Director of Product, Logistics

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>We're transforming the grocery industry</strong></p> <p><span class="im">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.</span></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Instacart is a Flex First team </strong></p> <p>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. <a href="https://www.instacart.careers/flex-first" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://instacart.careers/remote/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651869232122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw37OlxP8hAKN7nq4YwHQH7e">Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.</a></p></div><h2><strong>Overview</strong></h2> <p><strong>About the Team</strong></p> <p>Instacart’s Logistics Product team owns the multi-sided fulfillment engine that powers every order on the platform. We deliver fast and affordable delivery and pickup for customers; flexible, reliable, and competitive earnings for shoppers; and continuously improving efficiency and quality for the marketplace as a whole. Logistics runs on ML and optimization at its core — how we batch orders, match them to shoppers, position and pay shoppers for their work, and route them physically — making this one of the most technically deep and commercially consequential product areas at Instacart.</p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>We’re looking for a Director of Product to lead the Logistics product organization and take it to its next phase of growth. This is a highly visible leadership role with executive sponsorship, owning a pillar with company-wide impact on Instacart’s long-term growth and profitability. You will set the multi-year vision and strategy for Logistics, lead and grow a team of product managers, and partner closely with engineering, machine learning, data science, and operations to build products that generate value for all s