Staff Technical Program Manager, Compliance

The Team:

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

We are seeking a dedicated centralized Senior Technical Program Manager to establish and own our AI Compliance program with a primary focus on GenAI risk mitigation. This specialized high-impact role will bridge technical innovation business strategy and global regulatory requirements ensuring our GenAI initiatives are both cutting-edge and compliant.

What youll do:

• Strategy and Program Ownership: Establish own and continually iterate on the holistic AI Governance and Risk Management Framework for the company integrating it across all relevant engineering and product teams.
• Regulatory Compliance Roadmapping: Partner closely with Legal to translate emerging global AI regulations into concrete engineering requirements compliance plans and a unified roadmap.
• Risk Mitigation Systems: Establish and improve risk management systems including developing internal policies for responsible AI practices defining AI safety principles establishing metrics that ensure effective compliance and improving Pinterests ability to mitigate risks of AI development through internal platforms and infrastructure.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the central compliance TPM lead facilitating and driving consensus across Legal Security Privacy Data Engineering and Product teams to mitigate distributed AI risks.
• Operational Excellence: Incorporate AI compliance program status into leadership risk management reporting and establish tracking and review processes for GenAI features and open-source (OSS) model usage.

What were looking for:

• Experience working with AI model and feature development.
• 8 years of experience as a technical program manager supporting Compliance or Trust & Safety Programs or related experience.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership who can develop and lead a new initiative from the ground up and thrive in ambiguity.
• Passion for execution and getting things done.
• Solid technical background and ability to quickly understand technical designs challenges and risks. Experience breaking down complex problems and driving decision making.
• Strong analytical abilities able to create & monitor metrics proactively identify growth opportunities & incidents.
• Strong written verbal communication skills and comfort in communicating nuanced and often technical concepts to internal stakeholders or external partners.
• Ability to influence teams & drive alignment among multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in creating and driving efficient processes at scale.
• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as computer science computer and information technology or equivalent experience.

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 were 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.

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Required Experience:

Manager