Strategic Partner Manager

OVERVIEW

As we continue our fast growth, we are preparing to add to our Business Development team in the second half of this year. We are currently interviewing Strategic Partner Manager candidates for our Retail side to manage retailers who have signed on to join the platform. In this role, you will have responsibilities including, but not limited to, driving key business insights and recommending scalable growth strategies, implementing new operational processes, managing client needs and selling new offerings and opportunities.

ABOUT THE JOB

• Manage relationship with strategic 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

ABOUT YOU

• 5-7 years previous 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 
• 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

Travel required (2 -3 times a year)

As this hiring is planned for the second half of the year, please note your start date will be expected after May of 2023. As business needs change, we will re-evaluate this planned start date.

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