Director, HR Business Partnership

Instacart

Director, HR Business Partnership at Instacart, providing strategic HR guidance and managing HRBP teams in a high-growth environment. Focusing on talent management, organizational design, and leadership coaching.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $197,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Instacart’s People Team is at an inflection point — scaling a world-class HR function while simultaneously partnering with some of the company’s fastest-growing organizations.
The CPO and People leadership team have a trusted, highly capable thought partner.
Advertising, Commercial, and adjacent go-to-market organizations have a consistent, high-quality HRBP experience.
The HRBP team you manage is performing at a higher level than when you arrived.
Scalable People frameworks, processes, and workflows are in place across critical cycles.
Complex organizational challenges are navigated with clarity, speed, and minimal disruption to the business.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8–12+ years of progressive HRBP experience, including direct support of C-suite or senior executives, and 12+ years of overall HR or related experience.
Demonstrated experience supporting senior business leaders in complex, fast-paced, high-growth environments.
Prior people management experience with a track record of hiring, developing, and building high-performing HR teams.
Proven ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels — advising executives on org strategy while also building and implementing scalable processes.
Strong organizational design, talent management, and leadership coaching capabilities.
Exceptional judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate ambiguity and sensitive situations with minimal direction.
Strong business acumen with the ability to influence across executive leadership, People teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
In-depth knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices, with an analytical mindset and comfort using data to drive decisions.

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRBP experienceorganizational designtalent managementleadership coachingdata analysisemployment lawsHR best practices

Soft Skills

judgmentdiscretionnavigating ambiguityinfluencingstrategic thinkingexecutional capabilitiespeople managementbuilding high-performing teams