Senior Staff Technical Program Manager
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