Manager II, Technical Program Management - Ads & Core Infrastructure

Pinterest is a platform where millions of people find creative ideas and plan for memories. The company is making a serious bet on performance advertising, requiring ads infrastructure at a fundamentally different scale. The Platforms TPM team partners with engineering leadership across Ads Infrastructure, Core Foundations, Quality Engineering, and Client Platforms to turn platform strategy into executable programs.

This role owns end-to-end TPM execution for Pinterest's Ads & Core Infrastructure portfolio, including Shopping index scale-out (300M → 1B+ items), next-generation indexing pipelines, catalog and ingestion unification, API modernization, and core infrastructure reliability programs. The TPM Leader will build the execution operating model from the ground up, manage a small team of TPMs, and provide senior leadership coverage for Quality Engineering and Client Foundations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Own end-to-end TPM execution for the Ads & Core Infrastructure portfolio.
• Build the execution operating model: milestones, RAID discipline, decision forums, escalation paths.
• Partner with engineering leaders to define outcomes, sequence workstreams, manage dependencies.
• Manage and develop a small team of TPMs.
• Provide senior leadership coverage for Quality Engineering and Client Foundations.
• Build and run integrated operating cadences across the portfolio.
• Use GenAI as the default operating model for program execution.
• Surface risks and tradeoffs proactively to senior leadership.
• Apply Pinterest's AI governance and safety-by-design standards.

Qualifications include:

• Ads infrastructure experience at scale (indexing, serving, pipeline architecture, catalog systems, or API infrastructure).
• Experience building execution systems where they didn't exist.
• Technical depth with cross-domain range.
• Senior stakeholder management at VP level.
• Execution discipline and people leadership.
• AI-first operating instincts.
• Experience translating strategy into executable multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Bachelor's in a technical discipline or equivalent experience (10+ years).
• 5+ years in a technology people management role.

Compensation: $171,467—$300,067 USD, plus equity. This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. The role is hybrid within the US, with in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6 months.