Director, Technical Program Management, Pinner Journeys

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.

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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 at this level are proactive owners with deep technical and strategic expertise. They are aligned to the highest level company priorities leading impactful teams of senior managers and ICs responsible for cross-org large-scope programs or products. The Pinner Journeys & Belonging pillar is a single senior pillar owning end-to-end Core experiences. This team defines the operating system for Pinterests most critical product and technology areas directly impacting company-level OKRs.

What youll do:

• Lead an impactful team of senior TPMs and ICs responsible for cross-org large-scope programs that connect Core M10n and Platforms.
• Set a clear strategy and vision for the Pinner Journeys & Belonging function providing thought leadership and influencing the business and potential regulatory issues that might impact Pinterest.
• Be accountable for stitching together user journeys (Personalization Search Assistant etc.) to land as coherent end-to-end experiences with top line metrics as the primary north-star metric for journey quality.
• Drive alignment of resource planning across multiple organizational units with strategic business objectives engaging with executive leadership to prioritize resource needs.
• Ensure that qualified successors are identified for key functional roles creating a culture that emphasizes constructive feedback ongoing learning and equitable development across the team.
• Lead the emerging UX Quality agenda across Pinner Journeys integrating accessibility inclusive product and wellbeing into Core journeys as P0 responsibilities.
• 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.

What were looking for:

• 10 years of experience as a technical program manager or related experience leading multiple company-level programs that impact multiple company OKRs.
• 2-5 years of management experience with a proven ability to lead an impactful team of senior managers and ICs.
• A leader who navigates uncertain situations provides direction and frameworks to the function and conveys stability in evolving or uncertain times.
• Expertise in building tracking mechanisms to create an environment of accountability for the working teams progression.
• Strong ability to move the function forward through a mature decision-making process willingly making tough trade-offs on behalf of the organization.
• A leader who fosters a culture that supports people taking well-reasoned risks in service of creating value for Pinners.
• Proven strength in engaging with executive leadership to provide strategic guidance with polished communication skills and thought leadership.
• Demonstrated experience as a power user and extender of an A/B testing / experimentation platform (e.g. internal or external tools homegrown experiment frameworks etc.). This includes shaping schemas and workflows defining launch/guardrail standards and building automation on top of the platform (e.g. Python/SQL scripts dashboards anomaly/holdout reports and launch-review summaries) so it becomes the single source of truth for what shipped what moved the metrics and why.
• 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.
• BS in Engineering or CS or equivalent work 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 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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