Sr. Technical Program Manager, Developer Experience

The Team: 

Pinterest Technical Program Managers are proactive owners with technical expertise. They are aligned to the highest level company priorities to support successful delivery of programs within their teams.

The Foundations T/PgM Team is responsible for overall program governance in Infrastructure, Infra Finance, Data Engineering and Security, as well as Compliance and managing our cloud budget.

What you’ll do: 

• As a Senior Technical Program Manager focusing on Developer Experience, you will identify, scope, champion, and land key strategic projects important to advance engineering productivity at Pinterest
• Proactively identify and drive key strategic explorations with technical domain owners to drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams
• Translate strategic ideas into execution plans, and be accountable to drive them to completion
• Execute at both breadth and depth. At breadth by understanding the big picture, and at depth by being comfortable driving nitty gritty details with multiple teams
• Be a thought leader to your XFN stakeholders by influencing product roadmap during the annual & quarterly planning 
• Work cross functionally with Engineering, ML, Data Science, and Product, to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes
• Define new processes from ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders
• Influence teams and build relationships with key stakeholders across disciplines and organizations
• Build effective and transparent communication channels to adaptively communicate schedules, priorities, status and risk to various functional stakeholders at all levels of the company 

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience as a technical program manager, or related experience
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership, who can develop and lead a new initiative from the ground up and thrive in ambiguity
• Passion for execution, and getting things done
• Solid technical background and ability to quickly understand technical designs, challenges and risks. Experience breaking down complex problems and driving decision making
• Strong analytical abilities, able to create & monitor metrics, proactively identify growth opportunities & incidents
• Strong written, verbal communication skills and comfort in communicating nuanced, and often technical, concepts to internal stakeholders or external partners 
• Ability to influence teams & drive alignment among multiple stakeholders 
• Demonstrated experience in creating and driving efficient processes at scale
• Proven strength in building rapport with senior leadership with polished communication skills and thought leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as computer science, computer and information technology, or equivalent experience

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 let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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