Staff Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure
Quick summary
- Work type
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
- Salary
- $145,747–$300,067 / yr
- Posted
- 7 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live 2 days ago
Market check
Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $185,000–$234,175 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $223k versus about $210k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.
Pinterest currently has 82 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $164,695–$337,990 across 82 roles with salary data.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Staff Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure
The Staff Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure joins the Platform Team to oversee program governance across infrastructure, data engineering, security, and cloud budget management. This role focuses on cross-engineering special projects where you will translate high-level strategy into milestone-driven execution plans, influence product roadmaps using data-informed perspectives, and build scalable processes to improve organizational agility. You will manage end-to-end program outcomes, ensuring clear communication across engineering, production, and legal teams while mitigating risks for complex migrations and multi-year initiatives. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in cloud architecture, systems engineering, and AWS resource optimization. Required skills include technical leadership, analytical problem-solving, and proficiency in workflow design involving scripting, building dashboards, and leveraging AI agents to create low-toil mechanisms. You will solve critical infrastructure challenges by aligning technical trade-offs with overarching company priorities and strategic goals.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Remote?
Median $210285 from 30 postings across 17 companies.
Skills
What you'll do
- Translate high-level strategic platform priorities into structured, milestone-driven execution plans for engineering teams.
- Influence product and platform roadmap decisions during annual and quarterly planning cycles using data-informed perspectives.
- Define and institutionalize scalable program management processes, frameworks, and tools to improve organizational efficiency.
- Establish transparent communication channels across Engineering, Product, Security, and Legal departments to report status and risks.
- Manage high-impact programs from end-to-end by proactively mitigating risks and ensuring measurable delivery.
- Develop durable, low-toil mechanisms using AI tools, scripts, and dashboards to improve operational throughput.
- Identify, scope, and lead complex cross-engineering special projects to advance infrastructure and data systems.
What we're looking for
- Must have 8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or in a related role.
- Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field.
- Must have a working understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure, data systems, and DevOps principles.
- Must demonstrate the ability to influence senior leadership and build relationships across diverse teams.
- Must be able to translate high-level strategy into structured, milestone-driven execution plans for engineering teams.
- Must possess strong analytical problem-solving skills to navigate complexity and mitigate risks proactively.
- Must have experience building scalable processes and best practices to improve organizational agility.
- Must demonstrate AI fluency, including prompting, writing scripts, and leveraging agents to improve operational throughput.
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