Staff Technical Program Manager

• Lead strategic Security programs that are complex, ambiguous, and multi-org in nature, with direct ownership of execution across planning, dependency management, decision-making, communications, and outcomes.
• Partner with Security leadership and Engineering Leads to run annual strategy planning, translate priorities into an executable roadmap, and define success metrics and leadership reporting.
• Drive program development, coordination, and communications across Security and key partners, with Product and Engineering as core strategic partners and close collaboration with Platforms, Trust & Safety, and Growth.
• Own the operating cadence for high-priority security initiatives, including clear milestones, governance, risk management, executive updates, and escalation paths.
• Help teams deliver improvements across Pinterest systems and processes in areas such as vulnerability management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and separation of development/production management.
• Create scalable program management practices, tools, and methodologies that raise execution quality across the Security organization.
• Use GenAI as the default operating model for EP PgM execution—producing AI-assisted first drafts of core program artifacts, modernizing high-toil workflows into AI-first mechanisms (e.g., intake triage, status synthesis, action/decision extraction, risk & dependency tracking), and synthesizing signals to proactively surface risks, decision/trade-offs, and escalation paths.

• 10+ years of technical program management or closely related experience leading large-scale technical programs across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• 5+ years of information security, risk and/or compliance experience
• 5+ years of big data and/or cloud experience
• Strong technical fluency and judgment, with the ability to understand system tradeoffs, identify technical risks early, and partner effectively with engineering leaders on complex decisions.
• Experience building metrics, health frameworks, and executive reporting that connect program execution to business and organizational outcomes.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred: security programs, abuse/anti-automation, fraud or invalid traffic, account security, PCI/compliance, vulnerability management, business continuity, disaster recovery, or access/control governance.
• B.S Degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience.

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex security programs, with a focus on strategic planning, risk management, and cross-organizational collaboration. Proficient in developing metrics and reporting frameworks that align program execution with business outcomes.

• Technical Program Management
• Information Security Experience
• Risk Management
• Cloud Experience
• Metrics and Executive Reporting

• Program Development
• Vulnerability Management
• Business Continuity
• Disaster Recovery
• Governance
• Risk Management
• Technical Fluency
• AI-Assisted Program Management
• Data Analysis
• System Tradeoff Analysis

• Leadership
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Decision-Making
• Strategic Thinking

• Security Programs
• Compliance
• PCI
• Fraud Prevention
• Access Control Governance

• GenAI
• Cloud Platforms
• Big Data Technologies
• Program Management Tools
• Health Frameworks