Data Science Manager, Shopping Experience

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and grow a data science team; set priorities.
• Define analytics and experimentation strategy across storefronts and shopper surfaces.
• Own core shopping metrics and event logging; ensure timely insights.
• Drive DS projects to uncover friction in shopping funnels; prioritize fixes.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape roadmaps and align goals.
• Set the bar for experiment design, hypotheses, power analysis.

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data science or analytics, including 2+ years directly managing or tech-leading a data science team in a fast-moving environment.
• Proven track record optimizing consumer app experiences at scale (funnels, ranking, personalization, experimentation) in technology or similar product-led organizations.
• Deep hands-on expertise in experimentation and measurement, including A/B testing, guardrails, metrics design, and logging/event instrumentation.
• Strong analytical and technical skills with proficiency in SQL and Python or R.
• Experience translating ambiguous customer and retailer problems into clear metrics, analyses, and experiment roadmaps that drive measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership with Product, Engineering, Design, and Operations; able to influence roadmaps and drive alignment without formal authority.

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible/remote-first working options with in-person events.
• Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits; Flex First remote policy.
• Eligible for new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants.
• Access to Taste of Instacart benefits and employee programs.
• Opportunity to influence across cross-functional teams and drive real impact.