About the position
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. Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences. 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. The Activation Foundation team tackles the biggest opportunity to Pinterest’s growth - helping new and low engaged users experience the magic of Pinterest’s personalized recommendations. This team operates horizontally to improve the experience of underserved users by creating and driving adoption of new user signals, addressing bias and gaps in our core recommendation systems, and identifying opportunities for innovation within our technical foundations.
Responsibilities
- Set our vision, strategy, and roadmap for re-engaging and improving how hundreds of millions of Pinners get content recommendations each month by leveraging Pinterest’s existing recommendation systems as well as innovative new technologies
- Support your team in understanding user pain points and define a prioritized roadmap to execute on your plans
- Work cross-functionally with machine learning engineers, data science, legal, and operations to support relevance improvements for underserved users
- Partner with the rest of our Pinner experience and relevance teams to extend our core value prop in engaging content loops for Pinners
- Communicate your strategy upward and outward internally to ensure you have the support you need to be successful
Requirements
- 5+ years product management or related experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to drive alignment among multiple stakeholders
- Technical background or relevant machine learning experience that lets you dive deep into data and complex technical problems
- Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences in written and verbal communication
- Inquisitiveness to learn new domains and systematically work through ambiguity and competing concerns with your team
- Ability to manage and prioritize within a portfolio of projects that build on each other to create a coherent system
- A strong growth mindset and ability to listen to and action upon feedback
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Equity and incentive compensation
- Base salary range of $138,380—$284,900 USD
