Instacart
Instacart is the leading grocery technology company in North America

Sr. People Programs Manager

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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.

Solving these problems is what helps our customers get back time in their day, so they can do more of what they love.

Introducing Our Hybrid Working Model

As the future of work evolves, so do we. We have a hybrid model where our roles are open to in-office, flex, or remote work.  Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Accommodations & Accessibility

At Instacart, we strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need assistance submitting an application through our career site due to a disability, please submit a request via our Accommodations Team and we will reach out soon to see how we may be able to assist.

OVERVIEW

We're looking for an experienced People Programs Manager to join our People PMO. The ideal candidate should have strong program management, portfolio management, and problem solving skills, is independent and self-driven, has excellent time-management and organizational skills, and communicates clearly. The candidate should have a high tolerance for ambiguity, strong empathy, and an ability to operate autonomously while building trust and producing results.

ABOUT THE JOB

  • Manage large-scale, complex projects and programs that impact our entire company 
  • Lead HR headcount planning, the company engagement survey and performance cycle, return to work and global expansion initiatives.
  • Design, build, and improve processes and systems that improve the employee experience 
  • Cultivate relationships and drive collaboration on highly cross-functional initiatives
  • Prioritize and maintain continuous alignment with your stakeholders
  • Set and measure success metrics and outcomes, continually improving processes 
  • Maintain accountability and produce high quality deliverables
  • Communicate effectively at all levels based on the audience
  • Influence and aligning cross-functional partners to ensure the best possible experience for our people
  • Work with stakeholders to identify processes and create and improve project roadmaps 
  • Drive efficiencies and scale processes, continuously improve People business processes. Identify opportunities for using automation tools to improve efficiencies 
  • Analyze business requirements to find the configuration and/or workflow solutions to drive optimal utilization of People Processes, this includes both HR and Talent processes
  • Work with the People technology and analytics teams to prioritize work, be involved in road mapping, project manage and be in charge of communication
  • Deploy tools and techniques (e.g. Root Cause Problem Solving) to identify recurring issues, errors and missed opportunities and then propose solutions for these, including working across various teams and platforms

ABOUT YOU

We rely on our values to guide our decisions: Solve for the Customer, Every Minute Counts, This is Your Baby, Go Far, Together and Of Course, But Maybe. What does this mean for your role? We are looking for someone who has:

  • 7+ years of experience in HR, consulting, strategy, or equivalent program management environment
  • Expert Project Manager. Experience managing multiple complex projects on timelines while implementing process improvements
  • Clear, concise communicator. Experience managing communications to wide audiences at all levels (for example project plans, presentations, analyses)
  • Proven Leader. Experience leading teams towards a common goal
  • Organized, fast-paced, proactive executor. Experience bringing clarity to ambiguity with little oversight
  • Proven analytical skills. Experience developing frameworks to guide strategy
  • Change Management experience, leading initiatives involving large-scaled company transformations
  • Demonstrated HR functional knowledge: headcount planning, company engagement survey, performance cycle, return to work and global expansion experience
  • Working knowledge of HR and Recruiting systems
  • Ability to recognize and differentiate the needs and priorities of stakeholders
  • Experience analyzing and interpreting data with the goal of improving the experience and problem solving
  • Most important of all, having fun solving People problems!


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What are Instacart Perks + Benefits

Instacart Benefits Overview

Health & Wellbeing
At Instacart we offer generous employer contributions to healthcare for comprehensive medical, dental, vision and mental health. From flu-shot clinics to “take what you need” time off, we provide a holistic approach to supporting our employees' physical and emotional well being.

Family
We believe in supporting every parent within the Instacart family. Paid parental leave, flexible schedules, a grocery credit, and sweet baby swag are offered to new parents. We aim to support parents returning to work with on-site Mother’s Rooms, our Parents @ ERG, and events like Bring Your Child to Work Day.

Food
We donut take food (or food puns) lightly at here Instacart. From giving all employees a free Instacart Express membership to celebrating milestones and cultural heritage months with food, to hosting a monthly AMA with our CEO called "the Scoop" (featuring scoops of ice cream), food is baked into our daily lives.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Our social impact program, Instacart Serves, aims to nourish our communities by helping to remove barriers to food access and enrich the lives of our communities through an annual volunteer week.
Partners with nonprofits
Instacart is committed to supporting the communities we serve and we are proud to team up with our giving partner Feeding America to combat food insecurity.
OKR operational model
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
As a company, we’ve adopted a set of guidelines for managers to help accommodate caregivers on their teams including offering flexible schedules and extra time blocks throughout the day.
Diversity
Mandated unconscious bias training
We require all Instacart employees to complete a mandatory unconscious bias training. Our employee resource groups have also partnered together to launch a diversity and training program.
Diversity employee resource groups
At Instacart, we have five active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Nightshades (our Black ERG), Rainbow Carrots (our LGBTQ+ ERG), Saźon (our Latinx ERG), Parents@, and Women@.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave for employees who become parents (through birth, adoption, or foster care) to support them and their families as they take on their new role as a parent.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
We provide Family Planning benefits for all types of families, including but not limited to fertility planning, surrogacy support, adoption services, care navigation, and reproductive technology.
Company sponsored family events
We partner with our Parents@ community to host virtual events and programming for families such as cooking classes, arts and craft kits delivered, and magic shows over Zoom.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
We have a $600 stipend for outfitting your home office, as well as monthly phone & internet reimbursement.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
We offer free Udemy subscriptions for every employee to allow them to develop new skills and foster existing ones by enrolling in a wide array of courses. We also have a dedicated L&D Team.
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

Our programming and benefits are constantly evolving to meet the needs of our growing team. We introduce new benefits each year, and add new programs to celebrate cultural heritage, give back to the community, and celebrate our teams.

Our Instacart Serves social impact program is one of the most active across the company. We aim to nourish our communities by helping to remove barriers to food access and enriching the lives of our communities through an annual volunteer week of service, grocery donations, disaster relief, and giving campaigns.

The Instacart Serves program focuses support across 3 main areas:

- Food Insecurity: The majority of our philanthropic support is dedicated to helping to remove barriers to food access and hunger relief with our primary giving partner, Feeding America. We recognize that food insecurity disproportionately affects diverse communities and we also work to raise awareness for this growing inequity.

- Supporting Traditionally Marginalized Communities: We are committed to standing up for injustice and equity, supporting organizations that challenge economic justice, and uplifting traditionally marginalized communities.

- Disaster Relief: In the event of natural disasters which severely impact the communities we serve, we provide disaster relief through financial or grocery donations to centers and organizations supporting evacuees and first responders.

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