Staff Technical Program Manager

About the role

This role establishes and owns Pinterest's AI Compliance program, focused on GenAI risk mitigation, and coordinates technical compliance work across Legal, Security, Privacy, Data Engineering and Product within the EPD Compliance Technical Program Management team. It suits a senior technical program manager with at least 8 years of TPM experience in Compliance or Trust & Safety programs and a strong technical background.

What you'll do

• Establish, own and iterate on the AI Product Governance and Risk Management Framework, integrating it across relevant engineering and product teams.
• Partner with Legal to translate emerging global AI regulations into engineering requirements, compliance plans and a unified roadmap.
• Establish and improve risk management systems, including internal responsible AI policies, AI safety principles and compliance metrics.
• Improve Pinterest's ability to mitigate AI development risks through internal platforms and infrastructure.
• Act as central compliance TPM lead, driving consensus across Legal, Security, Privacy, Data Engineering and Product teams on distributed AI risks.
• Incorporate AI compliance program status into leadership risk management reporting.
• Establish tracking and review processes for GenAI risk acceptance and open-source (OSS) model usage.
• Use AI tools to turn ambiguous cross-functional inputs into execution artifacts such as charters, milestones, DRIs, launch readiness checklists, decision docs and exec-ready status.
• Develop internal policies for responsible AI practices and define AI safety principles.

What you'll need

• Experience using AI tools to improve TPM throughput and clarity across multi-team, many-stakeholder programs, including dependency and risk identification, structured tradeoff framing and stakeholder communications.
• Judgment using AI in high-stakes, fast-moving environments where outputs must be verified, and ability to influence partners to adopt repeatable AI-enabled mechanisms tied to business outcomes.
• Minimum 8 years of experience as a technical program manager supporting Compliance or Trust & Safety programs, or related experience.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership, able to develop and lead a new initiative from the ground up and thrive in ambiguity.
• Passion for execution and getting things done.
• Solid technical background, ability to quickly understand technical designs, challenges and risks, and experience breaking down complex problems and driving decisions.
• Strong analytical abilities to create and monitor metrics and proactively identify growth opportunities and incidents.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining nuanced, technical concepts to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Ability to influence teams and drive alignment among multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience creating and driving efficient processes at scale.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as computer science, computer and information technology, or equivalent experience.

Benefits listed by Pinterest

• Equity eligibility
• Benefits information available through Pinterest's culture and benefits page

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