Instacart is hiring a
Technical Program Manager

Summary

Join our team and leverage your technical expertise to drive programs that enhance our products, applications, and platform. As a Technical Program Manager at Caper by Instacart, you will own projects, working closely with cross-functional teams to define requirements, manage execution, and mitigate risks.

Requirements

• 3+ 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
• A strong communicator able 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
• 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 estimates
• Self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in a technology / engineering discipline

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and high quality technical execution of small to medium sized engineering projects, demonstrating a strong sense of urgency, efficiency, and ownership
• Work closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Product Designers, and Data Scientists to set project objectives and metric-based success criteria. Drive definition of project requirements and execution plans, and manage the project’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 project team
• Build repeatable mechanisms and processes that can be used to run programs based on best practices that do not require active program management

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to create functional specs, set a project structure and influence project strategy. Previous experience in managing a project end-to-end, from definition to launch, throughout a software development lifecycle
• Previous experience in program management tooling, process definition
• Experience working with mobile software development and/or hardware products
• Track record of operating across multiple teams and functions to successfully deliver outcomes

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation
• New hire equity grant
• Annual refresh grants