Transforming the grocery industry by making grocery shopping effortless for everyone and finding solutions to large-scale opportunities
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in consumer-facing digital product design work, ideally with brand-driven, retail, or commerce products
- 4+ years of managing multi-discipline teams of 5 or more
- Deep understanding of how to motivate design work through explorations, concept development, and creative directions that draft off a core brand design system
- Operational effectiveness in structuring and managing existing roadmaps and future horizon planning
- Expertise in setting up rituals and rhythms for a design team to drive a nurturing culture for growth
- Track record of influencing product and engineering functions to keep user problems top-of-mind and invest in holistic, future-friendly solutions
- Ability to direct and tune every aspect of a digital experience, including visual, motion, content, system, and interactive design
Responsibilities
- Define product strategy and vision for the digital experience of Instacart's core shopping journey
- Direct a team of designers to build performant, stunning, and undeniably useful experiences driven by consumers' overt and latent needs
- Set and evolve the vision of a product experience through strategic storytelling, problem-driven frameworks, insight gathering, eye for visual design languages, and interactive design craft
- Structure and manage existing roadmaps and future horizon planning with comfort in adjusting to pivots or new opportunities
- Set up rituals and rhythms for a design team to drive a nurturing culture for growth and ensure razor-sharp clarity of focus and priority
- Influence product and engineering functions to keep user problems top-of-mind and invest in holistic, future-friendly solutions
- Provide direction to teams and designers at a high-level and at a pixel-level
Other
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Ability to work in a flexible, remote environment
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to lead with clarity and vision, and motivate others to deliver excellent results
- Foster collaboration, growth, and inclusivity within the team, empowering designers to contribute their best work toward a shared vision
