Staff TPM: AI & ML Platform Leadership

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager for the Advanced Technology Group to lead cross-functional ML/AI programs and scale engineering efforts across research, platform, and product teams.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to translate AI strategy into actionable roadmaps, staffing, and milestones, while overseeing release management, capacity planning, and governance across organizations. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making and executive communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical program management or related roles.
• Deep technical understanding of ML/AI systems (training, evaluation, model serving, GPU capacity).
• Experience with LLM/multimodal model adoption and migration between providers.
• Ability to partner with VP and Director-level leaders in Product and Engineering and influence strategy and prioritization.
• Strong written and verbal communication for executive audiences.
• Experience designing planning processes and governance across multiple organizations.
• Strong data-driven decision making with SQL and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-workstream programs across ML research, platform engineering, infrastructure, safety/compliance, and product, aligned under one roadmap, metrics, and governance.
• Partner with VPs of Product and Engineering to translate strategy into workstreams, staffing, milestones, and decisions.
• Drive the path from research to production: model development, evaluation, release management, serving capacity, adoption by product teams.
• Define and track metrics and guardrails (quality, cost, reliability, adoption, cycle time) and use them to drive decisions.
• Run technical design and decision forums; identify risks and tradeoffs early and align senior leaders on a path forward.
• Build operating mechanisms that scale across teams working at different paces.
• Use AI tools to automate tracking, reporting, and program insights.
• Communicate status, risks, and decisions to executives and cross-functional partners.

Skills

SQL

Dashboards

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

LLM evaluation frameworks

Model deployment tools

GPU tooling

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager for the Advanced Technology Group to lead cross-functional ML/AI programs and scale engineering efforts across research, platform, and product teams.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to translate AI strategy into actionable roadmaps, staffing, and milestones, while overseeing release management, capacity planning, and governance across organizations. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making and executive communication.