Tanusree Vinnakota is Director of TPM & Quality at Figma, where she leads program management for cross-product engineering, infrastructure, and quality. Before Figma, she was at Google in cross-Google engineering leadership roles, most recently leading the Digital Markets Act compliance program to re-architect Google's planet-scale infrastructure for EU regulatory compliance. She has also held senior engineering leadership roles at AssessTEAM and is co-founder of Solved Together. Tanusree is recognized in Marquis America's Who's Who, and is known for taking on the messy, high-stakes programs at the intersection of technology, policy, and people.
She speaks regularly at industry conferences on the craft of leading complex engineering programs at scale.
1. Are you excited to speak at the Women in Tech Global Conference, and what motivated you to join our community of 200,000 women in tech and allies?
Absolutely thrilled. What drew me to WomenTech is honestly the scale and the spirit — 200,000 women and allies showing up for each other in an industry that doesn't always make space for us. I've spoken at plenty of tech conferences, and women-in-tech events feel different: more candid, more generous, more action-oriented. That's a community I want to contribute to.
2. Share with us your background, your journey in tech, and what inspired you to develop your career in this direction.
I'm currently Director of TPM & Quality at Figma. Before that, I spent time at Google , where I was leading some of the company's most complex cross-product engineering programs — including the Digital Markets Act compliance effort, which touched every corner of Google's planet-scale infrastructure.
My path into tech wasn't a straight line. I started as an engineer, fell in love with the puzzle of how complex systems get built (and broken), and discovered I'm energized by the messy, ambiguous problems that sit at the intersection of technology, policy, and people. Technical Program Management gave me a home for that — it's the role where you get to operate as a builder, a translator, and a leader all at once.
3. Why is "Mastering the Compliance Matrix" important to you?
Compliance is often dismissed as boring, bureaucratic, or someone else's problem. I disagree on all three counts. The companies that will win the next decade won't be the ones that move fastest — they'll be the ones that earn trust at scale.
Privacy, AI ethics, data governance — these aren't checkboxes. They're architectural decisions baked into your data plane. I want technical leaders to walk out of this session with a real framework for thinking about compliance as a competitive advantage, not a tax — and to feel empowered to lead in this space rather than wait for someone else to.
4. Who would you advise to attend the Women in Tech Global Conference, and why?
Anyone building, leading, or making decisions about technology — and especially anyone earlier in their journey who's wondering, "where do I belong in tech?" The conference is one of those rare spaces where executives, engineers, students, and founders all share the same room. The networking is real, the talks are honest, and the community keeps showing up for you long after the event ends. If you're hungry for both growth and connection, this is the place.