Instacart

Retail Partner Manager

Instacart • $158K — $166K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of account management experience; MBA preferred but not required
  • Excellent communication skills to simplify complex issues
  • Experience analyzing large data sets for business insights
  • Strong analytical skills to drive strategic decisions
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Solid stakeholder management skills for both internal and external interactions
  • Ability to manage cross-functional collaborations and present to leadership teams

Responsibilities

  • Launch new retail partners and manage ongoing relationships
  • Develop a deep understanding of Instacart's business and competitive landscape
  • Create strategic plans addressing retail partners' needs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement strategic goals on tight timelines
  • Oversee the launch process for new partners, including marketing and operations
  • Analyze data to generate actionable business insights and growth strategies
  • Establish streamlined processes and reporting for enhanced team operations

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility under the Flex First policy
  • Eligibility for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants
  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits in each location
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Dynamic work environment dedicated to innovation in retail partnerships
Full Job Description
Overview

About the Role - We are currently interviewing Retail Partner Manager candidates for our Retail Team to manage retailers who have signed on to join the platform. In this role, you will have responsibilities including, but not limited to, driving key business insights and recommending scalable growth strategies, implementing new operational processes, managing client needs, project and program managing key internal and external stakeholders and selling new offerings and opportunities.

About the Team - You'll join the Retail Business Development team, a pivotal group within Instacart that spearheads the development and deepening of our partnerships with retailers across North America. This team's innovative strategies and dynamic industry relationships directly contribute to the shaping of our market presence and commercial success.

About the Job
  • Launch new partners, and manage relationships with existing Instacart retail partners
  • Establish a deep understanding of Instacart's business operations, including internal processes, functional group strategies, and competitive context
  • Develop strategic plans to meet retail partners' needs
  • Work with cross-functional teams to guide implementation of strategic plans and accomplish goals on tight deadlines
  • Lead launch process for new partners joining the Instacart marketplace, overseeing catalog setup, marketing and PR, and operations
  • Perform data analysis to drive key business insights, scalable growth strategies, and detailed execution plans
  • Establish processes and reporting to help streamline the team's operations and add value to retailer relationships
  • Devise strategies to help retail partners grow their business on Instacart
  • Engage, educate, collaborate, and problem solve with external partners at all levels of the organization

About You

Minimum Qualifications
  • 5-7 years previous account management experience; MBA preferred, but not required
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues
  • Experience with large data sets and ability to extract business insights from analysis
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a rapidly evolving business landscape
  • Solid stakeholder management skills, both for internal and external stakeholders
  • Quick communication response times
  • Ability to manage across functions and present to leadership
  • Creative and structured problem-solver

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in negotiating sophisticated deals with retail, CPG or other commerce based partnerships to drive revenue
  • High level of overall business acumen and understanding of a variety of partner business models.
  • Inventive self-starter and creative problem solver who can manage multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously and hit deliverables with minimal direction
  • Outstanding deck and presentation skills and ability to create succinct and structured presentations capable of engaging executive-level stakeholders.
  • Excellent project management, communication, and analytical skills
  • Thrives in ambiguity and can chart a course with limited direction


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. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.

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 Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CAN

$158,000-$166,500 CAD

About Instacart

Instacart is an American company that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the United States and Canada. The company offers its services via a website and mobile app. The service allows customers to order groceries from participating retailers with the shopping being done by a personal shopper. Instacart was founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Apoorva Mehta, a former Amazon.com employee. Apoorva was born in India and moved with his family to Canada in 2000. He studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and graduated in 2008. He was a participant in Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch, which eventually led to the creation of Instacart. In 2013, Mehta was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Apoorva previously worked at BlackBerry, Qualcomm, and then Amazon as a supply chain engineer, where he developed fulfillment systems to move packages from Amazon's warehouses to customers' homes. Before founding Instacart, Apoorva had tried to start at least 20 other services. He tried building an ad network for social gaming companies, and developing a social network specifically for lawyers, among other start-ups. Instacart originally launched in San Francisco. By April 2015, the firm had about 200 employees. It introduced a new policy around June allowing some shoppers to choose to be part-time employees, starting with Chicago and Boston and extending its offer to shoppers in Atlanta, Miami, and Washington D.C. the following month.
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