Insights Manager II

Role Description

Instacart's Retail Insights team sits at the intersection of the industry's richest grocery data, our most strategic retail partnerships, and the CPG category intelligence that powers growth across the platform. As our retailer relationships scale and the complexity of our business deepens, we need someone who can turn that data into decisions — not just reports. We're hiring an Insights Manager II to serve as the analytical backbone for a portfolio of key grocery retail partners, translating ambiguous business questions into clear answers and actionable strategies. This role sits at the intersection of data, storytelling, and commercial impact, and the person who fills it will have a direct line of sight to how Instacart grows its most important partnerships.

What You'll Cook Up in Your First Year

• Retail partners make faster, better decisions because of your work.
• You've built a trusted analytical foundation — your insights are proactively sought out by Business Development and retail partners alike, not just delivered on request.
• Root causes get found, not just flagged.
• QBRs and sell-in conversations land with impact.
• Cross-functional teams are better equipped to answer "why" and "what's next."
• You're the go-to expert on your category and partner landscape.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a quantitative business strategy role — consulting, banking, analytics, or similar.
• Proficiency with SQL (complex, efficient queries), Excel, and data visualization tools.
• Strong analytical reasoning: ability to work through ambiguous problems step by step and surface the "so what."
• Polished communication skills and proven ability to manage senior stakeholder relationships, both internal and external.
• A self-starter orientation — you don't wait to be handed a problem; you identify it, frame it, and drive toward an answer.

Requirements

• Experience in retail, e-commerce, or grocery — familiarity with the dynamics of online marketplaces or CPG categories is a meaningful accelerant.
• Experience building business cases or presenting to external partners or clients.

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
• Remote work flexibility.
• New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.