Senior M&A Integration Manager

Instacart

82d • $168,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Instacart is seeking an M&A integration lead to join its Corporate Development team. Reporting into the Head of Corp Dev, this individual will be a core member of the transaction process, leading all aspects of target integration and playing a critical role in ensuring seamless integration of Instacart’s strategic objectives with our M&A strategy. The role includes working with executive business sponsors to define key value drivers for potential acquisitions, translate those into discrete operational plans post-close, and dive deep on tactical aspects of due diligence and integration. You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure all key risks/opportunities are identified and any associated mitigation plans are well documented and executed. Stakeholder groups include senior leadership, commercial and technology teams, product, accounting, finance, HR, tax, legal, communications, real estate, operations, security and IT.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of M&A experience, with at least 4+ years of direct integration experience
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills
• Excellent project management and organization skills
• Great communication and interpersonal skills to work well with a diverse set of people (e.g. external CEOs, C-suite, Engineering/Product, cross-functional stakeholders)
• Bias for action in times of ambiguity
• A sense of humor

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree
• Experience in the technology sector
• Prior exposure to consumer internet, e-commerce, logistics, advertising, or retail technology industries

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead integration strategy and execution across functions from diligence through post-close, ensuring operational continuity, synergy capture, and KPI tracking.
• Participate in the continuous improvement of Instacart's due diligence and integration processes and best practices.
• Serve as the central point of contact between Corp Dev and functional owners, driving timelines, issue resolution, and stakeholder reporting on integration progress.
• Communicate prioritization based on points in the deal cycle and other projects.
• Translate deal models and synergy plans into actionable budgets, forecasts, and KPIs that slot into broader company planning cycles.
• Partner with Finance and functional owners to track post-acquisition performance against deal assumptions and integration milestones, surfacing insights and variances proactively.
• Establish dashboards to monitor synergy capture over time, highlight opportunities to accelerate value creation, and work with functional owners to ensure accountability.
• Own the calendar of key transaction deliverables and contractual obligations to ensure seamless post-close operations.
• Partner with Corp Dev deal leads and business owners on category deep dives, market maps, and ongoing surveillance of potential targets to inform future deal theses and integration readiness.
• Build and maintain competitive benchmarking and KPI dashboards to help leadership track trends relevant to inorganic strategy.

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive compensation
• Remote work flexibility
• New hire equity grant eligibility
• Annual refresh grants eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees