Pinterest

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Ads Performance

Pinterest • $123K — $254K *
US-AnywhereRemote in San Francisco, CA
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years as a Technical Program Manager or related role
  • Strong leadership skills and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Proven track record of driving complex programs
  • Solid technical knowledge of system design and risks
  • Excellent analytical skills using metrics for insights
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to influence and align multiple stakeholders
  • Experience in building scalable cross-functional processes
  • Preferred experience in ads space, data products, and user privacy
  • Demonstrated AI-first execution mindset.

Responsibilities

  • Own program delivery for complex Ads Performance initiatives across teams
  • Transform ambiguous problem areas into program charters and roadmaps
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn opportunities into results
  • Develop new performance capabilities in ads delivery and modeling
  • Support scaling of systems for new formats and markets
  • Influence technical direction and facilitate alignment on architecture
  • Establish best practices for program management and tracking
  • Communicate program status and risks to stakeholders
  • Use GenAI for AI-assisted program execution and modernization
  • Prototype solutions to enhance data-driven decision making.

Benefits

  • Equitable and inclusive workplace culture
  • Flexibility in work style with remote options
  • Gather for collaboration 1-2 times per quarter
  • Access to support and resources for personal and professional growth
  • Eligibility for equity in the company.
Full Job Description
The Ads Performance organization is responsible for maximizing advertiser performance and revenue outcomes through Pinterest's Ads Delivery and Ads Modeling systems. This team drives high-impact, cross-functional work that improves the efficiency, relevance, and scalability of Pinterest's ads stack, helping advertisers achieve measurable results while supporting strong user experiences.

What you'll 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 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 (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 we're 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 we're 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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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$123,684-$254,644 USD

About Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to discover and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 30 languages. The company's mission is to help people discover and do what they love.
Learn more about Pinterest
Size
3,225 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Consumer Technology
Net Income
-$128.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+53.9%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
NASDAQ
PINS
* Ladders Estimates

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