Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, GenAI

San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US

Full-Time

Senior (7+ yrs)

Operations & Project Management

Posted on January 13, 2026

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

The Team

Pinterest is transforming software engineering for the AI-native era. We’re evolving how engineers build, review, validate, deploy, and operate software by combining best-in-class AI tooling with strong technical standards and scalable operating mechanisms. Our AI Native Software Engineering effort is focused first on making software engineering across Pinterest’s mono-repos, AI native while accelerating existing productivity investments.

What You’ll Do

Lead company-wide programs that improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding, validation, code review, and deployment safety.
Drive the roadmap and operating model for AI-native engineering practices across Pinterest.
Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, and product teams to standardize best practices for AI-assisted development workflows.
Define and operationalize scorecards, metrics, and guardrails across productivity, adoption, quality, reliability, and cost.
Navigate ambiguity, align senior stakeholders, and turn emerging opportunities into durable multi-quarter execution plans.
Communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior technical and executive audiences.

What We’re Looking For

Significant experience leading large, cross-functional technical programs with company-level impact.
Strong technical fluency in developer workflows, engineering systems, platform/tooling, or software infrastructure.
Track record driving engineering productivity or transformation programs across multiple organizations.
Excellent judgment in balancing speed, quality, safety, and cost.
Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and executive influence skills.
Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, developer agents, platform adoption, or software delivery transformation is strongly preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience.

This is a rare opportunity to help define how software gets built at Pinterest in the AI era. You’ll shape the systems, standards, and adoption strategy that enable engineers to move faster with confidence, and your work will directly influence long-term engineering effectiveness across the company.

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.

#LI-REMOTE

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

$163,639—$336,903 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

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