Staff Technical Program Manager, MLAI Platform

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 were 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 others unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love Its Possible.

At Pinterest AI isnt just a feature its a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact and were looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities well 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 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 youll 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 Pinterests platform and underpinning.
• Lead Strategic ML/AI Platform Programs Identify scope champion and deliver high-impact cross-engineering initiatives critical to advancing Pinterests ML/AI Platform GenAI infrastructure and Agent Platform; owning outcomes from ambiguous opportunity through measurable execution.
• Operate with an AI-First Execution Mindset Use GenAI as the default operating model for program execution; producing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts modernizing high-toil workflows (e.g. intake triage status synthesis risk and dependency tracking action/decision extraction) and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks tradeoffs and escalation paths.
• Prototype AI-Augmented Tools & Workflows Leverage AI coding assistants to build lightweight solutions that improve decision-making and reduce friction including dashboards data analysis process helpers and internal tooling; using a vibe coding approach to move fast and validate value early.
• Apply Safety-by-Design AI Governance Follow Pinterests AI guidance for risk governance and compliance; appropriately handling sensitive data validating AI-generated outputs documenting assumptions and limitations and ensuring AI-assisted workflows meet applicable policy and safety expectations before broad adoption.
• Drive Complex Technical Decisions Across Teams Partner closely with technical domain owners across MLP Agent Platform (Helix) Core Infra and Ads to proactively identify frame and resolve complex cross-team technical decisions; sequencing risky elements to fail fast and reduce downstream program exposure.
• 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 ML Research Data Science 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 were looking for:

• Experienced Technical Program Manager 8 years of TPM or related experience with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent. With a proven track record of leading and delivering complex multi-year initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams and organizations.
• AI-First Execution Mindset Demonstrated ability to use GenAI to meaningfully accelerate program planning operations and stakeholder communication; starting from AI-generated drafts and applying strong judgment to validate refine and drive decisions rather than defaulting to manual high-toil approaches.
• 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.
• Safety-by-Design AI Governance Comfortable operating within AI governance expectations including risk assessment sensitive data handling model output validation and auditability and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires additional controls.
• ML/AI & Systems Domain Knowledge Working understanding of Machine Learning GenAI LLM serving and inference AI Agent architectures 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 Pinterests commitment to diversity and belonging.

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.
  
  

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