
Strategic Partner Manager
- Canada
- $153,000-170,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Launch new partners, and manage relationships with existing Instacart retail partners
- Establish a deep understanding of Instacart's business operations, including internal processes, functional group strategies, and competitive context
- Develop strategic plans to meet retail partners' needs
- Work with cross-functional teams to guide implementation of strategic plans and accomplish goals on tight deadlines
- Lead launch process for new partners joining the Instacart marketplace, overseeing catalog setup, marketing and PR, and operations
- Perform data analysis to drive key business insights, scalable growth strategies, and detailed execution plans
- Establish processes and reporting to help streamline the team's operations and add value to retailer relationships
- Devise strategies to help retail partners grow their business on Instacart
- Engage, educate, collaborate, and problem solve with external partners at all levels of the organization
- 5-7 years previous account management experience; MBA preferred, but not required
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues
- Experience with large data sets and ability to extract business insights from analysis
- Strong analytical skills
- Comfort with ambiguity and a rapidly evolving business landscape
- Solid stakeholder management skills, both for internal and external stakeholders
- Quick communication response times
- Ability to manage across functions and present to leadership
- Creative and structured problem-solver
- Experience in negotiating sophisticated deals with retail, CPG or other commerce based partnerships to drive revenue
- High level of overall business acumen and understanding of a variety of partner business models.
- Inventive self-starter and creative problem solver who can manage multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously and hit deliverables with minimal direction
- Outstanding deck and presentation skills and ability to create succinct and structured presentations capable of engaging executive-level stakeholders.
- Excellent project management, communication, and analytical skills
- Thrives in ambiguity and can chart a course with limited direction