Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Search Signals

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As a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager for Search Signals at Pinterest, you will lead company-level programs that are foundational to Pinterest’s strategic transformation into a shopping and inspiration platform. This role is responsible for driving innovation and execution across offsite signals, content understanding, and relevance, with direct impact on multiple company OKRs. You will operate at the intersection of technical depth, cross-org influence, and long-term business strategy, shaping the future of search and personalization at Pinterest.

What you’ll do

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Envision and trailblaze the company’s approach to leveraging offsite and onsite signals, anticipating future business, technical, and regulatory challenges.
• Drive the creation and evolution of the company-wide roadmap for signals, aligning business objectives with technical capabilities and directly impacting multiple company OKRs.
• Identify opportunities for long-term business innovation and differentiation, ensuring Pinterest remains at the forefront of search and recommendation technologies.

Program Execution & Outcomes

• Oversee and deliver company-level programs that span multiple organizations, managing ambiguity and risk at scale.
• Lead the technical execution and delivery of signals initiatives, ensuring on-time, high-quality results across interconnected projects.
• Develop and achieve program-specific metrics and targets, driving the resolution of complex technical and program management challenges through conceptual and innovative thinking.

Influence & Cross-Org Leadership

• Influence at the VP/staff level, providing thought leadership in program and product management across Pinterest.
• Guide and motivate teams, fostering an environment of accountability, inclusion, and high performance.
• Serve as

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here .

US based applicants only
$163,639 — $336,903 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion

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