Staff Tech Program Manager, Security & AI-First

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 146,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager in Security to lead complex, cross-functional programs across Product and Engineering. The role emphasizes AI-first execution, governance, risk management, and collaboration with Platforms, Trust & Safety, and Growth to protect users and the business.

We value 10+ years in technical program management, 5+ years in security/risk/compliance, and strong data/cloud experience.

Qualifications

10+ years of technical program management or closely related experience leading large-scale technical programs across multiple teams and stakeholders.
5+ years of information security, risk and/or compliance experience.
5+ years of big data and/or cloud experience.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic Security programs that are complex, ambiguous, and multi-org in nature, with direct ownership of execution across planning, dependency management, decision-making, communications, and outcomes.
Partner with Security leadership and Engineering Leads to run annual strategy planning, translate priorities into an executable roadmap, and define success metrics and leadership reporting.
Drive program development, coordination, and communications across Security and key partners, with Product and Engineering as core strategic partners and close collaboration with Platforms, Trust & Safety, and Growth.
Own the operating cadence for high-priority security initiatives, including clear milestones, governance, risk management, executive updates, and escalation paths.
Help teams deliver improvements across Pinterest systems and processes in areas such as vulnerability management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and separation of development/production management.
Define and improve mechanisms for program health, status reporting, and cross-functional accountability so leadership has a reliable view of progress, risk, and impact.
Create scalable program management practices, tools, and methodologies that raise execution quality across the Security organization.
Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM execution - producing 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 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.