Order same-day delivery or pickup from more than 300 retailers and grocers. Download the Instacart app or start shopping online now with Instacart to get groceries, alcohol, home essentials, and more delivered to you in as fast as 1 hour or select curbside... Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Kleiner Perkins.
About the role
Instacart's mission is to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Online Grocery is the heart of that mission — the products millions of customers rely on every day and the team that builds them. We're looking for a Chief of Staff, Online Grocery to partner with the General Manager who leads this business and its product and R&D organization of ~200 people across product, design, research and technical program management.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years of work experience
- R&D experience — earned in a direct R&D role (product, design, engineering, or technical program management), an adjacent role embedded with R&D teams, or as a Chief of Staff within an R&D organization
- Consulting, corporate strategy/operations, or finance background and experience working directly with executives
- Working fluency to navigate a product, design, and engineering organization at scale, and to be a true problem-solving partner to R&D leaders rather than a coordinator
- High EQ and a genuinely people-oriented instinct — builds trusted relationships, reads organizational dynamics, and bridges leadership and teams
- Outstanding written and verbal communication at an executive level
More about this role
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Instacart's mission is to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Online Grocery is the...
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