Director, Marketing PMO & AI-Driven Programs

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 178,561 - 367,626; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Director of Marketing Project and Program Management to lead a high-impact PMO and its AI-enabled technology stack. You will govern across marketing events, portfolio planning, and cross-functional collaboration with creative teams, branding, and finance.

You will build a lean, high-leverage team, drive governance, and design hybrid project management methodologies to balance agility with long-cycle programs.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in project management within marketing, creative, or communications.
• Proven ability to partner across creative, marketing, communications and brand disciplines.
• Experience running a PMO as a neutral governance function with process authority.
• Experience designing a hybrid PM methodology (agile and long-cycle) in marketing.
• Experience governing a marketing events portfolio including flagship events.
• Experience leading a project portfolio with capacity modeling and senior stakeholder engagement with Finance.
• Hands-on experience building or deploying AI-powered workflows in operations.
• Experience monitoring vendor health and making build/buy recommendations.
• Experience building PMO teams with governance focus.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Marketing PMO Team and mature governance practices.
• Govern the marketing events portfolio; ensure milestones, risks, and blockers are managed.
• Own governance through a neutral PMO system; enable business stakeholders as primary owners.
• Lead portfolio prioritization with business management and Finance to inform resource decisions.
• Hire and develop project managers; define metrics and cadences for performance.

Skills

Project management

PMO governance

Marketing events

AI-powered workflows

Stakeholder management

Portfolio management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Director of Marketing Project and Program Management to lead a high-impact PMO and its AI-enabled technology stack. You will govern across marketing events, portfolio planning, and cross-functional collaboration with creative teams, branding, and finance.

You will build a lean, high-leverage team, drive governance, and design hybrid project management methodologies to balance agility with long-cycle programs.