San Francisco•Posted: Jul 17•Deadline: Aug 16
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for
memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love,
and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s
unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re
looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll
explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know,
but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
The Team:
Pinterest Technical Program Managers are proactive owners with technical expertise. They are aligned to the highest level company
priorities to support successful delivery of programs within their teams.
The Platform T/PgM Team is responsible for overall program governance in Infrastructure, Infra Finance, Data Engineering and
Security, as well as Compliance and managing our cloud budget.
What you’ll do: As a Staff Technical Program Manager focusing on cross-engineering special projects, you will identify, scope,
champion, and land key strategic projects important to advancing Pinterest’s platform and underpinning.
* Translate Strategy into Execution — Convert strategic platform priorities into structured, milestone-driven execution plans;
operating at both breadth (big picture vision) and depth (driving granular details with engineering teams) to ensure nothing
falls through the cracks.
* Shape Planning & Influence Roadmaps — Serve as a thought leader to cross-functional stakeholders during annual and quarterly
planning cycles; influencing product and platform roadmap decisions with data-informed perspectives and a deep understanding of
organizational priorities and technical tradeoffs.
* Build Scalable Processes & Best Practices — Define, institutionalize, and continuously improve program management processes,
frameworks, and tooling; elevating organizational execution capability and enabling teams to operate with greater agility,
consistency, and efficiency at scale.
* Drive Cross-Functional Alignment & Communication — Build transparent, adaptive communication channels across Engineering,
Capacity Eng, Production Eng, Product, Security, and Legal; ensuring stakeholders at all levels; from ICs to executives, have
timely, accurate visibility into priorities, status, risks, and decisions.
* Own Program Outcomes End-to-End — Take full accountability for the success of high-impact programs, ensuring measurable
delivery through rigorous planning, proactive risk mitigation, and relentless follow-through; representing program interests at
the highest levels of the organization.
What we’re looking for:
* Experienced Technical Program Manager — 8+ years of TPM or related experience, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or
equivalent. With a proven track record of leading and delivering complex migrations, multi-year initiatives spanning multiple
engineering teams and organizations.
* Cloud Architecture & Systems Domain Knowledge — Working understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure and data systems or
delivery platforms, with the knowledge of compute platforms across the industry, and/or optimization of AWS resources, DevOps,
and systems engineering principles; sufficient to engage credibly with technical teams, drive meaningful tradeoffs, and
identify cross-system risks.
* Strategic Vision & Entrepreneurial Leadership — Strong ability to analyze organizational context, anticipate future scenarios,
and shape program roadmaps aligned to company-level strategy and OKRs, with an entrepreneurial spirit that thrives in ambiguity
and builds programs from the ground up.
* Executive Influence & Thought Leadership — Demonstrated success influencing senior and executive leadership, representing
program interests at the highest levels, providing well-reasoned input to critical decisions, and building trusted
relationships across disciplines and organizations without relying on formal authority.
* Analytical Problem-Solving & Risk Mitigation — Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a track record of using data,
innovative approaches, and structured frameworks to navigate complexity, resolve ambiguity, and mitigate program risks
proactively.
* Operational Excellence at Scale — Demonstrated experience creating and driving efficient, scalable processes and best practices
that increase organizational agility, with a focus on institutionalizing repeatable mechanisms that outlast individual programs
and enable teams to execute with greater consistency.
* Exceptional Communication & Collaboration — Outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; able to
distill nuanced, technical concepts for diverse audiences, build consensus across competing perspectives, and foster an
inclusive, collaborative environment that reflects Pinterest's commitment to diversity and belonging.
* Workflow Design & AI Fluency — Experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil mechanisms; including strong
prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts and tools, building dashboards, and leveraging agents to improve decision-making and
operational throughput.
Relocation Statement:
* This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
* We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like
day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
* This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated
anywhere in the country.
#LI-REMOTE
#LI-JD3
At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide
greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final
salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$145,747—$300,067 USD
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best
qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),
sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or
mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other
consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of
criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job
application process, please complete this form for support.
By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is
true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation
may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.
San Francisco•Posted: Jul 17•Deadline: Aug 16
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for
memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love,
and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s
unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re
looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll
explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know,
but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
At Pinterest, our mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and as a Technical Program Manager on
the Search team, you'll play a crucial role in this mission. You’ll be a thought leader with Product and Engineering on crafting a
seamless search and shopping experience for Pinners. Questions you’ll have to tackle with the team include: 1/ How might we better
understand when a Pinner has commercial intent and change our search strategy accordingly? 2/ How do we enable new merchants to
succeed on Pinterest as a platform while continuing to help our successful merchants become more successful? 3/ What signals and
content can we acquire and build to build a better search and shopping experience? 4/ How do we measure Search quality and
relevance on the platform?
What you’ll do:
* Establish and own relationships with key partners across Search teams as their strategic and execution partner for delivering
high impact programs.
* Define and drive Search, Relevance, and Merchant ML/AI programs based on current and emerging needs, ensuring scope,
responsibilities, and ownership are well-established, risks are proactively identified and mitigated and that programs are
executed and landed successfully.
* Lead the day-to-day program management of multiple work streams across the product process, including product strategy,
technical design, and experimentation.
* Analyze merchant distribution and shopping experiences in partnership with Data Science; leverage these insights to lead
strategy steering committees with cross-functional VPs.
* Build a subject-matter-expertise on query understanding and search engines.
* Drive product, business, and OKR requirements while also streamlining engineering efforts and cost.
* Identify gaps in shopping and search distribution strategy (i.e. signals, content, etc.) and operationalize processes to close
those gaps.
* Own and scale the headcount and roadmap planning process for a large engineering org.
* Drive High-Ambiguity strategic bets: Act as the core delivery powerhouse for high-impact, fast-moving experiments. Translate
ambitious executive visions into highly executable, phased project plans.
* Manage the overarching portfolio of programs within the org and mentor junior TPMs to optimize resource allocation and uplevel
team performance.
* Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM execution—producing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts,
modernizing high-toil workflows into AI-first mechanisms (e.g., intake triage, status synthesis, action/decision extraction,
risk & dependency tracking), and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks, decision/trade-offs, and escalation paths.
* Prototype solutions to augment decisions through data (e.g. dashboards, data analysis) or simplify processes (e.g. process and
workflow helpers, or internal tools) using AI coding assistants (“vibe coding”).
* Follow Pinterest AI guidance for risk, governance, and safety-by-design: appropriately handle sensitive data, validate
AI-generated outputs, document assumptions/limits, and ensure AI-assisted workflows meet applicable policy/compliance
expectations before broad adoption.
What we’re looking for:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience (7+ years in a technical or analytical role).
* Strong technical breadth and judgment - ability to quickly ramp up and go deep on a range of technologies, ability to identify
technical risks and tradeoffs.
* Comfort with a fast-changing environment and ability to manage ambiguity.
* Focus on execution and delivery in a data-informed environment.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally to identify opportunities and deliver solutions.
* Exceptional relationship-building skills, organizational awareness, and ability to persuade others to accomplish program
objectives while holding yourself and your team to a high standard of accountability.
* Experience working with Search products at a low level of detail highly desirable.
* AI-first execution mindset: demonstrated ability to use GenAI to accelerate planning, program operations, and stakeholder
communications—starting with AI drafts and applying strong judgment to validate, refine, and drive decisions.
* Workflow design, AI fluency, data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil
mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g., strong prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools,
dashboards, data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate).
* Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment, data handling,
model/output validation, auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires
additional controls.
Relocation Statement:
* This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
* We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like
day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
* This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated
anywhere in the country.
#LI-REMOTE
#LI-JD3
At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide
greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final
salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$145,747—$300,067 USD
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best
qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),
sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or
mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other
consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of
criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job
application process, please complete this form for support.
By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is
true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation
may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.
San Francisco•Posted: Jul 17•Deadline: Aug 16
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for
memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love,
and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s
unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re
looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll
explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know,
but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
This role is within the Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) Compliance Technical Program Management team which delivers
critical & strategic technical compliance outcomes by directing and scaling engineering effort across organizational and
functional boundaries. The programs they lead have most or all of these characteristics:
* Strategic importance to Pinterest
* Distributed ownership
* Complexity
* Critical technical area or platform
The ideal candidate is an experienced Staff-level Technical Program Manager with deep SOX domain fluency and strong technical
judgment, who excels at strategically leading complex, cross-functional programs and influencing senior leadership. This person
must also embrace an AI-first execution mindset, leveraging GenAI to streamline program operations while ensuring compliance and
safety-by-design.
What you’ll do:
* Lead strategic compliance engineering programs that span multiple teams and organizations, translating broad risk and control
objectives into executable roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
* Build and run operating mechanisms for program health, dependency management, decision-making, and executive visibility across
audits, remediation efforts, and control maturity initiatives.
* Modernize the SOX audit program by transitioning compliance workflows from manual, high-toil evidence collection to AI-driven,
automated control monitoring and audit readiness, driving greater efficiency and scalability across the organization.
* Partner with Engineering and Product as core strategic partners, and work closely with Finance, engineering control owners, and
Contractors to align on priorities, sequencing, ownership, and delivery accountability.
* Drive durable improvements in how the org plans, tracks, and evidences control execution, reducing manual effort and improving
consistency, readiness, and trust.
* Anticipate program and technical risks early, frame trade-offs clearly, and influence leaders through crisp recommendations
that balance compliance requirements with engineering pragmatism.
* Create best practices, tools, and methodologies that raise execution quality for the broader organization, not just for a
single program.
* Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM execution—producing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts,
modernizing high-toil workflows into AI-first mechanisms (e.g., intake triage, status synthesis, action/decision extraction,
risk & dependency tracking), and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks, decision/trade-offs, and escalation paths.
* Prototype solutions to augment decisions through data (e.g. dashboards, data analysis) or simplify processes (e.g. process and
workflow helpers, or internal tools) using AI coding assistants (“vibe coding”).
* Follow Pinterest AI guidance for risk, governance, and safety-by-design: appropriately handle sensitive data, validate
AI-generated outputs, document assumptions/limits, and ensure AI-assisted workflows meet applicable policy/compliance
expectations before broad adoption.
What we’re looking for:
* BS in a technical discipline or equivalent experience (7+ years of technical program management or closely related experience
leading large-scale technical programs across multiple teams and stakeholders).
* Expertise in navigating the complexities of SOX compliance across distributed engineering and business organizations, driving
audit readiness through rigorous program management, clear executive reporting, and alignment across diverse control owners.
* Experience leading large, cross-functional technical programs with significant ambiguity, senior stakeholder management needs,
and outcomes that matter at company level.
* Demonstrated ability to influence Engineering, Product, Finance, and other strategic partners through strong judgment,
structured execution, and clear communication.
* Strong program leadership in environments with complex dependencies, shifting priorities, risk management needs, and a mix of
technical and business stakeholders.
* Comfort operating deeply in engineering contexts: understanding system constraints, challenging assumptions, surfacing
technical risks, and helping teams make sound trade-offs.
* Track record of building mechanisms that scale—operating rhythms, governance, templates, tools, and processes that improve
quality and predictability across many teams.
* Domain strength in compliance, controls, audit readiness, or similarly regulated/risk-sensitive environments is strongly
preferred.
* AI-first execution mindset: demonstrated ability to use GenAI to accelerate planning, program operations, and stakeholder
communications—starting with AI drafts and applying strong judgment to validate, refine, and drive decisions.
* Workflow design, AI fluency, data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil
mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g., strong prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools,
dashboards, data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate)
* Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment, data handling,
model/output validation, auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires
additional controls.
Relocation Statement:
* This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
* We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue
to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
* This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1 time every 6-months and therefore can be situated
anywhere in the country.
#LI-REMOTE
#LI-JD3
At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide
greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final
salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$145,747—$300,067 USD
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best
qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),
sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or
mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other
consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of
criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job
application process, please complete this form for support.
By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is
true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation
may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.
