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 About the Role
Join our team as a Senior Executive Assistant and excel in a fast-paced, high-impact role supporting senior leadership across Engineering and other key areas of the business. Your role includes managing complex schedules, arranging international travel, coordinating seamless events, and ensuring no detail is overlooked. Acting as a trusted partner, you’ll juggle time-sensitive priorities, foster cross-functional collaboration, and keep critical tasks on track—all while handling responsibilities that may arise outside traditional business hours. If you’re a proactive problem-solver excited by dynamic challenges, this is the role for you.
About the Team
The Executive Assistant Team is an essential pillar of Instacart’s People Team, delivering strategic and operational support to the Executive Leadership team. Leveraging time management, cross-functional coordination, event planning, and an innovative tech stack (including AI), the team empowers leaders to focus on high-impact decisions while exemplifying Instacart’s values and advancing the company’s mission.
About the Job
- Calendar Management: Schedule and confirm appointments for senior leadership, manage calendars to avoid conflicts, and coordinate seamless meeting logistics (including technology setups and rescheduling).
- Travel Coordination: Arrange domestic and international travel itineraries, prepare travel documentation, manage expense reporting, and ensure compliance with corporate travel policies.
- Event Planning: Organize event logistics, including catering, A/V setup, and decoration. Distribute detailed agendas, manage attendee registrations, monitor budgets, and align events with company objectives.
- Communication Management: Act as a primary contact for internal and external communications, drafting, proofreading, and managing correspondence and sensitive documentation.
- Meeting Support: Prepare briefing materials, meeting agendas, and support documents, while creating templates to streamline future reporting.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and ensure alignment with executive objectives.
- Confidentiality & Efficiency: Handle sensitive communications with discretion and leverage tools (e.g., AI) to improve workflows and team productivity.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years in executive administrative support
- Knowledge of scheduling tools
- Experience with travel booking platforms
- Track record of successful high-level executive support
- Proven ability to manage complex schedules and prioritize tasks
- Established record of confidential information management and discretion
Preferred Qualifications
- A college or vocational degree, or equivalent experience
- Experience using Google Suite, Expensify, Slack and Navan
- 2+ years managing event logistics
- Proficiency with AI tools to enhance workflow efficiencies
- Evidence of effective financial oversight in budget management for events and travel
- Experience in coordinating seamless logistics for corporate/team events
#LI-REMOTE
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
$128,000—$173,000 USD
WA
$122,000—$166,000 USD
OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI
$117,000—$159,000 USD
All other states
$106,000—$144,000 USD
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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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No matter where you choose to work-from our offices, from home, or a mix of both- Instacart employees have the same opportunities to grow their career
