Sr. Manager, Ads Product Policy

Pinterest•San Francisco, CA
•Remote

About The Position

Pinterest is looking for a Senior Manager, Monetized Product Policy to lead their ad, merchant, and Spam policy team. In this role, you will oversee the development of Pinterest’s ad, merchant, shopping, brand safety, and Spam policies. You will engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders and manage a team of policy analysts and managers. Additionally, you will partner with the Senior Director, Product Policy to set strategy for Pinterest’s overall Policy team, ensuring policies support the company’s mission, keep the global community safe, and enable responsible revenue growth. The role involves partnering with key senior-level stakeholders and collaborating with Enforcement Operations, Product, Engineering, Sales, Legal, Public Policy, Corporate Affairs, and Communications teams to develop and implement policies. You will also manage and lead a team of policy specialists, including hiring, performance development, goal setting, roadmap management, budget oversight, and team member development. As a subject matter expert, you will advise internal teams on policy matters and handle commercial policy escalations. You will also engage with industry stakeholders to gather feedback and represent Pinterest’s policy stances, and partner with the Sr. Director, Product Policy to set overall strategy and policy frameworks.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as public policy, research, sales, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 5 years experience
  • Demonstrated expertise developing ad, shopping and/or other commercial safety policies at a large online platform at a senior level.
  • Exceptional critical thinking and decision making skills and the ability to thrive amid ambiguity.
  • Experience building and maintaining strong and productive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including Legal, Ops, Product and Sales teams.
  • Experience managing high-profile escalations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience successfully engaging with audiences at all levels to include C-Suite executives.
  • People management experience and/or experience mentoring and coaching others and leading from within.
  • Ability to say the hard thing and address difficult issues.
  • An embrace of Pinterest’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the development of Pinterest’s ad, merchant, shopping, brand safety, and Spam policies.
  • Engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manage a team of policy analysts and managers.
  • Partner with the Senior Director, Product Policy to set strategy for Pinterest’s overall Policy team.
  • Ensure Pinterest’s policies support the company’s mission, keep the global community of Pinners safe, and enable responsible revenue growth.
  • Engage with key senior-level stakeholders and partner with Enforcement Operations, Product, and Engineering, Sales, Legal, Public Policy, Corporate Affairs, and Communications teams to develop, iterate on, and implement Pinterest’s ad, shopping and other commercial policies.
  • Manage and lead a team of policy specialists, including hiring, conducting performance development, setting goals and building roadmaps, managing budgets, and motivating and supporting the development of team members.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on Pinterest’s monetized policies and advise internal teams on policy matters.
  • Serve as key leader for commercial policy escalations.
  • Engage with industry stakeholders to solicit feedback and represent Pinterest’s policy stances.
  • Partner with the Sr. Director, Product Policy to set overall strategy for Pinterest’s Policy team and policy frameworks.
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