Senior Staff Technical Program Manager

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead company-level Ads & Monetization programs. You will influence senior leaders, drive cross-functional alignment, and embed AI into workflows while ensuring accountability for outcomes.

You will shape roadmaps, manage dependencies, and mentor teams across product, engineering, data science, and design to deliver high-impact initiatives that move revenue and user value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management leading company-level programs that impact revenue.
• Experience leading large-scale ads/marketplace or ML/AI programs.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and align multiple orgs on high-risk initiatives.
• Contribute to company-level product/tech roadmaps with clear outcomes and durable execution plans.
• Expertise building accountability systems: metrics, governance, dependency tracking, executive reporting.
• Technical judgment to guide engineering through complex tradeoffs without being the primary designer.
• Experience using AI to speed up day-to-day program work with clear data privacy guardrails.
• BS in Engineering, CS, Data Science, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional efforts across product, engineering, data science, design, and go-to-market to deliver complex Ads programs.
• Own the metrics and accountability framework tying delivery to performance and experimentation.
• Establish decision frameworks, surface tradeoffs, manage dependencies, and accelerate alignment among executives.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship, sharing best practices and creating reusable tools for the TPM org.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Ads & Marketplace Systems

AI/ML Integration

Influencing Senior Leaders

Accountability Frameworks

Data Platforms

Roadmap Planning

Risk Evaluation

Cross-Functional Leadership

Measurement Systems

Education

BS in Engineering/CS/Data Science or equivalent

Tools

AI Tools

Measurement Systems

Reporting Tools

Data Analysis Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

• Lead company-level programs within Ads & Monetization — including areas such as Auction & Marketplace, Measurement & Attribution, Formats, and new surfaces — with direct impact on multiple company OKRs.
• Identify opportunities to drive long-term business innovation and differentiation within Ads; anticipate business, technical, and regulatory issues that impact Pinterest’s monetization strategy.
• Influence at the VP level: provide strategic input to leadership decision-making, drive alignment across orgs, and lead through technical credibility and communication — not through a management hierarchy.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Design, and Go-to-Market teams to deliver complex, vague, and strategically important Ads programs.
• Own the metrics and accountability framework for your programs: connect delivery, performance, experimentation, and measurement signals into a clear source of truth for what shipped, what moved the metrics, and why.
• Bring structure and decision velocity to ambiguous, high-stakes work by establishing decision frameworks, surfacing tradeoffs, managing dependencies, and increasing alignment speed across executive and cross-functional teams.
• Exercise technical judgment equivalent to an L16 SWE: evaluate complex technical approaches, anticipate failure modes, sequence risky elements to fail fast, and guide teams in solving complex technical challenges across orgs.
• Embed AI tools into program workflows to accelerate synthesis, planning, reporting, and repeatable workflows, applying appropriate judgment, verification, and privacy guardrails.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship: share best practices, create reusable tools and methodologies for the broader TPM org, and mentor PgMs and ICs across the company.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical program management or related experience leading company-level programs that directly impact business-critical objectives and revenue.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale programs in ads, marketplace systems, machine learning/AI, ranking, recommendation systems, experimentation, measurement, data platforms, or similarly complex technical domains.
• Track record of influencing senior leaders (VP/SVP/estaff) and aligning multiple organizations on programs of notable risk, complexity, and ambiguity.
• Experience contributing to product or technology roadmaps at the company level, translating ambiguous business opportunities into clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and durable execution plans.
• Expertise in building accountability systems across teams without a formal management structure: metric frameworks, roadmap tracking, launch governance, dependency management, and executive-level reporting.
• Technical judgment and communication skills that allow you to guide engineering teams through complex tradeoffs, anticipate risks, and evaluate technical approaches without being the primary designer.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day program work, with a clear approach to validating accuracy, protecting sensitive data, and maintaining accountability for final decisions.
• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent work experience.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex Ads and Monetization programs, leveraging technical judgment and strategic influence to drive alignment across cross-functional teams. Proficient in establishing accountability frameworks and utilizing AI tools to enhance program workflows and decision-making.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Technical Program Management
• Ads and Marketplace Systems
• AI and Machine Learning Integration
• Influencing Senior Leaders
• Accountability Framework Development

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Technical Program Management
• Ads and Marketplace Systems
• Machine Learning
• Data Platforms
• Experimentation
• Metric Frameworks
• Roadmap Tracking
• Dependency Management
• Risk Evaluation
• Decision Frameworks

Soft Skills

• Strategic Communication
• Mentorship
• Influencing Skills
• Collaboration
• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• Monetization Strategy
• Business Innovation
• Cross-Functional Alignment
• Executive-Level Reporting
• Product Roadmaps

Tools & Technologies

• AI Tools
• Measurement Systems
• Reporting Tools
• Data Analysis Tools
• Project Management Software