, and reporting in accordance with company processes
  • Consistently achieve and exceed individual sales targets and performance metrics
  • Travel as needed for client meetings, industry events, and company meetings
  • Additional duties as assigned
Desired Qualifications
  • Digital performance media experience
  • Startup experience preferred
  • Experience with card-linked offers, loyalty, fintech, or ad tech is a plus
  • Thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates strong ownership, accountability, and adaptability
  • Ability to be on camera, distraction-free, and actively participating during meetings

Kard provides a rewards-as-a-service API platform that lets partners such as neobanks and financial institutions offer tailored loyalty rewards to their customers. Through Kard's APIs, businesses can design, manage, and deploy customized rewards programs without building them in-house. The platform handles the reward economics, merchant network, and redemption logic, so partners can offer relevant benefits while Kard takes care of the backend integration and program orchestration. Kard is different from competitors by focusing on a scalable API-driven solution that helps partners quickly expand their merchant networks and tailor rewards to each customer segment, rather than offering a one-size-fits-all loyalty product. The company's goal is to help businesses deepen customer engagement and retention through flexible, easily integrated loyalty programs that can grow with the partner's ecosystem.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$42M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • Citi announced Kard acquisition on August 13, 2026, exposing Kard to 70 million cardmembers.
  • Kard signed Vervent on April 1, 2026, expanding merchant-funded rewards into traditional finance.
  • Trinity Capital committed $15 million, signaling lender confidence in Kard's commerce media growth.

What critics are saying

  • Citi can absorb Kard's merchant relationships and talent after closing, commoditizing the standalone brand.
  • Cardlytics and rival rewards networks pressure pricing, especially after Cardlytics launched CRP in May 2025.
  • If Citi's closing drags or antitrust scrutiny rises, Kard's employees and partners will churn.

What makes Kard unique

  • Kard sells issuer-integrated, merchant-funded rewards with first-party transaction data and predictive AI.
  • Kard maintains exclusive partnerships across 40-plus fintech and modern issuer partners.
  • Kard built an independent commerce media network before Citi announced its acquisition, August 13 2026.

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Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Home Office Stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-1%
Yahoo Finance
Aug 13th, 2026
Citi acquires commerce media platform Kard to deliver personalised rewards to 70M cardmembers

Citi's US Consumer Cards business has agreed to acquire Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform that helps banks and fintechs deliver personalised offers through verified transaction data and merchant-funded rewards. The acquisition aims to combine Citi's scale and payments expertise with Kard's machine learning-powered technology and merchant relationships to enhance customer engagement and create new opportunities for brands to reach consumers. Kard operates a platform that connects financial institutions and merchants through a network of leading fintechs, banks and neobanks. The company's founder and chief executive, Ben Mackinnon, said the deal would allow Kard to extend its services to Citi's 70 million cardmembers. Transaction terms were not disclosed. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions.

PR Newswire
Oct 21st, 2025
Trinity Capital Inc. Provides $15 Million in Growth Capital to Kard, Accelerating Growth of Its Commerce Media Network

/PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIN) (the "Company"), a leading alternative asset manager, today announced the commitment of $15 million in...

StockTitan
Oct 21st, 2025
Trinity Capital Invests $15M in Kard

Trinity Capital Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIN) has announced a commitment of $15 million in growth capital to Kard Financial, Inc. This funding aims to accelerate the growth of Kard's commerce media network, which supports fintechs and financial institutions in enhancing usage, loyalty, and engagement through merchant-specific rewards.

FinSMEs
May 2nd, 2022
Kard Raises $23M In Series A Funding

Kard, a New York-based provider of an API service that connects modern card issuers to brands, raised $23M in Series A funding. The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Fin Capital, s12f, and Underscore VC. The company intends to use the funds to expand its merchant network and product suite, as well as [] The post Kard Raises $23M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

VCNewsDaily
May 1st, 2022
Kard Collects $23M Series A

NEW YORK, NY, Kard, a rewards platform, has raised a $23M Series A round led by Tiger Global Management.