Staff Technical Program Manager

Pinterest

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$145,747–$300,067 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $207k
This role $223k
$127k most similar roles pay here $319k

This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $185,000–$228,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $223k versus about $207k for comparable roles.

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About Pinterest

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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TL;DR · Staff Technical Program Manager

Staff Technical Program Manager The Staff Technical Program Manager joins the Platforms TPM organization to partner with Experimentation, ML, LLM/GenAI, and Data Infrastructure teams. This role focuses on creating a coherent measurement program across these diverse technical domains. You will drive the experimentation roadmap, manage cost and compute efficiency for machine learning systems, and oversee evaluation frameworks for LLM and GenAI systems. Day-to-day responsibilities include optimizing Presto queries for analytics agents, managing cost attribution for shared infrastructure, and developing prioritization frameworks to navigate a complex portfolio. The role requires expertise in experimentation platforms, ML systems, LLM infrastructure, and data platforms. You will solve critical problems regarding how the company measures product experiments, evaluates coding models, and manages shopping infrastructure while building transparent communication channels to align leadership and partner teams on status, risk, and impact.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Remote?

Median $210285 from 30 postings across 17 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Drive Pinterest's experimentation roadmap to accelerate how teams test, learn, and ship new ideas at scale.
  • Manage the program for cost and compute efficiency across machine learning systems and data science workflows.
  • Lead cost optimization and evaluation for LLM and GenAI systems to ensure they are fast and affordable.
  • Optimize Presto queries and support analytics agents to maintain reliable data infrastructure.
  • Measure GenAI-driven productivity and develop evaluation frameworks for coding models.
  • Manage cost attribution and usage tracking across shared infrastructure to clarify investment priorities.
  • Develop repeatable prioritization frameworks to manage a wide, rapidly changing portfolio of technical projects.
  • Establish transparent communication channels to align leadership and partner teams on status, risk, and impact.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5+ years of experience as a technical program manager.
  • Experience managing broad, high-visibility portfolios and leading complex, multi-team initiatives is required.
  • Ability to build order out of ambiguity and make confident prioritization decisions with incomplete information.
  • Knowledge or ability to quickly learn experimentation platforms, ML systems, LLM infrastructure, or data platforms.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills focused on pragmatic, creative solutions.
  • Proven track record of earning trust with executive leadership and representing program interests at high levels.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience.

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