Sr. Technical Program Manager, Curation

Company: Pinterest
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 13, 2025

Job Description:

About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.Sr. Technical Program Manager,Future of Curation
Pinterest Technical Program Managers deliver critical & strategic outcomes by directing and scaling engineering effort across organizational and functional boundaries.
In this role, you'll drive revisitation - empowering users to make progress in their inspiration action journeys by resurfacing their boards and saves, helping them pick up where they left off & building on previously saved ideas to inspire new opportunities. You'll partner with teams across the company, and think strategically about opportunities to drive visitation, engagement, retention & revenue across surfaces.
This is a critical pillar of our Curation strategy, and an opportunity to drive meaningful top-line impact for Pinners and Pinterest.
Pinterest is looking for an experienced and motivated Sr. Technical Program Manager to drive the future of Curation. Questions you'll have to tackle in partnership with Engineering, Product, and Design include: 1/ How might we evolve Boards to accelerate Pinners' inspiration journeys so they can find what they're looking for faster? 2/ How might we build better signals and models specific to helping Pinners in their Curation journeys? 3/ What is the next horizon for Boards?
Pinners love Pinterest because it provides them a way to express themselves through Curation, but there is so much untapped potential in the Curation ecosystem. This role plays a critical part in both shaping Pinterest's Curation strategy and also driving meaningful top-line impact for Pinners and Pinterest.

What you'll do:

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• Proactively identify and drive key strategic programs and workstreams
  
• Translate strategic ideas into execution plans, and be accountable to drive them to completion
  
• Drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams
  
• Be a thought leader to your cross-functional stakeholders by influencing the product roadmap during annual planning
  
• Work cross functionally with engineering, product, design, data analytics, and product marketing to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes
  
• Define new processes from ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders
  
• Influence teams and build relationships with key stakeholders across disciplines and organizations
  
• Build effective and transparent communication channels to adaptively communicate schedules, priorities, status and risk to various functional stakeholders at all levels of the company
  
  
  What we're looking for:
  
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  • 5+ years of experience as a technical program manager, or related experience
    
  • Bachelors degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
    
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership, who can develop and lead a new initiative from the ground up and thrive in ambiguity
    
  • Passion for execution and getting things done with a focus on streamlining process across disparate groups
    
  • Solid technical background and ability to quickly understand technical designs, challenges and risks. Experience breaking down complex problems and driving decision making.
    
  • Strong analytical abilities, able to create & monitor metrics, proactively identify growth opportunities & incidents
    
  • Strong written, verbal communication skills and comfort in communicating nuanced, and often technical, concepts to internal stakeholders or external partners
    
  • Ability to influence teams & drive alignment among multiple stakeholders
    
  • Demonstrated experience in creating and driving efficient processes at scale
    
  • Proven ability to manage competing priorities across teams
    
    
    Relocation Statement:
    
    
    This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our page to learn more about our working model.
    
    
    In-Office Requirement Statement:
    

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    • 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.
      
      
      #LI-REMOTE
      #LI-DM57At 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 .US based applicants only$120,082-$247,228 USDOur Commitment to Inclusion:
      Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please completefor support.
      
      

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