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InstacartSenior Contracts Procurement Manager
Instacart connects millions of consumers with essential grocery and household items while providing earning opportunities for personal shoppers, operating under a Flex First remote work model.…
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Instacart connects millions of consumers with essential grocery and household items while providing earning opportunities for personal shoppers, operating under a Flex First remote work model. The company is currently hiring a Senior Contracts Procurement Manager to direct its contract management operations and establish key supplier relationships. Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement, this position requires an experienced professional to handle strategic business-term negotiations and ensure alignment across corporate…
Job Description
Instacart connects millions of consumers with essential grocery and household items while providing earning opportunities for personal shoppers, operating under a Flex First remote work model. The company is currently hiring a Senior Contracts Procurement Manager to direct its contract management operations and establish key supplier relationships.
Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement, this position requires an experienced professional to handle strategic business-term negotiations and ensure alignment across corporate departments such as Legal, Finance, and Third Party Review. The successful candidate will balance commercial speed with strict regulatory compliance to support organizational growth.
Key duties involve designing and enforcing procurement contracting policies, guiding high-value agreements through their complete lifecycle, and creating pre-approved clause libraries to streamline legal reviews. This role is ideal for a seasoned procurement expert with extensive contract negotiation experience who thrives in a dynamic environment and possesses strong executive presence.
Responsibilities
- Design and enforce procurement contract policies, playbooks, and templates alongside Legal, TPRM, and Finance to meet SOX and audit standards
- Monitor and report on performance metrics including contract cycle time and compliance rates
- Lead strategic, high-complexity contract negotiations throughout the entire lifecycle to secure optimal terms for service levels, scope, exit clauses, pricing, and renewals
- Translate internal stakeholder business needs into enforceable contract language while maintaining positive supplier relationships
- Partner with Legal to establish contract criteria that bypass direct legal review, utilizing pre-approved clause libraries to minimize redlines
- Maintain fallback contract positions and escalate non-standard redlines for legal review
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, or a related field
- 10 or more years of experience in procurement or contract management
- Demonstrated history of closing complex, multi-year deals with global Tier-1 suppliers
- Extensive experience integrating information security and data privacy clauses into commercial contracts
- Background collaborating internally with General Counsel and CISO offices
- Expert negotiation skills with the ability to communicate contract return on investment to executives
- Familiarity with Ironclad CLM and Zip procurement platforms
- Executive presence supported by strong communication, influence, and change-management abilities
Qualifications
- JD degree strongly preferred
- Background working in a fast-paced technology, marketplace, e-commerce, or SaaS environment
Core Skills
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation package
- New hire equity grant and annual equity refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy allowing employees to work from home, an office, or other locations
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this position remote?
Yes, this role is remote and follows the employer's Flex First policy, allowing employees to choose their preferred workspace.
What is the salary range for this role?
The base pay varies by permanent work location. For CA, NY, CT, and NJ, the range is USD 183,000 to 193,000 per year, with different ranges specified for other states.
What are the core educational requirements?
A Bachelor's degree in Business, Law, or a related field is required, and a Juris Doctor is strongly preferred.
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