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Overview
About the Role
We are seeking a senior product manager to build and extend Carrot Ads - the technology suite retailers use to run their own retail media network. This scope includes the APIs retailers use to build their own retail media network, and the toolset they use to manage their advertiser base.
You will work in collaboration with R&D, data science, data engineering and commercial leadership to build the foundation that powers how we surface data to internal and external customers.
This is a unique opportunity to have end to end ownership of a technical platform for the company that is core to our growth. Your portfolio will directly impact how some of the world’s largest retailers scale their ad businesses and reinvest in their core offering.
About The Team
The Advertiser Experience team owns the set of systems that power our advertising facing offerings (inclusive of Instacart Ads Manager, Instacart Ads API, Carrot Ads, and Ads Measurement and Data Pipelines). Our teams own the E2E systems from our back-end platforms and data that power a complex ecosystem of CPGs, retailers, customers, and operators .
We are a passionate team of 100+ engineers, data scientists, designers, marketers and product managers focused on driving growth for CPGs. We work hard to make sure everyone is brought along for the journey as we ship award winning products and services to the industry.
About The Job
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Manage the roadmap and execution for Carrot Ads for a diverse set of retailers and use cases.
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Drive forward strategy on all aspects of Carrot Ads, especially our ability to speed up retailer integrations and provide them with a comprehensive toolkit to manage their RMN.
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Lead product planning, product & customer discovery, the product development process, effort estimation, and collaboration with teams across the organization
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Build and maintain customer-facing APIs with a complex ecosystem of 3rd party partners like retailers, marketplaces, and aggregators.
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Ensure Carrot Ads meets the highest standards for uptime, reliability, and speed of integration.
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Intake & validate new ideas through a set of frameworks and drive them into implementable projects.
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Advocate for developer experience throughout the entire Ads and Eversight R&D organization, and build tools that allow Sales Engineering to rapidly decrease implementation cost.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
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5+ years of Product Management experience
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Experience managing ad tech products and platforms
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Experience working in deeply technical domains with the ability to quickly ramp up when onboarding into new areas
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Experience partnering with technical audiences and “translating” to senior audiences across functions
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Direct experience partnering with Engineering and Product teams to identify new roadmap opportunities and improvements
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Ability to manage and align multiple stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
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Fluent in API and web app technologies
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Experience in influencing and building out multi year strategy
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
$187,000—$208,000 USD
WA
$180,000—$200,000 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$172,000—$191,000 USD
All other states
$156,000—$173,000 USD
Top Skills
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