Senior Product Manager, Ad Formats

Instacart
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Candidates with ad formats experience and stakeholder management skills will find this role at Instacart's Ad Product team, which focuses on innovation and cross-functional collaboration in a remote work arrangement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with ad formats experience and a track record of launching user-facing products will thrive here.
    — “Track record of launching user-facing products and managing trade-offs between users and advertisers”
  • Individuals who have managed partners and vendors, especially external tech providers, are well-suited for this role.
    — “Experience managing partners and vendors, including external technology providers.”
  • Candidates with a background in ad tech or retail media will align well with the domain-specific requirements of the role.
    — “Background in ad tech, retail media, or a closely related domain.”

Things to consider

  • This role requires adapting to a remote-first work model with in-person events for team cohesion.
    — “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.”
  • Compensation varies significantly based on the candidate's permanent work location.
    — “the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in driving ad formats innovation from concept to execution in your resume.
    — “taking ambiguous ideas from zero to one”
  • Highlight your ability to align cross-functional teams around product strategies.
    — “own execution while aligning cross-functional teams across Instacart.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • launching new ad formats
  • scaling non-endemic revenue
  • managing cross-functional teams
Typical background
product managementadvertising industry

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementAd FormatsUser ExperienceStakeholder ManagementCross-functional Team Management

Preferred

Performance Advertising0→1 Product Development

Stack & domain

Product ManagementAd FormatsUser ExperienceManaging Partners And VendorsStakeholder ManagementCommunicationLeadershipAdvertisingRetail MediaOnline Grocery

About the role

Original posting from Instacart

We're transforming the grocery industry

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.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

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

Instacart Ads powers one of the industry's leading retail media networks, helping brands, CPGs, and retailer partners reach shoppers with relevant, effective advertising across the Instacart platform. As part of the Ad Product team, you'll own the Formats domain, where we place 0→1 bets that fuel double-digit growth for Ads and keep CPGs and new advertiser types engaged.

You'll sit at the intersection of CPGs, retailers, and customers, shaping new ad experiences across multiple user-facing surfaces. Your portfolio spans new advertiser, formats innovation, and in-store experiences. You'll partner closely with XFN stakeholders, our Online Grocery team, and external technology partners.  If you're energized by taking ambiguous ideas from zero to one, fluent in ad formats and user experience, and comfortable managing partners and vendors, this is the role for you.

About the Job

Serve as the primary product partner to sales teams focused on New Advertiser types, including payment providers, upper-funnel non-endemic advertisers, and ad tech providers, with the goal of scaling non-endemic into a significant revenue line.

Partner with sales teams focused on formats such as savings, in-store, and AI solutions.

Define the 0→1 strategy for each bet, then own execution while aligning cross-functional teams across Instacart.

As these bets mature, take on increasing strategic ownership: define and prioritize the next set of incremental bets across the Instacart Ads ecosystem.

Communicate tradeoffs, progress, and results clearly to senior stakeholders, including the GM of Ads.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

4+  years of experience in product management for ad formats, with a strong understanding of user-facing ad experiences. 

Track record of launching user-facing products and managing trade-offs between users and advertisers

Experience managing partners and vendors, including external technology providers.

Strong stakeholder management skills across sales, engineering, and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with performance advertising products.

Experience taking new products from 0→1 in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Background in ad tech, retail media, or a closely related domain.

#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$189,000—$199,500 USDWA$181,000—$191,000 USDOR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI$174,000—$183,500 USDAll other states$158,000—$166,500 USD

Source: Instacart careers

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