Pinterest - Staff Product Manager, AI Safety
Requirements
• 7+ years of product management experience, with meaningful depth in GenAI/ML, trust & safety, content moderation, or responsible AI • Strong fluency in AI/ML concepts - including generative models, recommendation systems, multi-modal AI, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) • Experience with AI ethics frameworks, responsible AI principles, or relevant regulatory landscapes (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act) • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguous, high-stakes problem spaces with a bias for action • Proficiency in engaging with research, mapping threat models, validating risks, and translating insights into clear product strategies and roadmaps • Excellent communication skills - the ability to articulate complex technical and ethical trade-offs to non-technical audiences and senior leadership, facilitating clear decision-making • Deep empathy for users and a genuine commitment to making the internet safer • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience • 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. • #LI-REMOTE#LI-REX • 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 • $164,695—$339,078 USD • Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Responsibilities
• GenAI Safety Strategy: Own and drive the product roadmap for GenAI safety across Pinterest's AI-powered surfaces, including assisted search, content recommendations, automated moderation, and generative content creation tools • Threat Modeling & Red-Teaming: Lead proactive identification of risks, failure modes, and adversarial attack vectors across AI systems - designing structured red-teaming exercises and evaluation frameworks before and after product launches • Policy-to-Product Translation: Partner closely with Trust & Safety policy, legal, and ethics teams to translate nuanced content guidelines (e.g., self-harm, misinformation, body image) into precise, buildable product requirements and model guardrails • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with engineering, ML, design, data science, policy, legal, comms, and operations teams to define, align, and ship AI safety solutions across global markets and diverse user populations • Evaluation & Measurement: Define and track quantitative safety metrics - including fairness audits, false positive/negative rates, disparate impact analysis, and content harm reduction - to ensure AI systems meet safety standards at scale • Incident Response: Develop and maintain AI safety incident runbooks and escalation frameworks, and lead rapid triage and remediation when AI systems produce harmful or unexpected outputs • Emerging Risk Anticipation: Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving AI landscape to identify safety implications of new capabilities (e.g., multi-modal generation, synthetic media, agentic AI) and proactively build extensible safety infrastructure to address unknown future applications • Global & Cultural Sensitivity: Ensure AI safety approaches account for the needs, norms, and contexts of Pinterest's diverse global user base - avoiding one-size-fits-all solutions and centering equity in safety design • User & Employee Wellbeing: Champion the safety and psychological wellbeing of both users who encounter harmful content and internal teams (content reviewers, T&S specialists) who work on the front lines of content safety
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