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# Merchant Acquisition Specialist at Tamara

- **Company:** Tamara
- **Location:** Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/tamara/jobs/4996940101

## Job description

## About Us

Tamara is a leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region with a mission to help people own their dreams built on being simple, trusted, and everywhere our customers need us. Today, more than 25 million customers and over 130,000 partner merchants depend on Tamara every day for reliable financial solutions across retail, travel, education, healthcare, and beyond. Tamara is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and SNB Capital, among others.

## About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Merchant Acquisition Specialist who will join our In-store Operations team and will be responsible for signing new businesses and inspecting our in-store marketing efforts at Tamara’s partner stores. The role involves being on the ground and visiting new and existing merchants. It’s ideal for an energetic individual who is eager to learn and grow in a dynamic start-up environment.

Your Responsibilities:

- Active Merchant Outreach: Proactively identify and approach potential merchants in their physical store locations, introducing the company's services or products and explaining the benefits of partnership.
- Relationship Building: Establish and nurture strong relationships with merchants, understanding their unique needs and challenges to position the company's offerings as valuable solutions.
- On-Site Demonstrations: Conduct in-person product or service demonstrations and address merchant concerns to secure new partnerships.
- Market Intelligence Gathering: Collect and report valuable market insights, competitor activities and merchant feedback to inform company strategy and product development, including in-store materials visibility,
- Conversion and Onboarding: Guide interested merchants through the application and onboarding process, ensuring a smooth transition and laying the groundwork for a successful long-term partnership.

Your expertise:

## Experience

- At a minimum, internship or co-op training experience in sales or business development with a maximum of 2 years of experience.

## Skills

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with merchants and internal stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with CRM software is a plus.

Attributes

- Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and eager to learn about and grow within the BNPL sector.
- Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced industry.
- A collaborative team player who takes initiative and brings a positive attitude to work.
- KSA drivers license is a must

## About Tamara

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, offering Sharia-compliant buy now, pay later (BNPL) and payment solutions through a customer-centric financial super-app.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series? – Unicorn stage, backed by top investors)
- **Headquarters**: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (King Abdullah Branch Road, King Salman District)
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (company was founded in 2020 by a team; individual founder names not disclosed in provided sources)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Fintech (BNPL, payments, consumer finance)
- **Target customers**: B2C (consumers) and B2B (merchants, from SMBs to global brands)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth” (from Greenhouse careers page) / “Empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay, and bank” (from docs.tamara.co)

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **Tamara Bundle**: Includes Pay in Full and Split in 2/3/4 payment products – flexible, transparent, no hidden fees or interest.
- **Split in Installments**: Allows customers to split purchase amounts into multiple installments (varies by retail category and ticket size).
- **Pay in Full**: Customers pay the total order value upfront via Tamara, with no added fees or interest.
- **Online & In-store Solutions**: Tamara’s payment methods work both for e-commerce and physical retail.
- **Merchant Services**: Boost conversion and AOV, reduce fraud/credit risk, receive upfront payment while customers pay over time, and manage transactions/returns via a dashboard.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $2.107 billion (as of latest funding round – CB Insights lists valuation at $2.107B, making Tamara Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised = $2.107 billion (includes equity and lines of credit; latest round was a Line of Credit - II of $1.4B about 9 months ago)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sanabil Investments (wholly owned by PIF), SNB Capital, Checkout.com, Goldman Sachs, Citi Alternative Investments, Apollo Global Management, W2 Investments, Shorooq Partners (22+ investors total). Key merchant partners: SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA, Amazon.
- **Growth Signals**: Serves millions of users across Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain; expanding globally with offices in Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo, Vietnam, India, Germany, and remote; strong headcount growth visible in open roles across engineering, data, risk, product, and care.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover & unicorn status** in Saudi Arabia’s fintech space.
- **100% Sharia-compliant** certification by Shariyah Review Bureau – a key differentiator in the region.
- **Strong backing** from PIF-linked investors and global financial institutions.
- **Deep merchant integrations** with top regional and global brands (SHEIN, IKEA, Amazon, etc.).
- **Customer-centric super-app vision** combining payments, shopping, and banking in one platform.

## Strategic Focus
- Build the most comprehensive financial super-app in the GCC, expanding product offerings beyond BNPL (e.g., banking, credit).
- Scale across the region (already in Saudi, UAE, Bahrain) and enter new markets.
- Invest in data, AI, and engineering talent to enhance risk management, personalization, and customer experience.
- Maintain Sharia compliance while innovating payment flexibility.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: “Customer Obsessed”, “Ownership”, “Resilience”, “Curiosity”, “One Team, One Mission” – strong emphasis on trust, simplicity, and being “everywhere people need us.”
- **Work policy**: Hybrid/remote options available – offices in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Vietnam, India, Germany, plus fully remote roles (per Greenhouse careers page).
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**: “We hire for human qualities, not just skills”; focus on continuous learning, data-informed decision-making, and building scalable systems; global team with diverse backgrounds; roles in engineering (backend, Flutter, QA), data science, risk, product design, and more.
- **Growth opportunity**: As a fast-growing unicorn, employees can have high impact and career acceleration.

## Sources
1. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Tamara](https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/tamara)
2. [Tamara – Life at Tamara](https://tamara.co/en-kw/life-at-tamara)
3. [CB Insights – Tamara Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tamara)
4. [Tamara Docs – Introduction to Tamara](https://docs.tamara.co/docs/introduction-to-tamara)
5. [Tamara Careers Page](https://tamara.co/en-sa/careers)

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