Staff Technical Program Manager

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$145,747–$300,067 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$219,100 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $223k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

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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 76 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Technical Program Manager

The Staff Technical Program Manager joins the Advanced Technology Group to direct and scale engineering efforts across organizational boundaries. This role involves leading complex, multi-workstream programs that bridge ML research, platform engineering, infrastructure, safety, and product teams. You will partner with senior product and engineering leaders to translate strategy into actionable workstreams, milestones, and governance. Key responsibilities include driving the path from research to production for model development, evaluation, and serving capacity while defining metrics for quality, cost, and reliability. You will utilize SQL, dashboards, and AI tooling to automate tracking and reporting. The role requires deep technical knowledge of ML/AI systems, including LLM and multimodal model adoption, GPU capacity, and release management to solve complex infrastructure and safety challenges.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?

Median $200000 from 105 postings across 25 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead complex, multi-workstream programs across ML research, platform engineering, infrastructure, and product teams.
  • Translate high-level AI strategy into specific workstreams, staffing requirements, and actionable milestones.
  • Drive the transition of models from research to production, including evaluation, release management, and serving capacity.
  • Define and track key metrics for quality, cost, reliability, and adoption to guide technical decisions.
  • Facilitate technical design forums to identify risks and align senior leadership on project tradeoffs.
  • Build scalable operating mechanisms for planning, intake, launch readiness, and post-mortems across multiple organizations.
  • Use AI tooling to automate program tracking, reporting, and the generation of program insights.
  • Communicate technical status, risks, and strategic decisions to executive and cross-functional partners.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in technical program management, engineering, or related roles.
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Deep technical understanding of ML/AI systems, including training, evaluation, model serving, and platform engineering.
  • Proven ability to partner with and influence VP and Director-level leaders in Product and Engineering.
  • Experience designing planning processes and governance across several organizations.
  • Strong analytical skills including SQL, dashboards, and using data from experiments to drive decisions.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for conveying nuanced technical concepts to executive audiences.
  • Experience with LLM/multimodal model adoption, including adapting open-source models and migrating workloads (preferred).

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