Product Design Manager II, Ad Formats

Role Overview

Pinterest is hiring a Product Design Manager II (Ad Formats), player–coach to lead the Ad Formats Performance Pod. You will manage and collaborate with cross-functional partners to shape conversion-oriented ad formats, improving long-term performance while avoiding ad fatigue.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision and strategy for the Ad Formats Performance Pod across:
  • consumer-facing ad experiences
  • advertiser-facing creation tooling
  • ad formats creation
  • AI automation adoption and growth
• Operate as a player–coach: manage a team of IC designers (about four) while staying hands-on and owning executional design work
• Partner with PM, EM, PMM, Research, and Engineering to define product strategy, roadmap, process, and team culture
• Lead in a fast-paced, data-driven, experimental environment, balancing big-picture outcomes with user needs
• Maintain high design execution quality through mentorship, coaching, and hands-on demoing
• Coach and grow designers on the team via mentorship and feedback
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate the team’s workflow and pioneer new ways to use AI in both process and product experience

Requirements

• Proven track record envisioning, shipping, and iterating on digital ad products in partnership with product management and engineering
• Learner & builder mindset: quickly onboard emerging AI tools and apply them appropriately in the product development process with focus on decision quality, craft, and efficiency
• Experience mentoring and educating team members
• Ability to balance multiple stakeholders and manage concurrent workstreams
• Clear communication skills to explain design decisions and tradeoffs
• Meticulous attention to detail and a high bar for quality across flows, states, and edge cases
• Experience designing within and extending design systems
• Strong core interaction/information design fundamentals (layout, typography, color)
• Growth mindset and self-awareness; seeks and uses feedback
• 7+ years product design experience (or equivalent) and 2 years management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in design (or related) or equivalent experience

Nice-to-Haves

• Deep experience with AI-driven product workflows and adoption of AI within design and experimentation processes