Chief of Staff to CTO

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San Francisco, CA
234K-260K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Food • Software
Instacart is the leading grocery technology company in North America
The Role
The Chief of Staff will support the CTO by managing internal operations, facilitating collaboration, and driving strategic initiatives across technical teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

We're transforming the grocery industry

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

Instacart is a Flex First team

There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Overview

Instacart is looking for a Director level Chief of Staff to support the CTO.

A successful Chief of Staff will be organized, have a technical background, strong in project management, able to shift seamlessly between strategic counsel and smaller daily tasks, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. This person should be a team player and eager to work in a fast-paced and high-expectations environment. They will support a large organization of 1,200+ engineers.

This person will manage preparation for a variety of internal meetings, act as a strategic counsel to cross-functional partners, and manage internal technical operations. They will contribute to strategic technical projects and initiatives that involve liaising with functions within the CTO’s scope and across the company.

About the Role 

As Chief of Staff to Instacart’s CTO, you will be at the heart of shaping the future of technology in redefining how people connect with food. In this strategic role, you’ll act as a trusted partner to the CTO, driving operational excellence, aligning priorities, and ensuring seamless execution of key initiatives. You’ll play a critical role in orchestrating collaboration across teams, facilitating innovation, assisting in leading the enhancement of Instacart’s tech brand, and enabling the technology organization to deliver transformative solutions that empower millions of people to nourish their lives with ease. This role is central to amplifying impact, fostering a culture of innovation, and ensuring the CTO’s vision translates into tangible outcomes across Instacart’s four-sided marketplace of Consumers, Shoppers, Retailers, and Advertisers. 

About the Job 

  • Work across teams to manage business rhythms for the CTO (team meetings, operating cadence, newsletters/org communications, etc.)
  • Act as a strategic counsel to cross-functional partners.
  • Ensure progress on priority technical workstreams, help build technical decision-making frameworks, deliverables, etc.
  • Design and maintain tools and systems to coordinate and track VP’s engagements with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Work across teams to prepare technical briefings and coordinate research for meetings with partners and key leaders (e.g. identify goals and talking points, provide background on attendees, etc.)
  • Writing technical drafts of internal comms including proofing and advising on technical content/communication
  • Build technical documents and presentations as needed.
  • Able to travel < 10% of the time

About You

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience working on/with technical teams.
  • Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience working as an engineer.
  • Excellent technical writing skills.
  • Experience working and influencing at all levels, including executive and C-suite.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing/leading a technical team.

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.

Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.

CA, NY, CT, NJ

$234,000$260,000 USD

WA

$225,000$250,000 USD

OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI

$215,000$239,000 USD

All other states

$194,000$216,000 USD

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
3,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule.

Why Work With Us

We provide the ingredients & inspiration for you to shape the career that nourishes you. Our team is building innovative solutions to never-before-solved business, technical, logistical, service, and creative challenges. If you're ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

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