About this role
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.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here .
Pinterest is building its programmatic and ad tech capabilities from the ground up to enhance the comprehensiveness and shoppability of ads. By expanding advertising demand sources through strategic partnerships with third-party platforms, agencies, and media companies, we are strengthening our performance marketing ecosystem.
As Senior Manager of Programmatic Tech Operations, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the operational strategy, team, and roadmap behind a new and high-impact function. This is a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact on Pinterest’s global programmatic advertising solutions, influence ad products at scale, and drive innovation across one of the internet’s most engaged user communities.
What you’ll do:
• Build and lead Pinterest’s Programmatic Tech Operations, shaping scalable processes, team structure, and best practices.
• Oversee the execution and optimization of programmatic campaigns, ensuring accuracy, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Act as the technical expert for programmatic platforms (DSPs, SSPs, auction mechanics, deal types, and integrations).
• Partner closely with Sales, Analytics, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to refine workflows and measurement strategies.
• Leverage strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of business drivers to identify opportunities for process and performance improvement, using robust data analysis and tools like Excel and BI dashboards to drive actionable insights across the programmatic business.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to advance Pinterest’s ad infrastructure and drive global innovation in programmatic operations.
• Build and develop high-performing, mission-driven teams, while proactively planning growth, driving change initiatives, and fostering accountability and adaptability.
• Manage vendor