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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.
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Instacart is a Flex First team
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.
Overview
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a relationship-driven, organized and forward-thinking Senior Executive Assistant to manage scheduling, business travel, dynamic calendars, event planning and general business related support for up to 2 senior leaders. This role will be primarily responsible for supporting our CTO and Data Science team.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Executive Assistant team is a collaborative group of dynamic professionals who are the backbone of our Leadership team. They fuel the company’s mission to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
ABOUT THE JOB
- Manage business-related administrative support (calendaring, travel, and expenses) for leader(s) with accuracy and care
- Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
- Act as the gatekeeper for your executives, understanding business needs, and fielding inquiries
- Plan, coordinate, and/or manage large org-wide events and engagement activities
- Model compliance with company policies and procedures, support our company mission, values and culture, as well as standards of ethics and integrity
- Perform and prioritize tasks based on short timelines and dynamic business needs
- Provide and support the implementation of business solutions
- Think creatively to reduce company spending and improve efficiency
- Take initiative and offer assistance where needed; adding value whenever possible
- Complete projects and requests from leaders as requested
- Respond quickly to administrative requests from leaders and peers
ABOUT YOU
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum of 4+ years consecutive Executive Assistant experience
- Relationship-builder with experience supporting multiple executives across different time zones and creating connections across dispersed teams
- Ability to work flexible hours to assist the business needs of executive leaders
- Outstanding and polished oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, attention to detail
- Out of the box problem-solving skills; creativity, flexibility, and innovative thinking
- Collaborative teammate who partners with other EAs to support broader team initiatives
- Gifted “scheduler” and efficiency expert; you can keep calm through dynamic scheduling
- Ability to achieve results under tight deadlines
- Experience comfortably interacting with everyone in the company, regardless of experience or title
- A can-do "make it happen" positive attitude - you are comfortable making decisions with little supervision or direction
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Direct experience supporting leadership talent
- A college or vocational degree, or equivalent experience
- Experience using Google Suite, Expensify, Slack and Navan (TripActions)
#LI-REMOTE
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.
CA, NY, CT, NJ
$145,000—$170,000 USD
WA
$139,000—$163,000 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$133,000—$156,000 USD
All other states
$120,000—$141,000 USD
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