Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager

Pinterest • San Francisco, CA

11d • Remote

About The Position

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager to join the Ads & Monetization organization. This role is responsible for leading company-level programs that drive non-linear growth, focusing on areas like relevance, advertiser return on ads spend, measurement, and creative quality. The position requires technical depth, business judgment, and the ability to influence at the VP level. The candidate will shape execution strategy, accountability frameworks, and operating models for Pinterest's advertising business. This is a senior individual contributor role with direct impact on company OKRs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical program management or related experience leading company-level programs that directly impact business-critical objectives and revenue.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale programs in ads, marketplace systems, machine learning/AI, ranking, recommendation systems, experimentation, measurement, data platforms, or similarly complex technical domains.
• Track record of influencing senior leaders (VP/SVP/estaff) and aligning multiple organizations on programs of notable risk, complexity, and ambiguity.
• Experience contributing to product or technology roadmaps at the company level, translating ambiguous business opportunities into clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and durable execution plans.
• Expertise in building accountability systems across teams without a formal management structure: metric frameworks, roadmap tracking, launch governance, dependency management, and executive-level reporting.
• Technical judgment and communication skills to guide engineering teams through complex tradeoffs, anticipate risks, and evaluate technical approaches.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day program work, with a clear approach to validating accuracy, protecting sensitive data, and maintaining accountability for final decisions.
• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead company-level programs within Ads & Monetization, impacting areas such as Auction & Marketplace, Measurement & Attribution, Formats, and new surfaces.
• Identify opportunities for long-term business innovation and differentiation within Ads, anticipating business, technical, and regulatory issues.
• Provide strategic input to leadership decision-making and drive alignment across organizations.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Design, and Go-to-Market teams for complex Ads programs.
• Own the metrics and accountability framework for programs, connecting delivery, performance, experimentation, and measurement signals.
• Bring structure and decision velocity to ambiguous work by establishing decision frameworks, surfacing tradeoffs, managing dependencies, and increasing alignment speed.
• Exercise technical judgment equivalent to an L16 SWE, evaluating technical approaches, anticipating failure modes, and guiding teams.
• Embed AI tools into program workflows to accelerate synthesis, planning, reporting, and repeatable workflows, ensuring appropriate judgment, verification, and privacy guardrails.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship, sharing best practices, creating reusable tools and methodologies, and mentoring PgMs and ICs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior