Compliance Lead

Pinterest’s Regulatory Compliance team enables Pinterest to meet our global online safety and platform regulation obligations through scalable governance, risk assessment, and compliance management programs. We are seeking a Regulatory Compliance Lead to own and continuously improve Pinterest’s global regulatory risk assessment program, with primary responsibility for the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) Systemic Risk Assessment and Critical Impact Risk Assessments, and the UK Online Safety Act (OSA) risk assessments. You will drive harmonization across overlapping regulatory requirements, improve operational efficiency, and ensure risk assessment outputs are defensible, repeatable, and actionable.

This is a unique opportunity to lead critical work at the intersection of technology innovation, regulatory change, and user impact—owning one of Pinterest’s high stakes, cross-functional initiatives together with other Regulatory Compliance team members. This fast paced, creative role is key to ensuring that Pinterest is complying with its legal requirements and so we can continue to be a safe, positive place on the internet that brings inspiration to millions of people around the world. This role will be based in the U.S. and report to the Director & Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Compliance.

What you’ll do:

• Lead day-to-day execution and continuous enhancement of Pinterest’s annual DSA Systemic Risk Assessment, UK OSA risk assessments, and other applicable regulatory risk assessments, in close partnership with other Regulatory Compliance team members.
• Identify opportunities for automation (including GenAI where appropriate) in the risk assessment process.
• Build and manage stakeholder engagement mechanisms such as questionnaires, interviews, document/metric collection, and incorporation of input from external stakeholders.
• Own development and drafting of regulator- and public-facing risk assessment reports and associated internal readouts; ensure timely completion and review/approval through appropriate governance channels.
• Identify common requirements across DSA, UK OSA, and other global regulatory frameworks; propose harmonized control mapping, shared evidence/metrics, reusable workflows, and standardized artifacts (e.g., questionnaires, scoring rubrics, validation templates, reporting structures).
• Reduce operational burden by establishing repeatable “single source of truth” processes for evidence collection, control effectiveness evaluation, and stakeholder attestations, while preserving the ability to meet regime-specific requirements.
• Partner with the Regulatory Legal team to respond to regulatory inquiries and participate in supervisory meetings involving risk assessment methodology or outputs.
• Help design and implement an operational regulatory compliance management framework to ensure compliance with proposed and emerging global regulations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to implement and mature a monitoring and oversight program for Pinterest’s DSA and OSA compliance, including ongoing monitoring signals and oversight routines aligned to control effectiveness expectations.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, or at least 5 years of relevant experience leading compliance, risk, or governance programs in a complex, cross-functional environment (e.g., online safety, platform governance, privacy/security risk, enterprise compliance, or regulatory programs). In-house compliance experience with a technology or social media company or consulting experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to run structured risk assessments end-to-end, including evidence gathering, scoring models, control evaluation, validation with stakeholders, and executive-ready reporting.
• Strong program management skills and operational rigor, including the ability to maintain durable records and supporting documentation over time. Proven success directing large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Operates with minimal day-to-day direction, owning the strategy and execution for a critical compliance domain and continuously improving the methodology and operating model year-over-year.
• Excellent communicator with ability to talk about risk and controls in simple language. Leads through influence across Legal, Product, Engineering, Trust & Safety, and other key partners to drive inputs collection, validate scoring, align on mitigations, and land outcomes.
• Builds durable, reusable compliance systems—harmonized requirements mapping, evidence libraries, control/effectiveness evaluation approaches, and monitoring/oversight routines—that reduce duplication and increase consistency across regimes.
• Direct experience with and understanding of the EU DSA and UK OSA, including risk assessment expectations, compliance frameworks, and technology-driven compliance risks.
• Experience building compliance management systems, including obligation inventories, evidence repositories, control libraries, and monitoring/oversight routines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk judgment skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented; loves process but knows when to be flexible.
• Exceptional judgment and impeccable integrity.
• Willingness to work across jurisdictions and time zones.

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 let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• 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.