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About the Role
Pinterest is seeking a strategic, commercially minded Business Development Lead to identify, structure, and scale partnerships that create meaningful value for Pinners, customers, partners, and Pinterest. This role is crucial in driving inspiration and making ideas a reality for millions of users.
Responsibilities
- Develop partnership strategies aligned to Pinterest’s business goals.
- Research and evaluate new partnership opportunities, analyzing customer needs, market dynamics, and financial impact.
- Lead the commercial development of partnership opportunities, including shaping proposals and negotiating terms.
- Manage a portfolio of partnerships, owning execution, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.
- Build trusted relationships with external partners and cross-functional internal teams.
- Identify partner and stakeholder needs and articulate how Pinterest can address them.
- Establish clear success metrics, milestones, and feedback mechanisms for partnerships.
- Make thoughtful recommendations in ambiguous situations by synthesizing data and experience.
- Represent the voice of partners and customers internally to improve products and strategy.
- Contribute functional expertise to the Business Development team by sharing best practices.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, management consulting, investment banking, strategy, or a related commercial function.
- Demonstrated experience independently evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and managing complex strategic or commercial partnerships.
- Strong strategic and analytical skills, including the ability to assess market conditions and build a compelling business case.
- Proven ability to manage external accounts or partners while balancing partner objectives with Pinterest’s business interests.
- Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills and a track record of influencing without direct authority.
- Sound judgment and comfort making decisions amid incomplete information, competing priorities, and evolving conditions.
- A resilient, accountable, and low-ego approach.
- Experience in consumer internet, advertising, commerce, creator ecosystems, platform partnerships, or technology is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.
Skills
- Business development
- Strategic partnerships
- Corporate development
- Management consulting
- Investment banking
- Strategy
- Commercial functions
- Negotiation
- Market analysis
- Account management
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Presentation
- Cross-functional leadership
- Analytical skills
Location
- Anywhere in the country
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum 10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- MBA or other advanced degree is a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $132,298—$272,377 USD
Benefits
- Equity
- Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Millions of people come to Pinterest to find inspiration and make their ideas a reality.
- Our mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love—and the partnerships we build play an important role in making that possible.
Equal Opportunity
- Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.
- We want to have the best qualified people in every job.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.
- We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
- If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.