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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.

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Pinterest is looking for a Sr. Manager, Performance Solutions Engineering within our Performance Solutions team. This role is responsible for managing and inspiring a regional team focused on enabling advertisers to drive success and growth on the Pinterest platform, through the creation and adoption of creative, custom solutions for enterprise advertisers and internal cross-functional counterparts.. The right candidate will be an experienced leader who loves to coach and develop technical individuals, aligning to their strengths, and who will be energetic, and passionate about solving problems with a strategic voice. The Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering will closely partner with cross-functional leadership in product, engineering, and sales. This is a multi-faceted, fast-paced job in a start-up environment so flexibility, an engineering-focused mindset, a strong work ethic, and a good sense of humor are a must.

The Performance Solutions team sits within the Global Sales Strategy (GSS) organization. Performance Solutions delivers through strategic guidance, operational excellence and technical expertise to improve the effectiveness of advertising campaigns resulting in increased client ROI. We work to understand, innovate, and scale cross-functional workflows. We are responsible for measuring process impact, making our business more efficient with consistent execution while embarking on building the next generation of data-driven best practices.

What you will do:

• Directly manage and coach our solutions engineering team to develop internal and external solutions for advertisers, sellers or internal teams to scale impact and productivity
• Lead and inspire a team of full time employees, as well as contractor engineers to deliver results through your team via career, skill and personal development
• Advance the strategy and execution of the Performance Solutions team, partnering with Sales, Product and Engineering to ensure that we continuously improve our products
• Manage and communicate processes and metrics to enable highly transparent, credible and impactful functions
• Partner with operational teams to automate scaled support models 

What we are looking for:

• Engineering managers with a proven ability to grow, build, and retain diverse, productive teams
• Technical depth to ensure growth of team members, describe and vet solutions to both peers and non-engineers and manage risk/timelines 
• A structured and detail-oriented thinker. You’re as comfortable solving conceptual problems and creating frameworks to refine a team’s thinking as you are getting into the weeds to understand how things work
• Strong communication skills. You can move seamlessly between conversing with engineers or frontline ops employees and lead presentations with senior executives
• Adept at modeling business cases for resource planning and feature improvements
• Entrepreneurial self-starter. You thrive in a fast-moving environment and are independently capable of seeking information, corralling resources, and delivering results without waiting for direction
• Experience with both ads tech and/or measurement solutions at scale a plus

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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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.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

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, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify accessibility@pinterest.com for support.