Associate Principle, Trust and Safety Ads Content Safety
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or a related field.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's or PhD in relevant field.
- Experience with scripting and coding.
- Experience with fraud or policy investigations, fraud risk management, Internet advertising, or e-commerce.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention-to-detail in an ever-changing environment.
About the job
As a member of the Content Safety team, you will join our Personalized Ads and Healthcare initiatives. You will work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers, product managers and policy teams to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google scale and speed. You aren't just reacting to threats; you are a big-picture strategist working at "Google speed" alongside engineers and product leaders to outpace bad actors and protect user trust. You take pride knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in the Google brand, and ensure the highest levels of user safety while optimizing advertiser experience.In this role, you will be responsible for safeguarding the Google Ads ecosystem. Your role is a blend of technical data analysis, strategic cross-functional leadership, and direct investigative work. You will use data to predict their next moves, influence how engineering teams build detection systems, and ensure that safety measures do not disrupt the experience for legitimate advertisers.
Our team is at the forefront of raising the bar on content through coherent policies and scaled, effective enforcement. We have expanded beyond traditional product protections to manage emerging challenges—including brand safety, controversial content, violent extremism, and political interference driving expertise across Google's growing Ads ecosystem.
You will partner with key stakeholders to optimize operational performance, scale cross-functional initiatives, and lower abuse rates. You will deliver high-impact solutions with a focus on user trust, operational efficiency, and abuse mitigation strategies. You will align with product, policy, and engineering teams to implement scalable enforcement frameworks.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional groups such as Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Policy, Public Relations, and Legal to drive projects that increase users' safety and provide a better online experience through Google Ads.
- Execute complex queries and analyses, build visual models, and construct presentations on abuse trends to aid in fraud prevention and influence change in existing abuse detection systems without compromising advertiser experience.
- Conduct investigations to catch fraudsters, enforce our product policies, learn scam patterns/ trends and identify product vulnerabilities.
- Identify automation and efficiency opportunities, drive solutions through analysis or cross-functional partnerships, and provide periodic on-call coverage for stakeholder escalations.
- Review sensitive content or situations and may be exposed to graphic, controversial or upsetting topics or content.
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