Sr. Technical Program Manager, PinCompute

Pinterest•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 Foundations 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. Proactively identify and drive key strategic initiatives with technical domain owners to drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams. Translate strategic ideas into execution plans, and be accountable to drive them to completion. Execute at both breadth and depth. At breadth by understanding the big picture, and at depth by being comfortable driving nitty gritty details with multiple teams. Be a thought leader to your XFN stakeholders by influencing product roadmap during the annual & quarterly planning. Work cross functionally with Engineering, Security, Data Science, and Product, to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes. Define new processes from ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders. Influence teams and build relationships with key stakeholders across disciplines and organizations. Build effective and transparent communication channels to adaptively communicate schedules, priorities, status and risk to various functional stakeholders at all levels of the company. Own the success of high-impact programs, ensuring delivery of measurable outcomes through rigorous planning, execution, and accountability. Elevate organizational impact by creating and institutionalizing best practices, tools, and methodologies that advance program management across the company.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a technical program manager, or related experience.
Have a track record of leading and delivering complex multi-year initiatives that span multiple teams.
Understanding of cloud architectures, DevOps, and systems engineering principles.
Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership to identify and champion new initiatives, thriving in ambiguity and building programs from the ground up.
Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and mitigate risks through innovative approaches.
Successfully influencing executive leadership and representing program interests at the highest levels, providing thought leadership and input to critical decision-making.
Ability to drive strategic vision by analyzing organizational context, anticipating future scenarios, and shaping program roadmaps to align with company-level strategy and OKRs.
Demonstrated experience in creating and driving efficient scalable processes and best practices that enable organizational agility and operational excellence at scale.
Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills to influence, build consensus and collaborate with diverse teams.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Identify, scope, champion, and land key strategic projects important to advancing Pinterest’s platform and underpinning.
Proactively identify and drive key strategic initiatives with technical domain owners to drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams.
Translate strategic ideas into execution plans, and be accountable to drive them to completion.
Execute at both breadth and depth.
Be a thought leader to your XFN stakeholders by influencing product roadmap during the annual & quarterly planning.
Work cross functionally with Engineering, Security, Data Science, and Product, to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes.
Define new processes from ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders.
Influence teams and build relationships with key stakeholders across disciplines and organizations.
Build effective and transparent communication channels to adaptively communicate schedules, priorities, status and risk to various functional stakeholders at all levels of the company.
Own the success of high-impact programs, ensuring delivery of measurable outcomes through rigorous planning, execution, and accountability.
Elevate organizational impact by creating and institutionalizing best practices, tools, and methodologies that advance program management across the company.