Director of Technical Program Management, Compliance
Job Summary
This role involves leading and scaling compliance programs across Pinterest’s engineering and product teams to meet global and local regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, DSA, SOX, and PCI. The candidate will partner closely with legal, audit, product, security, and engineering teams to develop and implement technical controls, drive risk mitigation, and ensure compliance standards are met. The position requires extensive experience in compliance, regulatory frameworks, and technical program management, along with leadership skills to manage and inspire a high-performing team. The focus is on embedding privacy, security, and compliance into the product lifecycle while maintaining stakeholder engagement and strategic oversight.
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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.
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Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. Our mission is to help them find inspiration and create a life they love. We are building a more positive corner of the internet, and our team is fundamental to Pinterest’s growth and impact.
Pinterest is seeking an experienced and visionary Director, Compliance Technical Program Management to lead and scale our technical compliance programs across the Engineering and Product teams. This leader will ensure that Pinterest’s products and infrastructure meet current global and local regulatory requirements (DSA, PCI, SOX, GDPR, US State Law, international privacy), identify and prepare the team for future regulations, unify technical controls, and drive a scalable, auditable approach to compliance. You will directly influence platform trust, developer velocity, and margin—all while empowering Pinterest teams to integrate compliance and privacy by design. You’ll collaborate across Legal, Security, Product, and Engineering, representing Pinterest internally and externally to auditors and compliance forums.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and Develop Compliance Programs: Build and evolve centralized programs for regulatory and risk compliance across Product, Engineering, and Design—including privacy, security, DSA, and SOX and future applicable global and local regulations.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with Legal, Internal Audit, Product, Engineering, and third-party auditors to align on compliance risk, controls, and audit strategies.
- Drive Technical Control Adoption: Accelerate the deployment of foundational technologies (e.g., fine-grained access control, data deletion frameworks, automated audit tooling).
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Identify, prioritize, and mitigate technical and organizational compliance risks across all product lines. Oversee the Integrated Review Program.
- Regulatory Intelligence: In partnership with legal, internal audit and finance, anticipate, interpret, and translate evolving regulatory requirements into actionable engineering and product strategies.
- Executive Communication: Present compliance strategies, status, and risks to senior leadership; advocate for scalable, business-aligned compliance solutions.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, grow, and inspire a high-performing team of Technical Program Managers specializing in compliance; foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Program Operations: Develop operating rhythms, ensure regular compliance education programs within Engineering and Product, track resourcing and spend, and drive cross-company alignment with executive goals.
- Proactive Change Management: Lead organizational change to embed privacy, compliance, and security into every layer of Pinterest’s product lifecycle.
What we're looking for:
- Experience: 15+ years in technical program management, compliance, or a related field, with a focus on large-scale consumer software, SaaS, or digital platforms.
- Audit Execution: Direct experience running both internal and external compliance audits end-to-end.
- Regulatory Depth: Direct experience with privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, DSA, SOX, PCI, etc).
- Technical Acumen: Proven hands-on experience leading technical controls development and integrating compliance into advertising and organic product workflows.
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and scale teams; drive change in complex, fast-paced environments; and influence at all organizational levels.
- Strategic Thinking: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to create strategic compliance roadmaps and influence company direction.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills with cross-functional (Legal, Internal and External Audit, Product, Security, Eng) and external (auditors, regulators) stakeholders.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field required.
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 let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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