Instacart
Senior Technical Program Manager, Ads
Remote Technical Program Management role with clear candidate location fit.
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Seniority signalLead
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Senior Technical Program Manager, Ads
Requirements and responsibilities
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About the Job
- Lead the planning and high quality technical execution of large sized engineering programs in the Ads domain with high degree of ambiguity, complexity, and visibility demonstrating a strong sense of urgency, efficiency, and ownership.
- Work closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Product Designers, Data Scientists and other cross-functional partners to set project objectives and metric-based success criteria. Drive definition of project requirements and execution plans, and manage an overall program's progress and outcome.
- Own clear and effective communication with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on and awareness of priorities, risks, and changes.
- Foster a culture of teamwork and shared goals, creating a collaborative team environment and driving the right level of process to ensure efficiency and high quality delivery within the program team.
- Contribute broadly to Instacart's success by suggesting and driving organization-wide initiatives.
About You
- 7+ years of work experience post-graduation in a technology field, preferably as a technical program or project manager, product manager, software engineer (technical domain), or related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to create functional specs, set program structure and influence program strategy. Previous experience in managing complex multi-org programs end-to-end, from definition to launch, throughout a software development lifecycle.
- A strong communicator with the ability to distill multiple streams of information, convey priorities and risks, and build a narrative for stakeholders.
- A strong sense of ownership and intellectual curiosity to understand executional and technical problems in depth, identify potential issues and offer actions to prevent them.
- Excellent collaborator and motivator, able to bring a team together to align and deliver on a common goal. Can build trust and partnerships with senior Engineering and Product leaders.
- Growth mindset - seeks and is receptive to actionable feedback and growth opportunities.
- Takes accountability seriously; can operate independently to deliver responsibilities and milestones on time and within budget.
- Self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor's degree in a technology / engineering discipline.
About You
- Master's degree in a technology/engineering discipline.
- Direct experience working on Ads Technology and experiences is a big plus.
- Demonstrated ability to showcase deep technical domain knowledge on the programs that you take on, enabling you to be seen as a strong technical voice in the program and adding significant value towards architecting a program.
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural and strategic decisions at the org leadership level.
- Extensive previous experience around creating innovative program management processes/tools/approaches to deliver company outcomes reliably and efficiently.
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