Senior Product Manager, AI Control Studio
About this role
Enabling grocery retailers to easily customize and differentiate their digital storefronts while maintaining core platform reliability presents a significant challenge. This hire will solve that problem by defining and executing the strategy for AI-assisted customization tools within Instacart's Enterprise Platform team.
The Enterprise Platform group builds white-label products that allow retailers to run their own online ecommerce experiences. Within this environment, the product manager will own the vision for the AI Control Studio, navigating a highly ambiguous space with limited precedent and frequent senior executive visibility. Responsibilities include building AI-assisted tools that simplify complex configurations, expanding platform extensibility, and balancing retailer flexibility with system-wide coherence.
Candidates who thrive in this position possess exceptional product judgment, high-throughput decision-making capabilities, and strong technical acumen. The ideal person brings a deep background in B2B product management, a track record of partnering with senior enterprise clients, and the ability to align multidisciplinary teams around long-term platform strategies.
What you will do
- Own the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for enabling retailers to create differentiated experiences on top of their storefronts.
- Build AI-assisted tools that make sophisticated customization dramatically easier and faster for retailers and internal teams.
- Define the right balance between retailer flexibility and platform coherence to preserve conversion, reliability, and maintainability.
- Expand the platform’s extensibility so retailers can support advanced use cases and connect storefronts with broader technology ecosystems.
- Partner directly with sophisticated enterprise retailers to understand technical and business needs and shape scalable product strategy.
- Work closely with engineering, design, commercial, and other product teams to turn ambitious long-term visions into high-velocity roadmaps.
What you need
- Bring 8 or more years of B2B product management or similar experience to the role.
- Demonstrate strong experience operating at the intersection of product and go-to-market by working closely with enterprise sales, marketing, and customer success.
- Prove an ability to build trust with executives both internally and externally.
- Exhibit strong leadership skills capable of guiding large, multidisciplinary teams toward shared outcomes across product, engineering, data, design, and GTM.
- Show a demonstrated ability to handle complex product problems across a wide surface area with high ambiguity.
- Possess strong product vision and communication skills to anticipate how grocery and e-commerce will evolve over a three-year horizon.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-accelerated creation tools using text or image prompts to help users generate or customize UI, content, or code.
- 2+ years of involvement with sales, consulting, or customer discovery with senior executives.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation with location-based base pay ranges
- New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy allowing employees to choose where they work
Questions candidates ask
What is the remote work policy for this role?
Instacart operates as a Flex First team. Employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work, whether from home, an office, or a coffee shop, while staying connected through regular in-person events.
What is the salary range for this position?
The base pay range depends on the permanent work location. For California, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, the range is $221,000 to $233,000 USD, with varying ranges for other states.
What kind of team will I be working with?
This role sits within Instacart’s Enterprise Platform team, which builds white-label products that enable retailers of all sizes to compete online. The group focuses on platform growth, onboarding new partners, and long-term retailer success.
What additional compensation is provided beyond base salary?
Offers are eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. The position also provides market-competitive compensation and benefits based on the employee's work location.