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Senior Design Program Manager II

Instacart · United States - Remote · Remote

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About Instacart

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 is on a mission to make eating well effortless for everyone and great design is a key ingredient. As a Senior Design Program Manager, you'll drive operational excellence and programmatic execution across the Design organization—building AI-enabled systems, scaling critical processes, and managing the tools and vendor relationships that power our creative work. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 6+ years in program management and design operations within design or product organizations, with deep experience driving operational excellence and culture for design and product teams
  • Strong product sense and design craft sensibility, with well-developed methods and tools for driving fluid programs forward into the market
  • Experience with all stages of the product development lifecycle, launching products end-to-end
  • (component libraries, tokens, documentation, cross-platform patterns)
  • Technical fluency to collaborate with design system and engineering teams—understanding system architecture, component APIs, design-to-code workflows, and technical constraints
  • Proven track record driving complex, cross-functional programs from 0→1 and scaling operational systems in fast-paced environments
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 is on a mission to make eating well effortless for everyone and great design is a key ingredient. As a Senior Design Program Manager,...

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