Lead design for Merchant AI Assistant experiences to enhance advertiser tools and workflows at Pinterest.
Posted by employer 2 weeks ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 days ago
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Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Sr. Product Designer for Merchant AI-first Support at Pinterest focuses on enhancing the advertiser experience by designing tools and workflows that streamline ad creation and management. This role requires expertise in B2B and advertising product design, particularly with AI-driven solutions, and emphasizes collaboration across multiple teams to deliver scalable experiences. Ideal candidates will have over five years of experience and a strong ability to navigate ambiguity while translating complex needs into actionable designs.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Pinterest's career page.
- Pinterest has 195 other open roles including Lead Ads Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Programmatic Tech Operations Specialist , Sr. Client Account Manager, Home.
- 5149 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
- 123 active Design roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Design roles (median ~$169,500).
- Pays more than 22% of the 2239 salaried AI/ML roles we track (median $180,000). See AI/ML salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Sr. Product Designer, Merchant AI-first Support role remote?
- It's hybrid — Pinterest expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US.
- What's the salary range?
- Pinterest lists $132,415–$272,619 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Product Designer, Merchant AI-first Support role.
- Where is the role based?
- Pinterest is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Design.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Pinterest targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr. Product Designer, Merchant AI-first Support role at Pinterest.
From the original posting
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.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
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.
This role sits at the intersection of advertiser experience and ad creative, owning the tools and workflows that help advertisers create, manage, and optimize the right ad for the right Pinner at scale. You’ll shape how creative assets are uploaded, organized, and activated across campaigns, including new AI‑powered and automated solutions. Your work will directly impact how efficiently advertisers of all sizes can create on‑brand, high‑performing campaigns, and will be a key driver of Pinterest Ads revenue growth.
What you’ll do:
- Lead end-to-end design for Merchant AI Assistant experiences across Pinterest Business Assistant workflows, including onboarding, catalog health, and Catalog Enhance.
- Define cohesive patterns that connect conversational AI with contextual product experiences, helping merchants understand priorities and complete meaningful actions.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Content Design, and the Orchestrator team to build scalable, trustworthy AI experiences.
- Use merchant research, product data, evaluations, and experimentation to improve subagent guidance, prompts, and end-to-end workflows.
- Shape the vision and scaling strategy for Catalog Enhance, helping merchants improve product data quality and discoverability on Pinterest.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience designing complex B2B, commerce, merchant, or advertising products; familiarity with catalog management or AI-powered tools is a plus.
- Strong product discovery and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous customer needs into clear, scalable experiences.
- Experience designing AI or conversational experiences, including thoughtful approaches to trust, guidance, error recovery, and human control.
- Proven ability to partner across product, engineering, research, data, and platform teams to influence direction and ship high-quality work.
- Comfort with ambiguity, a bias for action, and strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts and design tradeoffs.
- Leverage AI tools for research, analysis, and prototyping to drive high-velocity product outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree in design, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of product design experience or equivalent.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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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.
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