We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should
have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple
need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the
varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on
to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings
opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help
push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join
our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team 
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the
flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or
your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular
in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.Why this role is on
the menu
We're hiring a Director of Compensation to own our broad-based comp strategy
end-to-end.  This is a senior people leadership role reporting to the Head of Total
Rewards.  You’ll drive the programs, frameworks, and cross-functional partnerships that
keep our pay competitive and fair as we grow into new markets.  This role sits at the
intersection of people strategy and business partnership, and the person who fills it will have
a direct line of sight to how we attract, retain, and motivate the talent that powers
Instacart's growth.
 
What you'll cook up in your first year
Our annual and mid-year comp cycles run with greater precision and speed. You own the design
and delivery end-to-end and have raised the quality bar even as scope and complexity have
grown.
Work closely with HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, and senior business leaders to solve
hard problems and give them recommendations they can act on. You'll weigh in on executive
offers, retention decisions, org changes, pay equity question, and stand behind difficult calls
in gray areas. 
Instacart's equity compensation approach is competitive and forward-looking.  You
deeply understand the market landscape and drive meaningful changes to how we design and
communicate equity.
You lead a high-performing team of compensation business partners.  You set clear
direction, high standards, and cultivate an environment where people do their best work.
You carry individual contributor responsibilities as a compensation business partner to help
you stay close to evolving business needs.  Scale your experience to coach your team.
Lead our international expansion compensation work. Build the frameworks, market data, and
guidance needed to pay people competitively and compliantly as we expand into new
countries. 
 
The secret ingredients we're looking for
Must-have pantry staples (Minimum Qualifications)

10+ years of progressive compensation experience, with at least 3 years leading a people
management role.
Proven track record directly supporting large R&D or Engineering functions, with experience
advising VP/SVP-level leaders on complex compensation decisions and earning their trust.
Deep expertise in equity compensation design and strategy.  You've worked at a tech
company where equity is central to the comp philosophy, and you know how to shape it, not just
administer it.
Experience building compensation programs at scale, not just operating within inherited ones:
job architecture, market pricing, performance cycles, and pay-for-performance frameworks.
You can transform disparate data into a clear recommendation for executives. Expertise in
spreadsheet work (gSheets and Excel).
A genuine interest in how AI and technology can make compensation work better, and the
initiative to actually go build it.

 
Optional garnishes (Preferred Qualifications)

Experience supporting Sales/GTM client groups alongside R&D.
Exposure to executive compensation design and strategy.
International compensation experience, especially in the context of expanding into new
geographies.
Familiarity with AI or advanced analytics tools (Tableau, SQL, Python) to accelerate
compensation work.

#LI-RemoteInstacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each
location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful
candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote
work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta,
British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the
role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh
grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed
below.CAN$200,000—$211,000 CAD