# Senior Product Manager, Caper Recommendations & Personalization

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $184k – $233k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Machine Learning, Data Science, recommendations, personalization, ranking, search, LLMs, Experimentation, Quantitative Analysis, UX Design, product requirements, iot, real-time signals, ads, physical retail
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Own the vision, roadmap, and experimentation strategy for Caper Cart recommendations and personalization. The role partners with ML, data science, engineering, design, ads, and operations teams to ship real-time, consumer-facing experiences.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Set and own the vision for recommendations and personalization on the Caper Cart.
- Drive engagement by growing customer interactions and developing monetizable surfaces serving savings, discovery, and health-focused shoppers.
- Own recommendation and item-ranking systems, using machine learning, LLM-based techniques, and real-time signals such as cart location and motion, lists, search, and Instacart personalization data.
- Drive AI-first innovation by shipping new content types and leading the architecture for capturing real-time, in-session personalization signals.
- Partner with Design to create intuitive cart-screen interactions from complex personalization logic.
- Observe shopper behavior in labs and partner stores, test features, and iterate based on findings.
- Lead an experiment-driven roadmap and align senior stakeholders on strategy, tradeoffs, and progress.
- Partner with Engineering, Data Science, Design, Ads, and Operations from discovery through launch.
- Write clear product requirements documents and define measurable success criteria.

## Requirements

- 3+ years of product management experience or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience partnering with machine learning or data science teams to ship models into a production consumer product.
- Experience defining and driving engagement or relevance metrics through experimentation.
- Strong data analysis and quantitative decision-making skills in ambiguous environments.
- Track record of close partnership with UX design teams and applying design thinking throughout product development.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, including presenting to large groups and aligning senior stakeholders on strategy and tradeoffs.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience building recommendation, personalization, ranking, or search products.
- Experience with consumer-facing hardware, IoT, or physical retail products.
- Familiarity with retail, grocery, advertising, or marketplace recommendation systems.

## Compensation and Benefits

- ATS-listed base salary range: **$184,000–$233,000 USD annually**, depending on permanent work location.
- Eligible for a new-hire equity grant and annual refresh grants.
- Benefits are provided under Instacart’s Flex First remote work policy.

The role is remote for US-based candidates.

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