[Remote] Staff Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and innovation, and they are seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to oversee cross-engineering special projects. The role involves translating strategic priorities into execution plans, influencing product roadmaps, and ensuring successful delivery of high-impact programs.

Responsibilities

• Translate Strategy into Execution — Convert strategic platform priorities into structured, milestone-driven execution plans; operating at both breadth (big picture vision) and depth (driving granular details with engineering teams) to ensure nothing falls through the cracks
• Shape Planning & Influence Roadmaps — Serve as a thought leader to cross-functional stakeholders during annual and quarterly planning cycles; influencing product and platform roadmap decisions with data-informed perspectives and a deep understanding of organizational priorities and technical tradeoffs
• Build Scalable Processes & Best Practices — Define, institutionalize, and continuously improve program management processes, frameworks, and tooling; elevating organizational execution capability and enabling teams to operate with greater agility, consistency, and efficiency at scale
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment & Communication — Build transparent, adaptive communication channels across Engineering, Capacity Eng, Production Eng, Product, Security, and Legal; ensuring stakeholders at all levels; from ICs to executives, have timely, accurate visibility into priorities, status, risks, and decisions
• Own Program Outcomes End-to-End — Take full accountability for the success of high-impact programs, ensuring measurable delivery through rigorous planning, proactive risk mitigation, and relentless follow-through; representing program interests at the highest levels of the organization

Skills

• 8+ years of TPM or related experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Proven track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-year initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams and organizations
• Demonstrated ability to use GenAI to meaningfully accelerate program planning, operations, and stakeholder communication
• Experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil mechanisms
• Comfortable operating within AI governance expectations, including risk assessment, sensitive data handling, model output validation, and auditability
• Working understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure and data systems or delivery platforms
• Strong ability to analyze organizational context, anticipate future scenarios, and shape program roadmaps aligned to company-level strategy and OKRs
• Demonstrated success influencing senior and executive leadership
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a track record of using data, innovative approaches, and structured frameworks to navigate complexity
• Demonstrated experience creating and driving efficient, scalable processes and best practices
• Outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Benefits

• The position is also eligible for equity.
• Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

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