Associate, Product Analytics - Caper

Instacart; Remote; CAD 122,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery delivery service is seeking a Data Analyst to join their Caper team. The role involves data-driven decision-making to optimize AI-powered retail systems. Candidates should have over 2 years of experience utilizing data, strong SQL proficiency, and the ability to manage cross-team priorities. This remote position offers competitive compensation, with base pay ranging from CAD 122,000 to CAD 135,000, based on location and experience. Join us in transforming the grocery shopping experience through technology.

Benefits

Market-competitive compensation

New hire equity grant

Annual refresh grants

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience utilizing data to inform strategic decisions.
• Comfort working in dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environments.
• Strong proficiency in SQL.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert on Caper’s systems and AI-powered solutions.
• Prioritize and define the roadmap for product direction.
• Create analytical frameworks to refine decision-making.
• Translate complex datasets into understandable narratives.

Skills

Data utilization for strategic decisions

SQL proficiency

Synthesis of data into narratives

Work management across teams

Job description

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.

Overview

About the Role

In this role, you will leverage data-driven insights to enhance decision-making processes, identify new opportunities, and provide strategic guidance across Instacart’s Caper team. This role will have a focus on our Smart Cart and AI-powered retail systems, but will engage with all aspects of Caper's connected solutions.

By collaborating closely with our product management, engineering, and data science teams, you will enhance our understanding of complex problems and identify opportunities for innovation. Your work will directly impact the optimization of Caper's solutions, contributing to Instacart’s mission of revolutionizing the grocery shopping experience through cutting-edge technology.

About the Team

As a member of the Data Science and Analytics team, you will provide essential support for strategic and product decision-making. Our team excels in using data-driven insights and developing frameworks to address complex challenges within the marketplace. We serve as a point of connection between teams, facilitating collaboration, idea sharing, and alignment, helping Instacart develop more holistic solutions.

About the Job

In this dynamic role, your responsibilities will include:

• Becoming an expert on Caper’s systems, gaining a deep understanding of how we design, enhance, and integrate AI-powered solutions into shopping experiences.
• Helping to prioritize and define the roadmap for Caper’s innovative product direction.
• Creating robust analytical frameworks to refine decision-making across various initiatives.
• Assisting in the sizing and scoping of potential challenges and opportunities within our systems.
• Translating complex datasets into understandable narratives and actionable recommendations.
• Proactively identifying areas for significant impact, growth, and investment in transforming retail technology.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience utilizing data to inform strategic decisions.
• Comfort working in dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environments.
• Strong proficiency in SQL.
• Proven ability to synthesize data into compelling narratives.
• Experience managing and prioritizing work across multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications

• A basic understanding of statistics and experimentation methodologies.
• Experience with ‘gig economy’ marketplaces

Instacart 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 $122,000 — $135,000 CAD