IT Project Manager (Contractor)

Posted 2 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
3-5 Years Experience
eCommerce • Food • Retail • Software
Instacart is the leading grocery technology company in North America
The Role
Responsible for owning the entire project lifecycle of medium to high impact projects for the Information Technology Department at Instacart. Partner with IT and other departments to implement new technologies, streamline processes, and create policies. Build and maintain relationships with senior management and peers, encourage collaboration and teamwork to scale processes.
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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
About the Role - We are currently looking for an IT Project Manager who will own the entire project
lifecycle of medium to high impact projects for the Information Technology Department. This person
will plan, manage, and implement applications, infrastructure changes, and/or process-oriented
projects for the Information Technology Department.

About the Team

The Instacart Information Technology Department is dedicated to supporting all of
Instacart with equipment, infrastructure and technical support. We partner with other teams to help
streamline processes and find solutions to people’s technical challenges.

About the Job

  • Partner with IT and other departments to implement new technologies, streamline business
    processes, and create new policies and procedures.
  • Responsible for the discovery, planning, and execution of medium to large IT projects that
    have a moderate to high degree of ambiguity in scope and/or timeline.
  • Ability to accomplish the entire project lifecycle with minimal supervision by defining and
    owning project strategies based on research and data and proactively developing
    deliverables such as charters, project plans, presentations, agendas, etc.
  • Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with senior management and peers
    both internally to the IT department and cross-functionally.
  • Encourages collaboration and teamwork to help problem solve, unblock peers, and scale
    processes.

About You
Minimum Qualifications

  • 4+ years experience as a project manager/program manager
  • 2+ years experience developing project plans for complex projects with minimal supervision
  • 2+ years experience in Information Technology
  • 1+ years experience working with senior management on medium to large scale projects

Preferred Qualifications

  • Highly analytical
  • Highly organized, detail oriented
  • Process oriented
  • Experience implementing and decommissioning IT systems
  • Effective and proactive communicator who can provide excellent customer service to all levels of employees, management, and vendors
  • The ability to function effectively in a fast paced environment, manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, and adapt quickly to shifting business priorities.

This position will be based remotely out of the US or Canada and will compensate as follows:

US pay: $62.50/hour

CAN pay: $CA46.63/hour

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
3,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,400 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 80,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace.

Why Work With Us

We provide the ingredients & inspiration for you to shape the career that nourishes you. Our team is building innovative solutions to never-before-solved business, technical, logistical, service, and creative challenges. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

No matter where you choose to work-from our offices, from home, or a mix of both- Instacart employees have the same opportunities to grow their career

Typical time on-site: Flexible
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