Sr. Manager, Performance Solutions

at  Pinterest

About Pinterest:
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.
Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.
Pinterest is looking for a Senior Manager, Performance Solutions. This role is responsible for managing and inspiring a regional team focused on enabling advertisers to drive success on the Pinterest platform, through the adoption of priority products and the development of new / innovative best practices. The right candidate will be an experienced leader who loves to coach and develop individuals, aligning to their strengths, and who will be energetic, and passionate with a strategic voice.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience within digital marketing, ad tech and operations.
• 5+ years of leadership and people management experience.
• 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.
• Solid technical foundation with relevant experience in Search/Shopping/Display/Social advertising technologies, and related products like API for Conversions, Tag, Campaign Management + Optimization, etc.
• Adept at modelling 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.

• Manage and inspire a team of highly experienced and driven individuals, delivering results through your team via career, skill and personal development.
• Take a data-driven approach to help understand and influence the advertiser experience, the business impact of our teams, and future areas of opportunity for your team.
• 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.
• Plan, implement and optimize scaled support models including utilizing outsourced workforces and automated systems.