--- title: 'Pod Member at inKind' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/pod-member-inkind-austin-69mvea3d92ha' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-16' --- # Pod Member at inKind - **Company:** inKind - **Location:** Austin, TX - **Posted:** 2026-10-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inkind/jobs/5446768008 ## Job description Pod Member - Product, Growth, AI & Strategy Location: Austin, TX - primarily in person Reports To: Pod Lead What Is a Pod? inKind operates through Pods: small, autonomous teams that own a business outcome from idea to impact. Pods bring together Product, Engineering, Data, Design, Growth, and commercial expertise to find opportunities, build solutions, launch quickly, and measure results. There are no traditional handoffs. The Pod owns the outcome. Examples of problems a Pod might own include: - Increasing active users, engagement, and retention - Improving restaurant discovery and personalization - Helping restaurant partners acquire customers and grow revenue - Improving restaurant onboarding and activation - Building new AI-powered experiences - Testing new products, incentives, and growth opportunities ## The Role This is not a traditional Product Manager role. We're looking for builders and operators who can work across Product, Engineering, Data, Growth, AI, and commercial strategy. You'll identify opportunities, get into the data, shape solutions, work directly with engineers, launch products, and determine whether they actually worked. You're not here to manage a backlog. You're here to solve important problems. ## What We're Looking For We want people with experience across several of these areas: - Product: Finding problems, shaping solutions, and shipping products. - 0 → 1: Taking ideas from ambiguity to launch. - Technical: Working deeply with Engineering and understanding technical tradeoffs. - Data: Using data to find opportunities, make decisions, and measure impact. - Growth: Acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, and experimentation. - Commercial: Understanding revenue, ROI, unit economics, and business models. - B2C + B2B: Understanding both consumer behavior and business/partner needs. - AI: Using AI to prototype, automate, analyze, and build faster. You don't need to be an expert in everything. But traditional PM experience alone isn't enough. ## What You'll Do - Own a Pod objective and take responsibility for moving the metrics behind it. - Turn broad business problems into clear priorities and executable plans. - Decide what matters most and keep the Pod focused on the highest-impact work. - Bring the right people together and drive decisions when there isn't an obvious answer. - Spot blockers, risks, and opportunities early—and do something about them. - Challenge assumptions and push the team toward simpler, faster solutions. - Stay close to customers and partners to understand what actually needs solving. - Measure what happens after launch and determine what to scale, change, or stop. - Step outside your functional lane when that's what the outcome requires. - Create momentum and own the result. Why inKind? You'll operate across Product, Engineering, Data, AI, Growth, B2C, B2B, and commercial strategy with unusually broad ownership. We're looking for people who want to build, experiment, understand the whole business, and own measurable results. Who we are: inKind connects passionate diners with exceptional restaurants across the country. inKind partners with thousands of restaurants and has millions of users who want to discover great places, dine confidently, and earn meaningful rewards. Through the inKind app, guests earn 20% back every time they dine, turning everyday meals into something more rewarding. From celebrated restaurant groups like José Andres and Michael Mina to beloved neighborhood favorites, inKind helps diners explore the best restaurants in town while supporting the restaurants and chefs who shape how their cities eat. Rooted in hospitality and built on a win-win philosophy, inKind exists to help great restaurants thrive while inspiring guests to dine out more often. Every meal creates value on both sides of the table, empowering diners to savor more while strengthening the restaurant community. inKind is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity is vital to inKind's ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected category have no bearing on our hiring decisions. By submitting this application, you acknowledge that inKind Cards, Inc. may share the information you provide with trusted third-party service providers, including fraud detection and application processing partners, to evaluate your application and ensure the integrity of our hiring process. Your information will be handled in accordance with our [Privacy Policy](http://inkind.com/privacy). For California residents and others with applicable rights, please review our privacy notice for information about your rights regarding your personal data. ## About inKind ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: inKind is a hospitality fintech platform that lets diners earn 20% back at thousands of restaurants while providing growth capital to restaurant operators. - **Entity Type**: Private (multiple funding rounds; $458.6M total funding) - **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, USA - **Founded**: 2018 (company traces roots to a restaurant incubator started in 2013/2016) - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - Primary industries: Hospitality, Fintech, Restaurant Technology - Target customers: B2B (independent restaurants and hospitality groups) and B2C (diners) - Mission: “Support restaurants and connect consumers with experiences that enrich their everyday moments and commemorate their landmarks.” ## Products & Services - **inKind App**: A mobile app that allows diners to pay their restaurant bill seamlessly and earn 20% back on every purchase. Users can also link their best dining rewards credit card to double dip. The app offers exclusive access to perks, offers, and events. - **inKind Funding**: A unique funding model where inKind provides capital to restaurants in exchange for future credit. This model helps restaurants grow while creating a flywheel of diner engagement. - **Gift Cards & Rewards**: High-dollar gift cards sold to guests, driving traffic to partner restaurants. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $458.6M across 12 rounds (LinkedIn data) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include celebrated restaurant groups like José Andrés and Michael Mina, as well as thousands of independent restaurants nationwide. Specific investors are not publicly listed in available sources. - **Growth Signals**: Over 4.5 million app store downloads, 75,000+ reviews with a 4.9 rating, $100 million rewarded to guests so far. Headcount grew 27.1% year-over-year to 140 employees. Active job postings increased 300% year-over-year. Expanding sales teams into multiple new cities (Phoenix, Charlotte, Minneapolis, etc.). ## Competitive Advantages - **Win-Win Model**: Restaurants receive growth capital without traditional debt; diners earn meaningful rewards, creating a self-reinforcing ecosystem. - **High User Engagement**: Exceptional app store rating (4.9) and large user base indicate strong product-market fit. - **Curated Restaurant Network**: Partnerships with top-tier chefs and beloved local spots provide a differentiated dining discovery experience. - **Data & Technology**: A dedicated engineering team (Senior React Native, Platform, Data Engineer AI) building a seamless payment and rewards platform. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic Expansion**: Actively hiring Account Executives for new markets (Phoenix, Charlotte, Tampa, San Diego, etc.) to grow the restaurant partner network. - **Engineering & Product Investment**: Hiring senior software engineers (React Native, Platform) and a Data Engineer (AI) to enhance the app and data capabilities. - **Security & Compliance**: Adding a Senior Director of Security & Compliance, signaling a focus on enterprise-grade infrastructure and regulatory readiness. - **Operational Enablement**: A new Senior Director of Partner Operations & Enablement to scale restaurant partnerships. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Collaborative, cross-functional environment with values like “Triple Win,” “Speak Up,” “Share a Meal,” and “Try. Listen. Iterate.” Emphasis on celebrating achievements and continuous learning. - **Work Model**: Hybrid workspace in Austin, TX – employees typically on-site 3.5 days a week. Remote roles available for some sales positions. - **Perks**: Daily company-provided lunches, unlimited snacks, dog-friendly office, free parking & fitness center, unlimited vacation policy, 401K plan, childcare policy & paid parental leave, short-term disability insurance, company-provided Apple devices. - **Engineering Culture**: Modern tech stack (React Native, Braze, data engineering) with a focus on building a high-quality, scalable platform. The team is relatively small (35 product + tech employees), offering significant ownership and impact. ## Sources 1. [inkind.com/careers](https://inkind.com/careers) 2. [inkind.com](https://inkind.com/) 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/inkind](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/inkind) 4. [builtin.com/company/inkind](https://builtin.com/company/inkind) 5. 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