[Remote] Senior Technical Program Manager, Ads
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing access to food and creating flexible earning opportunities for its Personal Shoppers. The Senior Technical Program Manager in the Ads & Data Organization will leverage technical expertise and leadership skills to drive complex programs that enhance products and platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage execution and deliver high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and high quality technical execution of large sized engineering programs in the Ads domain with high degree of ambiguity, complexity, and visibility demonstrating a strong sense of urgency, efficiency, and ownership
- Work closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Product Designers, Data Scientists and other cross-functional partners to set project objectives and metric-based success criteria. Drive definition of project requirements and execution plans, and manage an overall program's progress and outcome
- Own clear and effective communication with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on and awareness of priorities, risks, and changes
- Foster a culture of teamwork and shared goals, creating a collaborative team environment and driving the right level of process to ensure efficiency and high quality delivery within the program team
- Contribute broadly to Instacart's success by suggesting and driving organization-wide initiatives
Skills
- 7+ years of work experience post-graduation in a technology field, preferably as a technical program or project manager, product manager, software engineer (technical domain), or related technical discipline
- Demonstrated ability to create functional specs, set program structure and influence program strategy. Previous experience in managing complex multi-org programs end-to-end, from definition to launch, throughout a software development lifecycle
- A strong communicator with the ability to distill multiple streams of information, convey priorities and risks, and build a narrative for stakeholders
- A strong sense of ownership and intellectual curiosity to understand executional and technical problems in depth, identify potential issues and offer actions to prevent them
- Excellent collaborator and motivator, able to bring a team together to align and deliver on a common goal. Can build trust and partnerships with senior Engineering and Product leaders
- Growth mindset - seeks and is receptive to actionable feedback and growth opportunities
- Takes accountability seriously; can operate independently to deliver responsibilities and milestones on time and within budget
- Self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree in a technology / engineering discipline
- Master's degree in a technology/engineering discipline
- Direct experience working on Ads Technology and experiences is a big plus
- Demonstrated ability to showcase deep technical domain knowledge on the programs that you take on, enabling you to be seen as a strong technical voice in the program and adding significant value towards architecting a program
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural and strategic decisions at the org leadership level
- Extensive previous experience around creating innovative program management processes/tools/approaches to deliver company outcomes reliably and efficiently
Benefits
- Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
- This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
- Flex First remote work policy
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