Staff Technical Program Manager

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Staff Technical Program Manager leading complex security programs at Pinterest. Collaborating across multiple teams to manage risks and ensure compliance in a technology-driven environment.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $145,747 - $300,067 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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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.

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Technical Program ManagementInformation Security ExperienceRisk ManagementCloud ExperienceMetrics and Executive Reporting

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Hard Skills

Program DevelopmentVulnerability ManagementBusiness ContinuityDisaster RecoveryGovernanceRisk ManagementTechnical FluencyAI-Assisted Program ManagementData AnalysisSystem Tradeoff Analysis

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationCollaborationDecision-MakingStrategic Thinking

Tools & Technologies

GenAICloud PlatformsBig Data TechnologiesProgram Management ToolsHealth Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Security ProgramsCompliancePCIFraud PreventionAccess Control Governance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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