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HEAD OF CREDIT CARD ACQUISITIONS

Kroger Family of Companies

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Location
Burbank, IL
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Head of Credit Card Acquisitions leads the strategic direction and growth of Kroger’s credit card acquisition and adoption efforts. The role is responsible for new account volume and income, developing product growth strategy, and delivering account and operating profit targets. The ideal candidate combines strategy and operations experience, cross-functional collaboration, and a history of working with external partners.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

People Leadership, requiredExternal Partner Management, requiredRetail, requiredMerchandising, requiredFinancial Services, requiredNegotiation, requiredP/L Analysis, requiredAccuracy, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredOral Communication, requiredWritten Communication, requiredLeadership, requiredInterpersonal Relationship Building, required

Qualifications

10+ Years Leading People or External Partners, required5+ Years Retail, Merchandising or Financial Services, required5+ Years Negotiation Experience, requiredBachelor's Degree, requiredMBA, nice to have

Full job description

This individual will lead the strategic direction of credit card acquisition, adoption and growth for the credit card team within Kroger. This individual is solely responsible to drive new account volume, driving income for Kroger over the life of the credit card program. They will provide leadership to develop the product growth strategy for the credit card business to deliver the budgeted accounts and OP associated with new accounts. The ideal candidate is a strategist and an operator who has worked with cross functional teams and has a history working with external partners. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, inclusion and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop long term acquisitions strategy, including new credit card offers and/or features by assessing competition, customer needs, and research findings

  • Create annual plan and lead initiatives to acquire new credit card accounts profitably

  • Use data driven strategies and A/B testing with partner to optimize new accounts and spend

  • Collaborate with internal partners such as Marketing, cross functional teams and external partners

  • Implement programs, including activation and early engagement programs, across multiple channels, internally and externally to meet goals

  • Manage forecasting and KPI’s, develop campaign analysis and incentive strategies related to new accounts

  • Maintain awareness of competitive landscape to inform program and feature development, including future product development

  • Communicate, promote and execute KPF programs and initiatives throughout Kroger and divisional teams

  • Partner with all business lines at KPF to deliver the level of execution at store level that is necessary to meet the financial targets

  • Travel to meet with internal and external partners

  • Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

  • 10+years of experience leading people or working with external partners

  • 5+ years retail, merchandising or financial services experience

  • 5+ negotiation experience with external partners

  • Deep understanding of P/L drivers

  • Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail

  • Excellent oral and written communications skills

  • Strong skills in leadership, interpersonal relationship building

  • Bachelors degree

Desired

  • MBA

How this job compares

Set against the 6,365 open Marketing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Illinois median$105–150K/yr150 salary ranges
  • Illinois median$23–25/hr36 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 221 open Marketing jobs in Illinois and 6,365 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Marketing postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,090 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,865 of the 6,365 open Marketing jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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