Senior Manager of Policy Development
We're transforming the grocery industry
Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Since 2012, we’ve been working towards creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
Groceries delivered to your door in as little as an hour. It seems simple, right? Well, it’s more complex than that. From re-routing deliveries during snowstorms, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating over half a billion grocery data lines every night...our efforts bring Instacart closer to being the operating system for the grocery industry.
Solving these problems is what helps our customers get back time in their day, so they can do more of what they love.
Introducing Our Hybrid Working Model
As the future of work evolves, so do we. We have a hybrid model where our roles are open to in-office, flex, or remote work. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
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OVERVIEW
Instacart’s Policy & Government Affairs department advocates for public policy outcomes that support the long-term growth of our business. We build trust with government policymakers, helping them understand our business and its positive impact on their communities. We help to shape complex, cutting-edge public policy debates that will define the future of work and e-commerce. We engage a diverse coalition of stakeholders and communities to build effective advocacy campaigns that advance our public policy goals. We help the company see around corners to anticipate and adjust to rapidly evolving political and regulatory landscapes.
The Policy Research & Development team is responsible for evaluating the impact of potential legislation or regulation on our business, and turning that analysis into core policy positions supported by economic research and data. This position can be located in San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC.
ABOUT THE JOB
- Help develop Instacart’s proactive policy agenda and core policy positions
- Analyze legislation, regulations and other policy documents and perform internal cross-functional analyses to evaluate the impact on our business
- Further the integration of policy considerations into internal product and business development plans, working cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Business Development, Finance, and Legal partners
- Create position papers, talking points and other resources on policy issues for internal and external stakeholders.
- Work cross-functionally to strategize with and support other members of the Policy and Government Affairs team
ABOUT YOU
- 7+ years of public policy experience in government, think tank, business or academia
- Ability to analyze legislation and regulations, understand how technical language could affect the business, and identify business implications and synthesize policy documents for internal customers.
- Ability to develop resources to support public policy positions using research and innovative thinking
- Can effectively communicate complex information in writing and verbally to a wide variety of audiences
- Can balance long and short-term priorities to deliver results
- Resourceful and entrepreneurial with a bias towards action
- Bonus points for labor, ecommerce or privacy policy expertise
- Bonus points for advanced degrees (e.g., JD, MPP, MBA)