Marketing Manager II, Media Excellence

Instacart is transforming the grocery industry, providing grocery delivery and personal shopper services. The company is a Flex First team, offering flexibility in where employees work.

The Marketing Manager II, Media Excellence will design, own, and continuously improve the core mechanics of how the media team plans, executes, and optimizes work. The goal is to establish a clear, scalable, and trusted operating system for the media team.

• Redesign and adopt media planning frameworks, templates, and cadences for annual and quarterly planning.
• Implement a scalable media operating system covering budget pacing, performance reporting, campaign enablement, and process automation.
• Simplify intake, automation, and workflow tooling, eliminating manual double-entry through AI and automation solutions.
• Manage cross-functional operating rhythms, including business reviews and integrated campaign program management.
• Execute change management for new systems and processes, including documentation, training, and communication plans.

Minimum: 7-10+ years in Marketing/Media Operations, Program Management, Business Operations, or related fields; senior individual contributor experience; fluency in program management; systems mindset; understanding of media team operations; excellent written communication; analytical fluency.

Preferred: Experience with automation and AI tools; retail, consumer tech, or marketplace experience.

Base pay ranges from $119,000 to $150,000 USD depending on location, plus eligibility for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants.

Equity grants and competitive benefits.