Sr. Director, Product Management - Ads Quality

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San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; Los Angeles, CA, US

Hybrid

Posted April 22, 2026

Job Description

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.

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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.

SUMMARY

Pinterest helps Pinners discover and do what they love, and enable advertisers to effectively engage with the ideal audience to meet their marketing objectives. Pinterest has grown into one of the world's largest consumer products and advertising platforms, boasting over 600 million monthly active users and generating more than $4 billion in annualized advertising revenue. Our ongoing business success is reliant on our capacity to accelerate product innovation, which in turn allows us to deliver increased value to both our Pinners and Advertisers. For advertisers, Pinterest is a uniquely powerful platform where people actively seek out ideas and products, creating unparalleled purchase intent.

Pinterest's Ads Quality team sits at the heart of our monetization engine — Pinners with the brands and products most relevant to their moments of inspiration. Reporting to Pinterest’s VP & GM of Monetization, the Senior Director of Product Management, Ads Quality, will own the end-to-end product vision and strategy for one of Pinterest's most significant and technically sophisticated domains.

The Senior Director of Product Management, Ads Quality will lead a team of 10–15 Product Managers, partnering at the highest levels across Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Sales, and Go-to-Market to shape the future of advertising at Pinterest. They will be the strategic architect behind how we optimize for Pinner experience, advertiser outcomes, and Pinterest's long-term business growth — simultaneously and at scale.

The ideal candidate is an experienced product executive who brings deep expertise in digital advertising and ML-powered products, a strong executive presence, and a proven track record of building and inspiring high-performing PM organizations in complex, fast-moving environments.

What You’ll Do:

Set and drive organizational vision: Define and champion a multi-year product strategy for Pinterest's Ads Quality portfolio, ensuring alignment across business objectives, technical capabilities, and evolving market dynamics in digital advertising.
Lead a high-impact PM organization: Build, mentor, and inspire a team of 10–15 senior Product Managers, fostering a culture of product excellence, strategic rigor, and cross-functional collaboration.
Shape the ML and AI technology roadmap: Partner with senior Engineering and ML leadership to guide the evolution of Pinterest's machine learning and generative AI technology stack, translating cutting-edge capabilities into differentiated advertising experiences.
Drive advertiser and Pinner value creation: Own the strategic balance between delivering measurable ROI for advertisers and preserving the authentic, high-quality inspiration experience that makes Pinterest unique.
Influence at the executive level: Serve as a key voice in monetization strategy discussions with C-suite and VP-level stakeholders, representing Ads Quality priorities and translating complex technical tradeoffs into clear business narrat