Director of Product, Ads Formats
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.
OVERVIEW
The Instacart Ads Product Team is identifying ways to move the marketing of the trillion dollar grocery industry online. With this move, we will continue to create ads that help brands engage with customers in a new and meaningful way in this nascent online grocery space.
We are looking for a senior product leader to lead Instacart’s Ads Formats team. Instacart Ads is a large and growing part of Instacart’s overall business, supporting the needs of CPGs to connect with users on our high-intent platform. - As the leader of our Ads Formats efforts, you will be responsible for designing informative and inspirational experiences, which help users learn about new products and connect with brands Your work will help shape the way users interact online with brands of all sizes, from small artisanal brands to the largest CPGs on the planet.
ABOUT THE JOB
- You will work with Instacart’s leadership team and advertisers to define and drive the product strategy and roadmap for Ads Formats.
- You will meet with brands, integrate feedback as you determine vision, feature prioritization, go to market, and overall success of Instacart’s ads products.
- You will exemplify deep PM skills and grow and develop a team of PMs
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate will have strong product skills as well as deep experience in Ads, specifically search and display formats. Candidates must have prior experience managing teams of senior product managers, with a demonstrated record of talent development and industry hiring.
- Ability to influence the executive team on key strategy and cross-functional initiatives
- 8+ years of relevant product management at late/growth stage startup or established technology company
- Experience with marketplaces or e-commerce
- 5+ years of progressive leadership experience, hiring and managing an exceptional team of Product Managers
- Experience delivering impactful products and features that are heavily informed by data as well as user research
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems by creating customer and shopper first solutions and thinking from these principles
Accommodations & Accessibility
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