Sr. Technical Program Manager, Ads Performance

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The Ads Performance organization is responsible for maximizing advertiser performance and revenue outcomes through Pinterests Ads Delivery and Ads Modeling systems. This team drives high-impact cross-functional work that improves the efficiency relevance and scalability of Pinterests ads stack helping advertisers achieve measurable results while supporting strong user experiences.

What youll do:

• Own end-to-end program delivery for complex Ads Performance initiatives driving planning execution and launch across multiple teams with clear goals milestones and success metrics aligned to monetization outcomes and company OKRs.
• Turn ambiguous problem spaces into clear program charters roadmaps and decision points while proactively identifying and resolving gaps in ownership requirements resourcing and data readiness.
• Partner closely with Engineering Product Data Science Design Analytics Sales Business Development Research and Product Marketing to align stakeholders and turn opportunities into actionable outcomes.
• Drive development of new performance capabilities across ads delivery and modeling including initiatives related to bidding ranking optimization and other strategies that improve ROI and user experience.
• Help scale existing systems to support new surfaces formats markets and use cases while maintaining reliability latency and cost efficiency.
• Influence technical direction and tradeoff decisions by facilitating alignment on architecture surfacing risks and uncertainties early and helping teams navigate decisions across accuracy latency experimentation rigor privacy and measurement needs.
• Build durable program mechanisms and best practices including intake prioritization RAID tracking decision logs launch criteria and post-launch learning loops.
• Communicate program state risks and recommendations clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership and proactively escalate when broader alignment or decisions are needed.
• 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.

What were looking for:

• 5 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or in a related role.
• Strong leadership skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to lead new initiatives from the ground up in ambiguous environments.
• Passion for execution and a track record of driving large complex programs to completion.
• Solid technical background with the ability to understand system design technical challenges and risks and to break down complex problems to drive decisions.
• Strong analytical skills including experience using metrics and data to identify opportunities risks and incidents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain nuanced technical concepts to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence teams and drive alignment across multiple stakeholders and organizations.
• Experience building scalable processes and operating mechanisms in cross-functional environments.
• Preferred: experience in the ads space especially across ads ecosystems measurement APIs data pipelines integrations or data products. Understanding of user privacy is a plus.
• Demonstrated AI-first execution mindset including the ability to use GenAI to accelerate planning communications workflows and decision-making while applying strong judgment and operating within governance expectations.

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 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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