Senior TPM Manager, Pinterest
Capacity Planning
$158.9-327k
+ Equity
More information about location
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Be an early applicant
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$158.9-327k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- This position requires a strategic thinker with strong technical acumen to analyze, optimize, and report on cloud expenditures
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
- Extensive experience (5+ years) in cloud cost management or cloud financial operations with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong understanding of cloud architectures, DevOps, and systems engineering principles
- Proven track record of cost optimization and management in large-scale cloud environments
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Leadership experience, with a focus on team development and successful project execution
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with diverse teams
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Cloud Financial Management Professional, or similar are a plus
What the job involves
- Pinterest Technical Program Managers are proactive owners with technical expertise. They are aligned to the highest level company priorities to support successful delivery of programs within their teams
- The Capacity Planning Lead plays a pivotal role in managing our cloud budget
- With a hands-on approach, the individual will lead a small team dedicated to cost management, ensuring our cloud investments align with both financial goals and technical requirements
- Budget Oversight: Develop and manage the annual cloud expenditure budget, establishing robust financial controls to manage spend and align with organizational objectives
- Technical Leadership: Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to design cost-effective cloud solutions, ensuring efficient resource usage across complex systems
- Cost Optimization: Identify, implement, and monitor strategies for cloud cost savings, including resource utilization optimization, reserved instance management, and dynamic scaling practices
- Forecasting and Analytics: Lead efforts in cloud cost forecasting and financial modeling to provide actionable insights and influence strategy through detailed reports and presentations
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary liaison for cloud financial matters, collaborating with finance, engineering, operations, and executive leadership to balance technical and budgetary priorities
- Tool and Process Management: Implement and manage tools or systems for cloud cost management, offering guidance in automation and process improvement within the DevOps and SRE frameworks
- Team Leadership: Manage and develop a high-performing team responsible for cloud cost analysis and optimization initiatives, fostering a culture of efficiency and innovation
- Training and Advocacy: Lead educational initiatives on best practices for cloud cost management, aiming to raise awareness and enhance technical understanding across the engineering organization
- Vendor and Contract Management: Maintain strong partnerships with cloud service providers to negotiate contracts, manage billing inquiries, and explore new features or services that could provide competitive advantages
- People Management: Manage a team that helps with the above responsibilities
- 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
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.
Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ben Silbermann
(CEO)Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest
Share this job
View 103 more jobs at Pinterest