Staff Technical Program Manager, Identity and Product Safety

Pinterest

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$123,684–$254,644 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $201k
This role $189k
$108k most similar roles pay here $270k

This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $177,250–$224,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $189k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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, Identity and Product Safety

Staff Technical Program Manager, Identity and Product Safety joins a cross-functional team to protect user experience by managing programs centered on account integrity, abuse prevention, and safety for sensitive populations. This role involves owning multi-year roadmaps for identity and access management, hardening account recovery, reducing bots, and ensuring compliance with youth safety regulations. The individual will partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Operations to translate complex technical problems into actionable programs while defining metrics that connect engineering work to real outcomes like reduced spam and improved detection. Key requirements include expertise in trust and safety, security, or anti-abuse domains, along with proficiency in using generative AI as a primary tool for drafting roadmaps and synthesizing data. The role requires navigating ambiguity to manage large-scale infrastructure projects while ensuring high standards for account security and integrity.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?

Median $211325 from 72 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage multi-year roadmaps for identity protection, account security, and bot mitigation across multiple teams.
  • Design and implement technical mechanisms to protect users from scams, fraud, and other platform abuses.
  • Lead initiatives to improve age detection and ensure compliance with youth safety regulations.
  • Provide technical leadership by clarifying risks and trade-offs for engineers and data scientists on complex safety problems.
  • Establish program governance through health checks, risk management, and clear communication for executive stakeholders.
  • Define and track metrics that connect engineering work to real outcomes like reduced account takeovers.
  • Utilize generative AI tools to automate project management tasks and improve the quality of program artifacts.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in technical program management or a similar role driving large, cross-functional engineering programs.
  • Experience in trust & safety, security, identity, integrity, or related problem spaces like anti-abuse and fraud at scale.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Ability to ramp up on complex technical domains such as identity management, large-scale detection systems, and infrastructure.
  • Proven track record of delivering multi-quarter programs with multiple teams, dependencies, and stakeholders across organizations.
  • Strong command of program governance including charters, milestones, risk management, and metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to use generative AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work while ensuring accuracy.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to distill complex technical issues into clear narratives for diverse audiences.

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