Staff Technical Program Manager

at Pinterest

CH, Zurich, Switzerland

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

The Team:

Pinterest Technical Program Managers are proactive owners with technical expertise. They are aligned to the highest level company priorities to support successful delivery of programs within their teams. The Foundations T/PgM Team is responsible for overall program governance in Infrastructure, Infra Finance, Data Engineering and Security, as well as Compliance and managing our cloud budget.

What you’ll do:

As a Staff Technical Program Manager focusing on cross-engineering special projects, you will identify, scope, champion, and land key strategic projects important to advancing Pinterest’s platform and underpinning.
Proactively identify and drive key strategic initiatives with technical domain owners to drive complex technical decisions across multiple teams.
Translate strategic ideas into execution plans, and be accountable to drive them to completion.
Execute at both breadth and depth. At breadth by understanding the big picture, and at depth by being comfortable driving nitty gritty details with multiple teams.
Be a thought leader to your XFN stakeholders by influencing product roadmap during the annual & quarterly planning.
Work cross functionally with Engineering, Security, Data Science, and Product, to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes.
Define new processes from ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders.
Influence teams and build relationships with key stakeholders across disciplines and organizations.
Build effective and transparent communication channels to adaptively communicate schedules, priorities, status and risk to various functional stakeholders at all levels of the company.
Own the success of high-impact programs, ensuring delivery of measurable outcomes through rigorous planning, execution, and accountability.
Mentor others and elevate organizational impact by creating and institutionalizing best practices, tools, and methodologies that advance program management across the company.

What we’re looking for:

5+ years of experience as a technical program manager, or related experience.
Have a track record of leading and delivering complex multi-year initiatives that span multiple teams.
Strong understanding of cloud architectures, DevOps, and systems engineering principles.
Entrepreneurial spirit with strong leadership to identify and champion new initiatives, thriving in ambiguity and building programs from the ground up.
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and mitigate risks through innovative approaches.
Have a track record of successfully influencing executive leadership and representing program interests at the highest levels, providing thought leadership and input to critical decision-making.
Ability to drive strategic vision by analyzing organizational context, anticipating future scenarios, and shaping program roadmaps to align with company-level strategy and OKRs.
Demonstrated experience in creating and driving efficient scalable processes and best practices that enable organizational agility and operational excellence at scale
Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills to influence, build consensus and collaborate with diverse teams.
Foster an inclusive environment by valuing diverse perspectives, maintaining composure in adversity, and modeling courageous, resilient leadership.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices: Zurich.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.