Technical Program Manager II, Shopping Platforms

Summary

Pinterest is a platform that helps people discover creative ideas and plan meaningful experiences. The Technical Program Manager II will independently drive Shopping catalog and indexing programs, coordinate cross-team dependencies, manage execution cadences and dashboards, and use AI-assisted tools to improve program operations and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Independently drive a well-defined portfolio of Shopping catalog and indexing programs, keeping engineering owners, timelines, and dependencies on track
• Run the day-to-day working-team cadence including standups, planning, decision-tracking, and documentation, so the team stays aligned on priorities and next steps
• Build and maintain program dashboards and reporting that give engineering and cross-functional stakeholders a clear view of progress, risk, and decisions
• Manage cross-team dependencies with partner teams across catalog, indexing, retrieval, serving, and ads quality
• Communicate clearly in writing and verbally across
• Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM execution—producing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts, modernizing high-toil workflows into AI-first mechanisms (e.g., intake triage, status synthesis, action/decision extraction, risk & dependency tracking), and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks, decision/trade-offs, and escalation paths
• Prototype solutions to augment decisions through data (e.g. dashboards, data analysis) or simplify processes (e.g. process and workflow helpers, or internal tools) using AI coding assistants (“vibe coding”)
• Follow Pinterest AI guidance for risk, governance, and safety-by-design: appropriately handle sensitive data, validate AI-generated outputs, document assumptions/limits, and ensure AI-assisted workflows meet applicable policy/compliance expectations before broad adoption

Skills

• 2–4 years of TPM experience independently driving technical programs to completion, ideally within infrastructure, platform, or data-adjacent environments
• Solid foundational understanding of distributed systems concepts — services, streaming pipelines, batch vs real-time processing
• Strong execution and follow-through, with a track record of running multiple concurrent workstreams without dropping the ball
• Comfortable working with data — building dashboards, tracking metrics, and turning progress into clear status updates
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with experience managing cross-team dependencies and stakeholder expectations
• Experience with ads, monetization, streaming systems (Flink/Kafka), or financial-controls processes is a plus; willingness to learn the domain is essential
• Workflow design, AI fluency, data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g., strong prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools, dashboards, data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate)
• Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment, data handling, model/output validation, auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires additional controls
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance
• 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
• US based applicants only

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2–4 years of TPM experience independently driving technical programs to completion, ideally within infrastructure, platform, or data-adjacent environments
• Solid foundational understanding of distributed systems concepts — services, streaming pipelines, batch vs real-time processing
• Strong execution and follow-through, with a track record of running multiple concurrent workstreams without dropping the ball
• Comfortable working with data — building dashboards, tracking metrics, and turning progress into clear status updates
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with experience managing cross-team dependencies and stakeholder expectations
• Experience with ads, monetization, streaming systems (Flink/Kafka), or financial-controls processes is a plus; willingness to learn the domain is essential
• Workflow design, AI fluency, data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g., strong prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools, dashboards, data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate)
• Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment, data handling, model/output validation, auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires additional controls
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance
• 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
• US based applicants only

Benefits

• The position is also eligible for equity.
• 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.