Policy Specialist, Child Safety
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in a policy, legal, trust and safety, or technology environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- JD, MBA, or Master’s degree.
- Experience in writing, analyzing, or operationalizing GenAI model policy.
- Experience with the development, implementation, and maintenance of policy.
- Expertise in non-consensual intimate imagery or child safety.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.
About the job
The Global Policy and Standards team is made up of subject matter experts who promote user trust and uphold Google’s policies. In this role, you will focus on driving the strategy and policy to help ensure Google has policies across its products to address egregious harms related to non-consensual intimate imagery and child safety. You will be part of a team that is part of a cross-functional effort to address child sexual abuse and exploitation online in order to protect children and NCII survivors, and to build user trust across Google and the technology ecosystem.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $164000 - $239000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Drive the development of strategies and policies to ensure Google's products have policies for addressing egregious harms, specifically those related to child sexual abuse and exploitation.
- Develop foundational policy principles to protect child safety online. Manage high-impact policy escalations and suggest policy and process improvements.
- Work cross-functionally to develop and launch products that promote user trust and uphold Google’s policies.
- Track industry trends related to child safety, analyze policy issues facing technology platforms, and make recommendations on how to address these issues across multiple Google products.
- This role will be exposed to graphic, controversial, and/or upsetting content.
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