Pod Member

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
Entry level
eCommerce • Fintech • Food • Mobile • Social Impact
inKind is redefining what modern restaurant funding looks like.
The Role
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.
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Skills Required

  • Experience identifying problems, shaping solutions, and shipping products
  • Experience taking ambiguous ideas from zero to launch
  • Ability to work deeply with Engineering and understand technical tradeoffs
  • Experience using data to identify opportunities, make decisions, and measure impact
  • Experience with growth concepts such as acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, and experimentation
  • Understanding of revenue, ROI, unit economics, and business models
  • Understanding of both B2C and B2B customer or partner needs
  • Experience using AI to prototype, automate, analyze, or build faster

inKind Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about inKind and has not been reviewed or approved by inKind.

  • Healthcare Strength — Employer-paid employee medical and dental on a base plan are advertised for some roles, alongside company-paid short‑term disability and access to vision and mental health coverage. This combination points to a strong core health package for a growth‑stage company.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave and a notable childcare subsidy for eligible employees are repeatedly highlighted, with additional support such as a Mother’s Room and a return‑to‑work program. These offerings indicate meaningful backing for growing families.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — An unlimited vacation policy is paired with generous PTO language, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, and even sabbatical options in some materials. This breadth suggests ample time‑off flexibility when supported by team norms.

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
170 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

inKind's mission is to support the success of independent restaurants and hospitality groups by providing funding and enriching customers' dining experiences with the inKind platform. At inKind, we believe restaurants are integral parts of our communities, and recognize the economic realities of being a successful operator. To better support hospitality ventures, we created a unique funding model that focuses on ensuring the success of our partners and providing customers a way to discover new restaurants nationwide.

Why Work With Us

We are a team of passionate foodies focused on creating a lasting impact for the restaurant industry. Our team celebrates diversity, encourages collaboration, and shares meals to imagine the most innovative and modern solutions for the food & beverage landscape. If you feel inspired by our vision, we’d love to hear what we could put on your plate.

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