About Pinterest:

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more. 

Pinterest Technical Program Managers deliver critical & strategic technical outcomes by directing and scaling engineering effort across organizational and functional boundaries. The programs they lead have most or all of these characteristics:

• Strategic importance to Pinterest
• Distributed ownership
• Complexity
• Critical technical area or platform

The right candidate for the Data Governance & Privacy, Technical Program Manager role will be an experienced technical lead for data governance initiatives who can strategize with cross-functional stakeholders, communicate effectively, and drive technical decision-making. This is a multi-faceted role in a data-driven environment so flexibility, technical skills, a strong work ethic, and strong communication are a must.

What you will do:

• Drive Pinterest’s data deletion strategy to comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain user commitments; make strategic decisions based on querying and analyzing data 
• Ownership for data governance across all of Data Engineering to cover AWS S3, workflow, and more
• Support data governance development initiatives that enable product, engineering and tooling improvements across Pinterest systems and processes 
• Communicate & coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to embed data governance controls and policies across the enterprise
• Develop strong partnerships with key stakeholders from data eng (e.g. privacy, machine learning, and logging), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, and Legal
• Identify technology gaps and assist key stakeholders in arriving at a build vs buy decision
• Identify project risks and suggest mitigation measures to meeting goals for data governance

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of data, governance risk and/or compliance experience
• 2+ years of data architecture experience
• Proficiency in querying data using Presto and/or Spark SQL or similar data querying and visualization tools, and using basic analytics for prioritization
• An effective technical communicator. Ability to design documentation structures that precisely communicate requirements, accountability, task assignment, status, progress towards milestones, and overall confidence in program deliverables across multiple teams. Anticipates issues and proposes solutions. 
• A strategic thinker. Continually identifies gaps and areas to improve with proper prioritization and communication to all stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial self-starter. You have the ability to lead and develop a new operation from the ground up and can operate in ambiguity. 
• A Computer Science background is helpful

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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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

$172,500—$258,700 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity:

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, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify accessibility@pinterest.com for support.