Director of Product, Agentic Commerce

Instacart

Director of Product overseeing Agentic Commerce at Instacart. Leading product strategy and innovation in AI-driven shopping experiences.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $242,000 - $307,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the multi-year product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Agentic Commerce across Cart Assistant and third-party agent integrations; define clear success metrics and deliver measurable impact on conversion, AOV, retention, and customer satisfaction.
Lead, develop, and grow a high-performing team of product managers; establish product operating rhythms, hiring plans, and career development frameworks that cultivate a healthy, high-trust team.
Partner with Engineering, ML, and Design to ship high-quality AI features end to end, including experimentation frameworks, safety/guardrails, model selection and evaluation, latency/reliability, and privacy-by-design.
Collaborate with Retail, Partnerships/BD, and GTM teams to commercialize agentic solutions, drive adoption with retailers, and shape co-development opportunities with industry-leading partners.
Drive cross-organizational alignment with senior leaders; translate complex, technical concepts into clear narratives; make principled tradeoffs to prioritize the highest-leverage work in a fast-changing environment.
Champion responsible AI practices, ensuring experiences are transparent, trustworthy, and inclusive while meeting regulatory and brand standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years managing and developing product managers.
Proven track record building successful consumer products at scale with deep expertise in e-commerce.
Strong technical fluency with ML- and AI-driven products, including collaborating closely with engineering and ML partners on model- and platform-level decisions.
Demonstrated success leading multi-quarter 0-to-1 initiatives and launching net-new products in complex enterprise, B2B2C, and/or marketplace environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at simplifying complex topics for senior leaders and driving alignment across organizations.
Evidence of hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing PMs; building inclusive, high-trust teams and product cultures.
Experience defining and moving business outcomes using clear metrics; comfortable with experimentation and data analysis (partnering with Analytics/using SQL or comparable tools).
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Data Science) or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
Flexible work arrangements.

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managemente-commercemachine learningartificial intelligencedata analysisSQLexperimentation frameworksmodel selectionproduct developmentmetrics definition

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam developmentcross-organizational alignmentsimplifying complex topicstrust buildingcollaborationstrategic thinkingadaptabilityproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in BusinessBachelor’s degree in Data Science