Pinterest - Manager II, Technical Program Management - Ads & Core Infrastructure

• Ads infrastructure experience, for real. You've worked inside an ads platform, indexing, serving, pipeline architecture, catalog systems, or API infrastructure at a company operating at scale. You know what scaling a product index to 1B+ items actually requires. You can have a technical conversation with a principal engineer about tradeoffs without needing a translator. • Ads infrastructure experience, for real. • You've built execution systems where they didn't exist. You've come into a portfolio or team where the operating model was missing or broken, diagnosed it quickly, and built the structure that let teams move with confidence. You know how to establish the minimum viable execution system and iterate, you don't wait for perfect information to start. • You've built execution systems where they didn't exist. • Technical depth with cross-domain range. Your core is ads infrastructure or platform-scale data systems, but you ramp quickly into adjacent technical domains such as APIs, client platforms, reliability infrastructure and become credible there. Strong engineers trust your judgment even outside your primary background. • Technical depth with cross-domain range. • Senior stakeholder management. You communicate at VP level without preparation time. You frame tradeoffs, drive alignment, and surface risks in the same conversation. You're proactive, not reactive, and engineering leaders seek you out rather than tolerate you. • Senior stakeholder management. • Execution discipline others can feel. When you're running a program, people know it. Milestones are real. Risks surface before they become incidents. You create a forcing function that makes teams better at delivery just by being in the room. • Execution discipline others can feel. • People leadership without losing hands-on credibility. You've managed TPMs and made them better set direction, coached on craft, created leverage without losing the ability to be the most rigorous person in the room on your highest-stakes programs. • People leadership without losing hands-on credibility. • AI-first operating instincts. You default to AI-assisted drafts, prompts, and lightweight tooling to accelerate your own work and reduce team toil. You apply strong judgment to validate outputs and know when AI use needs additional controls. • AI-first operating instincts. • Experience translating strategy into executable multi-quarter roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes across multi-team portfolios. • Bachelors in a technical discipline, or equivalent experience (10+ years in a technical, program or analytical role) • 5+ years experience in a technology people management role (engineering manager, product manager, program manager or technical consulting engagement manager) • 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 recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. • This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country. • 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 • $171,467—$300,067 USD • Our Commitment to Inclusion: