Card Operations Specialist

Unit • New York, NY

23h

About The Position

Unit is a market leader in embedded finance. We offer ready-to-launch financial services - like banking and capital - and serve millions of end-users across ~100 customers, including Wix, Honeybook, Relay, and more.
We’re repeat founders with technical backgrounds, working hard to build a successful company that we’re proud to work at. Our product moves $40b+ annually and processes 12m+ API calls daily. We’ve raised $160m+ from top investors including Insight, Accel, and 60+ angels.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in operations, payments, fintech, or high-volume customer support (technical or operational).
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through — you take ownership and ensure tasks get completed.
• Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills, with comfort working across partners, customers, and internal teams.
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving environment, manage multiple requests at once, and escalate issues when needed.
• Team-oriented mindset with curiosity and a willingness to learn across operations, product, compliance, and engineering.
• Customer-focused and reliability-minded — you care deeply about systems working correctly and clients having a great experience.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to card payments or card networks (e.g., Visa, Mastercard), including concepts like BINs, tokenization, or PCI.
• Experience using ticketing systems or operational tools (e.g., Zendesk, Jira, Salesforce).
• Prior work with issuing platforms, processors, or banking partners.
• Familiarity with disputes, chargebacks, or basic fraud monitoring concepts.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day operations of card programs for our customers, including issuing and activating cards, handling replacements, and ensuring cards are delivered correctly.
• Serve as the first line of support when something goes wrong: investigate card issues reported by customers or partners, coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders, and drive issues through resolution.
• Monitor card program performance, identify unusual trends or recurring issues, and escalate and resolve problems before they impact customers.
• Work closely with banks, card networks, processors, and internal engineering teams to support new launches, testing, and ongoing program changes.
• Help test new card features and integrations by following operational checklists, reproducing issues, and confirming that fixes work as expected.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation, and operational workflows to ensure processes are completed correctly and on time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed