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Senior Staff Technical Program Manager

San FranciscoFull-time$164k2026-08-11 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United States

Core

Lead company-level programs for search signals, offsite data integration, and AI-driven personalization to transform Pinterest into a shopping and inspiration platform.

Role type

Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager (Search Signals & AI)

Builds

Company-wide roadmap for search signals, offsite data pipelines, and AI model integration (LLMs, VLMs)

Domain

Search, Recommendation Systems, Machine Learning, Data Integration

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Strategic program leadership, cross-org influence, technical judgment in search/ML/AI, AI-first workflow design, GenAI tooling, data governance, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

Offsite signal acquisition, internationalization, low-level search product experience, external data partner negotiation

Technologies

LLMs, VLMs, recommender systems, GenAI, AI coding assistants

Responsibilities

Envision and drive the company-wide roadmap for search signals; oversee delivery of multi-org programs spanning data acquisition and model integration; influence VP/staff level stakeholders; evangelize AI-first execution models and safety-by-design practices; prototype AI-powered tools for program operations

Seniority

Sr. Staff, company-level strategy & execution