Senior Manager, IT PMO & Corporate Engineering - Instacart

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.

Overview

Instacart ’s IT organization builds and operates the technologies every employee relies on to do their best work. As Senior Manager, IT Corporate Engineering, you will lead the team that powers identity and access, collaboration, devices, and the SaaS platforms that keep Instacart running smoothly at scale.

Reporting to the Head of IT and managing a team of 9, you will own platforms such as Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Jamf, and Intune. You will chart the technical direction, drive a shift from manual operations to automation and AI-assisted tooling, and partner closely with IT Support and Enterprise Security. Your work will accelerate onboarding, strengthen security controls, and reduce friction across thousands of employees as we continue to grow and expand geographically.

About the Job

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Corporate Engineering team of 9 engineers and administrators responsible for identity, collaboration, endpoint, and core SaaS platforms.
• Own the strategy, architecture, and reliability for Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Jamf, and Intune; define and meet clear SLOs across availability, security, and user experience.
• Drive a transformation from manual operations to automation and AI-assisted tooling, enabling zero-touch provisioning, self-service, and standardized integrations across macOS and Windows.
• Partner with Enterprise Security to implement scalable IAM and zero trust controls (SSO, MFA, lifecycle/SCIM) that are audit-ready and frictionless for employees.
• Establish operational excellence for incident, change, and problem management; build dashboards and metrics that surface platform health, adoption, and cost optimization.