Technical Program Manager II, Infrastructure (Capacity & Efficiency)

Pinterest is a platform that helps people discover creative ideas and plan meaningful experiences. The company is seeking a Technical Program Manager II to support infrastructure capacity and efficiency programs, coordinating execution, tracking program progress, and improving decision-making through data, dashboards, automation, and responsible use of AI.

Responsibilities

• Technical program manager driving infrastructure capacity planning, cloud efficiency, utilization, and cost-reduction initiatives

Preferred

• Experience at a large-scale consumer tech or infrastructure organization is a plus
• Direct exposure to a FinOps, cost management, or capacity-focused function (nice-to-have, not required)
• Familiarity with dashboarding/BI tools (SuperSet, Tableau, Grafana, or similar)
• Basic SQL or scripting skills to pull and interpret usage data
• Exposure to distributed systems, ML/AI infrastructure, or large-scale compute environments is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Consumer Tech Experience
• Infrastructure Organization Experience
• FinOps
• Cost Management
• Capacity Planning
• Business Intelligence Tools
• SuperSet
• Tableau
• Grafana
• SQL
• Scripting
• Usage Data Analysis
• Distributed Systems
• ML Infrastructure
• AI Infrastructure
• Large-Scale Compute

Benefits

• The position is also eligible for equity.
• Flexibility to do your best work.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6 months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country

Company

• Visual inspiration platform for discovering, saving, and shopping ideas
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.pinterest.com/
• Founded in 2010
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of program or project management experience (or equivalent), ideally touching infrastructure, platform, or cloud environments
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or similar) — compute, storage, and basic usage/cost concepts
• Interest in, and some exposure to, capacity management and infrastructure efficiency (right-sizing, utilization, waste reduction); deep FinOps expertise is not required
• Strong organizational and execution skills: able to track a program's moving pieces, follow up, and keep things on schedule
• Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting status and asks to engineering partners
• Collaborative and coachable — works well with engineers and more senior TPMs, seeks input, and takes feedback well
• AI-first execution mindset: demonstrated ability to use GenAI to accelerate planning, program operations, and stakeholder communications—starting with AI drafts and applying strong judgment to validate, refine, and drive decisions
• Workflow design, AI fluency, data & insights orientation: experience turning repeatable program work into durable, low-toil mechanisms and improving decision-making by using GenAI (e.g., strong prompting, vibe coding lightweight scripts/tools, dashboards, data analysis and leveraging agents where appropriate)
• Safety-by-design AI fluency: experience operating within AI governance expectations (risk assessment, data handling, model/output validation, auditability/traceability) and proactively identifying where AI use is not appropriate or requires additional controls
• Experience at a large-scale consumer tech or infrastructure organization is a plus
• Direct exposure to a FinOps, cost management, or capacity-focused function (nice-to-have, not required)
• Familiarity with dashboarding/BI tools (SuperSet, Tableau, Grafana, or similar)
• Basic SQL or scripting skills to pull and interpret usage data
• Exposure to distributed systems, ML/AI infrastructure, or large-scale compute environments is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 2–4 years of program or project management experience (or equivalent), ideally touching infrastructure, platform, or cloud environments.

Required skills

• Program Management, Cloud Platforms (AWS), Capacity Management, Infrastructure Efficiency, Generative AI, AI Governance, Dashboarding and Business Intelligence SuperSet, Dashboarding and Business Intelligence Tableau, Dashboarding and Business Intelligence Grafana, SQL, Scripting, Data Analysis, FinOps, Distributed Systems

Experience

• 2-4 years