Director, Marketing Project & Program Management

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.

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.

Director, Marketing Project and Program Management

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 lead the Marketing PMO Team, you will:

• Build and lead the Marketing PMO Team
• Mature the PMO into a full governance function
• Design a hybrid methodology that applies agile principles where appropriate and long-cycle project management where required
• Govern the marketing events portfolio
• Lead portfolio prioritization with business management
• Build and develop the team
• Build the PMO Technology Stack
• Evolve the stack as the function matures

We are seeking a candidate with:

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in project management, with demonstrated experience inside a marketing, creative or communications organization
• Proven ability to partner across creative, marketing, communications and brand disciplines, and to be sought out for structural clarity and objectivity
• Demonstrated experience running a PMO as a true governance function, neutral to project outcomes, with authority derived from process and structure
• Experience designing a hybrid project management methodology, both agile and long-cycle, in a marketing or media environment
• Experience governing a marketing events portfolio including large-scale flagship events, regional activations and international campaigns
• Experience leading a project portfolio strategically, including modeling capacity, surfacing trade-offs to senior stakeholders and partnering with Finance
• Hands-on experience building or deploying AI-powered workflows and agents in an operational setting, including evaluating tools, making implementation decisions and holding automated outputs accountable
• Experience monitoring vendor health, including SLA accountability and build/buy/extend recommendations
• Experience building project management teams, including hiring for a governance model and establishing team culture
• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Relocation Statement: This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement: We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration approximately once per quarter, and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Pinterest's Commitment to Inclusion: 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, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.