Senior Product Manager, Caper - Basket Intelligence
Instacart
Senior Product Manager, Caper - Basket Intelligence
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the holistic vision for a frictionless shopping experience. Identify, plan, and prioritize high-impact initiatives that dramatically increase smart cart utilization and user retention.
- Drive AI-First Innovation. Own the technical roadmap for advanced sensor fusion and intelligence systems. Plan and develop the technology pipeline to fuse diverse cart sensor signals and contextual data (including computer vision, VLM, weight, cart location signals) to build robust, accurate AI models and integrated systems.
- Implement appropriate evaluation frameworks to continuously iterate and improve our computer vision and VLM models.
- Lead the entire product lifecycle, from deep user and retailer discovery to final delivery. Use qualitative and quantitative research, retailer feedback, and industry best practices to identify new opportunities. Intake, validate, and convert new ideas into implementable projects with clear success metrics, and PRDs/specifications.
- Champion best-in-class design and user experiences. Evaluate and solve complex user, retailer and operational challenges, translating them to cohesive and intuitive experiences.
- Spend time in our labs and partner stores to test features, observe user behaviors, and iterate quickly; support pilots and launches as needed.
- Drive cross‑functional alignment by partnering closely with Engineering, Hardware, Design, Data Science, Operations, and QA teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions; communicate tradeoffs, risks, and progress with transparency.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of Product Management experience
- Experience managing a computer vision or AI-based consumer-facing hardware or software product
- Experience with model training and evaluation
- Knowledge of design tools and strong design thinking practices
- Strong understanding of an empathetic, flexible, and iterative approach to product development
- Proven experience leveraging data to make good decisions when confronted with ambiguity
- Strong experiences presenting to large groups & influencing people to pursue goals
- Strong ability to manage and align multiple stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing a hardware-based consumer-facing product
- Engineering background or strong understanding of technical implementation
- Experience with computer vision, software & hardware, IoT products
Required Skills
- Product Management
- Computer vision
- AI-based products
- Model training and evaluation
- Design tools
- Design thinking
- Data-driven decision making
- Stakeholder management
- Presentation skills
- Sensor fusion
- VLM (Vision Language Models)
Benefits
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy
Salary Range
$156000 - $208000 USD
Locations
- New York City, NY, United States, New York City, NY, United States
Salary
156,000 - 208,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- Product Managementintermediate
- Computer visionintermediate
- AI-based productsintermediate
- Model training and evaluationintermediate
- Design toolsintermediate
- Design thinkingintermediate
- Data-driven decision makingintermediate
- Stakeholder managementintermediate
- Presentation skillsintermediate
- Sensor fusionintermediate
- VLM (Vision Language Models)intermediate
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of Product Management experience (experience)
- Experience managing a computer vision or AI-based consumer-facing hardware or software product (experience)
- Experience with model training and evaluation (experience)
- Knowledge of design tools and strong design thinking practices (experience)
- Strong understanding of an empathetic, flexible, and iterative approach to product development (experience)
- Proven experience leveraging data to make good decisions when confronted with ambiguity (experience)
- Strong experiences presenting to large groups & influencing people to pursue goals (experience)
- Strong ability to manage and align multiple stakeholders (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing a hardware-based consumer-facing product (experience)
- Engineering background or strong understanding of technical implementation (experience)
- Experience with computer vision, software & hardware, IoT products (experience)
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the holistic vision for a frictionless shopping experience. Identify, plan, and prioritize high-impact initiatives that dramatically increase smart cart utilization and user retention.
- Drive AI-First Innovation. Own the technical roadmap for advanced sensor fusion and intelligence systems. Plan and develop the technology pipeline to fuse diverse cart sensor signals and contextual data (including computer vision, VLM, weight, cart location signals) to build robust, accurate AI models and integrated systems.
- Implement appropriate evaluation frameworks to continuously iterate and improve our computer vision and VLM models.
- Lead the entire product lifecycle, from deep user and retailer discovery to final delivery. Use qualitative and quantitative research, retailer feedback, and industry best practices to identify new opportunities. Intake, validate, and convert new ideas into implementable projects with clear success metrics, and PRDs/specifications.
- Champion best-in-class design and user experiences. Evaluate and solve complex user, retailer and operational challenges, translating them to cohesive and intuitive experiences.
- Spend time in our labs and partner stores to test features, observe user behaviors, and iterate quickly; support pilots and launches as needed.
- Drive cross‑functional alignment by partnering closely with Engineering, Hardware, Design, Data Science, Operations, and QA teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions; communicate tradeoffs, risks, and progress with transparency.
Benefits
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- general: Flex First remote work policy
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Senior Product Manager, Caper - Basket Intelligence
Instacart
Senior Product Manager, Caper - Basket Intelligence
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the holistic vision for a frictionless shopping experience. Identify, plan, and prioritize high-impact initiatives that dramatically increase smart cart utilization and user retention.
- Drive AI-First Innovation. Own the technical roadmap for advanced sensor fusion and intelligence systems. Plan and develop the technology pipeline to fuse diverse cart sensor signals and contextual data (including computer vision, VLM, weight, cart location signals) to build robust, accurate AI models and integrated systems.
- Implement appropriate evaluation frameworks to continuously iterate and improve our computer vision and VLM models.
- Lead the entire product lifecycle, from deep user and retailer discovery to final delivery. Use qualitative and quantitative research, retailer feedback, and industry best practices to identify new opportunities. Intake, validate, and convert new ideas into implementable projects with clear success metrics, and PRDs/specifications.
- Champion best-in-class design and user experiences. Evaluate and solve complex user, retailer and operational challenges, translating them to cohesive and intuitive experiences.
- Spend time in our labs and partner stores to test features, observe user behaviors, and iterate quickly; support pilots and launches as needed.
- Drive cross‑functional alignment by partnering closely with Engineering, Hardware, Design, Data Science, Operations, and QA teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions; communicate tradeoffs, risks, and progress with transparency.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of Product Management experience
- Experience managing a computer vision or AI-based consumer-facing hardware or software product
- Experience with model training and evaluation
- Knowledge of design tools and strong design thinking practices
- Strong understanding of an empathetic, flexible, and iterative approach to product development
- Proven experience leveraging data to make good decisions when confronted with ambiguity
- Strong experiences presenting to large groups & influencing people to pursue goals
- Strong ability to manage and align multiple stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing a hardware-based consumer-facing product
- Engineering background or strong understanding of technical implementation
- Experience with computer vision, software & hardware, IoT products
Required Skills
- Product Management
- Computer vision
- AI-based products
- Model training and evaluation
- Design tools
- Design thinking
- Data-driven decision making
- Stakeholder management
- Presentation skills
- Sensor fusion
- VLM (Vision Language Models)
Benefits
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy
Salary Range
$156000 - $208000 USD
Locations
- New York City, NY, United States, New York City, NY, United States
Salary
156,000 - 208,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- Product Managementintermediate
- Computer visionintermediate
- AI-based productsintermediate
- Model training and evaluationintermediate
- Design toolsintermediate
- Design thinkingintermediate
- Data-driven decision makingintermediate
- Stakeholder managementintermediate
- Presentation skillsintermediate
- Sensor fusionintermediate
- VLM (Vision Language Models)intermediate
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of Product Management experience (experience)
- Experience managing a computer vision or AI-based consumer-facing hardware or software product (experience)
- Experience with model training and evaluation (experience)
- Knowledge of design tools and strong design thinking practices (experience)
- Strong understanding of an empathetic, flexible, and iterative approach to product development (experience)
- Proven experience leveraging data to make good decisions when confronted with ambiguity (experience)
- Strong experiences presenting to large groups & influencing people to pursue goals (experience)
- Strong ability to manage and align multiple stakeholders (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing a hardware-based consumer-facing product (experience)
- Engineering background or strong understanding of technical implementation (experience)
- Experience with computer vision, software & hardware, IoT products (experience)
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the holistic vision for a frictionless shopping experience. Identify, plan, and prioritize high-impact initiatives that dramatically increase smart cart utilization and user retention.
- Drive AI-First Innovation. Own the technical roadmap for advanced sensor fusion and intelligence systems. Plan and develop the technology pipeline to fuse diverse cart sensor signals and contextual data (including computer vision, VLM, weight, cart location signals) to build robust, accurate AI models and integrated systems.
- Implement appropriate evaluation frameworks to continuously iterate and improve our computer vision and VLM models.
- Lead the entire product lifecycle, from deep user and retailer discovery to final delivery. Use qualitative and quantitative research, retailer feedback, and industry best practices to identify new opportunities. Intake, validate, and convert new ideas into implementable projects with clear success metrics, and PRDs/specifications.
- Champion best-in-class design and user experiences. Evaluate and solve complex user, retailer and operational challenges, translating them to cohesive and intuitive experiences.
- Spend time in our labs and partner stores to test features, observe user behaviors, and iterate quickly; support pilots and launches as needed.
- Drive cross‑functional alignment by partnering closely with Engineering, Hardware, Design, Data Science, Operations, and QA teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions; communicate tradeoffs, risks, and progress with transparency.
Benefits
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants
- general: Flex First remote work policy
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