Staff Technical Program Manager

1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Project and Program Management
instacart.careers

instacart.careers

Instacart is a leading grocery technology company in North America that works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. They partner with over 1,000 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery, an...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K

Description

  • Lead the strategy, definition, and end-to-end execution of highly complex, ambiguous, executive-visible programs.
  • Translate unclear problems into structured cross-functional programs and scalable execution plans.
  • Drive technical alignment across Engineering and Product by influencing architectural decisions and implementation plans.
  • Build and maintain cross-program roadmaps, dependencies, risk tracking, and tradeoff management across multiple teams.
  • Partner with VPs and executive leaders to align program goals with business strategy and decision-making.
  • Improve team performance by identifying systemic gaps and proposing practical solutions that raise efficiency, quality, and maintainability.
  • Create and evolve reusable program frameworks, processes, and evaluation criteria across the organization.
  • Mentor and onboard TPMs, fostering clear communication, constructive conflict resolution, and strong collaboration.
  • Lead integration of enterprise fulfillment, picking, delivery orchestration, and marketplace capabilities into a unified global platform.
  • Coordinate between North America and Bogotá-based teams to maintain alignment across time zones, languages, and cultures.
  • Ensure continuity for nearly 100 international retail partners during platform integration with no disruption to live operations.
  • Partner with engineering leadership on collaboration models, tech lead identification, mentor pairing, and ramp-up projects.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of post-graduation experience in technology as a Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, or similar technical role.
  • Fluency in Spanish, including spoken and written communication.
  • Proven experience leading end-to-end, company-wide programs with high complexity and ambiguity across multiple engineering organizations.
  • Experience creating program structures, operating cadences, and cross-program roadmaps.
  • Deep technical domain knowledge with the ability to influence architectural decisions and guide implementation at org leadership level.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including presenting to VP and C-suite audiences.
  • Data-driven and strategic decision-maker with the ability to define paths forward for ambiguous problems.
  • Experience driving continuous improvement in processes, metrics, and program design.
  • Daily collaboration experience across Spanish-speaking engineering, product, and commercial teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technology or engineering discipline.
  • Master’s degree in a technology or engineering discipline (preferred).
  • Experience leading programs with active VP/C-suite engagement that influence company strategy and business results (preferred).
  • Experience defining reusable program frameworks, tools, and processes adopted across large organizations (preferred).
  • Experience with AI/ML programs or applying AI to program management and engineering workflows (preferred).
  • Background in marketplace, e-commerce, or logistics technology, including fulfillment, picking, delivery orchestration, or last-mile logistics (preferred).
  • Experience leading large-scale platform integration programs and coordinating distributed, multi-country engineering teams (preferred).

Benefits

  • Remote role with Flex First work policy and flexibility to work from home, an office, or another location.
  • Highly market-competitive compensation.
  • Base salary range of $242,000-$255,500 USD for CA, NY, CT, and NJ.
  • Base salary range of $232,000-$245,000 USD for WA.
  • Base salary range of $222,000-$234,500 USD for select states including OR, MA, TX, IL, and others.
  • Base salary range of $202,000-$213,000 USD for all other states.
  • Eligible for a new hire equity grant.
  • Eligible for annual refresh equity grants.
  • Access to Instacart benefits offerings.

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