Technical Program Manager II, Platforms

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 is transforming software engineering for the AI-native era. Were evolving how engineers build review validate deploy and operate software by combining best-in-class AI tooling with strong technical standards and scalable operating mechanisms. Our AI Native Software Engineering effort is focused first on making software engineering across Pinterests mono-repos AI native while accelerating existing productivity investments.

What youll do:

• Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM executionproducing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts modernizing high-toil workflows into AI-first mechanisms (e.g. intake triage status synthesis action/decision extraction risk & dependency tracking) and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks decision/trade-offs and escalation paths.
• Prototype solutions to augment decisions through data (e.g. dashboards data analysis) or simplify processes (e.g. process and workflow helpers or internal tools) using AI coding assistants (vibe coding).
• Follow Pinterest AI guidance for risk governance and safety-by-design: appropriately handle sensitive data validate AI-generated outputs document assumptions/limits and ensure AI-assisted workflows meet applicable policy/compliance expectations before broad adoption.
• Lead company-wide programs that improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding validation code review and deployment safety.
• Drive the roadmap and operating model for AI-native engineering practices across Pinterest.
• Independently lead complex technical programs across Ads and Core Infrastructure partnering with engineering teams to drive planning execution and delivery.
• Coordinate work across multiple teams and stakeholders ensuring clarity on ownership milestones risks and technical dependencies.
• Help drive programs that improve the reliability scalability efficiency and developer productivity of Ads and Core Infrastructure systems.
• Build dashboards reporting and operating mechanisms that provide visibility into progress risks outcomes and execution health.
• Partner closely with engineering TPMs and business stakeholders to surface tradeoffs unblock teams and keep critical programs moving.
• Contribute to roadmap planning process improvements and scalable execution practices across a varied technical portfolio. Flex across a range of platform and infrastructure priorities as business needs evolve while maintaining strong ownership of your primary programs.

What were looking for:

• AI-first execution mindset: demonstrated ability to use GenAI to accelerate planning program operations and stakeholder communicationsstarting with AI drafts and applying strong judgment to validate refine and drive decisions.
• Workflow design AI fluency data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable low-toil mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g. strong prompting vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools dashboards data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate)
• Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment data handling model/output validation auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires additional controls.
• 3 years of experience managing complex cross-functional technical programs in infrastructure platform backend or ads-related environments.
• Strong technical program management fundamentals including roadmap planning dependency management risk tracking issue resolution and execution at scale.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and business stakeholders in high-visibility settings.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including experience using metrics dashboards and data to drive decision-making.
• Technical fluency in infrastructure and platform concepts such as distributed systems service dependencies reliability APIs automation cloud infrastructure or developer tooling. The uploaded kits repeatedly emphasize technical breadth and judgment rather than coding depth.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments setting structure and driving alignment across teams with competing priorities. This is called out across both kits evaluation criteria and interview plans.

This is a rare opportunity to help define how software gets built at Pinterest in the AI era. Youll shape the systems standards and adoption strategy that enable engineers to move faster with confidence and your work will directly influence long-term engineering effectiveness across the company.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit ourPinFlex 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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