Sr. Manager, Ads Product Policy
San Francisco, CA · Remote · San Francisco · USD 156,183-321,554 · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 5, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- San Francisco, CA · Remote · San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 156,183-321,554 · Base salary
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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- 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.
- We are looking for a Senior Manager, Monetized Product Policy to lead our ad, merchant and Spam policy team. As leader of our policy team, you will oversee the development of Pinterest’s ad, merchant, shopping and brand safety and Spam policies, engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders and manage a team of policy analysts and managers. You will also partner with the Senior Director, Product Policy to set strategy for Pinterest’s overall Policy team, ensuring Pinterest’s policies support the company’s mission, keep our global community of Pinners safe, and enable responsible revenue growth.
About the role
- Pinterest is seeking a Senior Manager, Monetized Product Policy to lead the ad, merchant, and Spam policy team.
- The role oversees the development of ad, merchant, shopping, brand safety, and Spam policies while managing a team of policy analysts and managers.
- The position partners with leadership to set overall strategy for the Policy team, supporting the company's mission and enabling responsible revenue growth.
Responsibilities
- Engage with key senior-level stakeholders and partner with Enforcement Operations, Product, Engineering, Sales, Legal, Public Policy, Corporate Affairs, and Communications teams to develop, iterate on, and implement Pinterest’s ad, shopping and other commercial policies.
- Manage and lead a team of policy specialists, including hiring, conducting performance development, setting goals and building roadmaps, managing budgets, and motivating and supporting the development of team members.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Pinterest’s monetized policies, advise internal teams on policy matters, and act as a key leader for commercial policy escalations.
- Engage with industry stakeholders to solicit feedback and represent Pinterest’s policy stances.
- Partner with the Sr. Director, Product Policy to set overall strategy for Pinterest’s Policy team and policy frameworks.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as public policy, research, sales, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience
- Demonstrated expertise developing ad, shopping and/or other commercial safety policies at a large online platform at a senior level.
- Exceptional critical thinking and decision making skills and the ability to thrive amid ambiguity.
- Experience building and maintaining strong and productive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including Legal, Ops, Product and Sales teams.
- Experience managing high-profile escalations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience successfully engaging with audiences at all levels to include C-Suite executives.
- People management experience and/or experience mentoring and coaching others and leading from within.
- Ability to say the hard thing and address difficult issues.
- An embrace of Pinterest’s mission and values.
Workplace
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times a quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
