Policy Development Lead, Trust and Safety Youth
About The Position
The Policy Development Lead develops global YouTube content policies and leads cross-functional projects that affect the global ecosystem. The role focuses on age-appropriateness requirements and child safety, assessing the risks of new products and features, and communicating the regulatory and policy landscape related to minors. The lead works with global teams and stakeholders to shape policy solutions that balance safety, product reach, and growth, and to ensure policies can be effectively operationalized and enforced. The work may include reviewing graphic, controversial, or offensive video content in line with YouTube’s Community Guidelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience drafting or enforcing policy for an online platform, or engaging with public policy issues in technology, government, law, or online.
- 5 years of experience in a policy, legal, Trust and Safety, or technology environment.
- Experience working with global teams and communicating with cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience assessing the risk landscape and regulatory requirements unique to minors as viewers, child safety, or youth physical or psychological safety.
- Experience in childhood development or the behavior or psychology of minors ages 17 and under.
- Experience working with minors ages 17 and under or on topics related to child development.
- Experience engaging in and discussing sensitive or controversial areas.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update global policies focused on age-appropriateness requirements and child safety; evaluate the risk profile of new products and features.
- Understand and clearly communicate the risk landscape and regulatory requirements unique to minors as viewers and child safety; influence cross-functional stakeholders and company executives on proposed content policy efforts.
- Negotiate and identify policy solutions that balance safety, product reach, and growth objectives; communicate policy challenges and needs arising from new features and emerging global online content risks.
- Propose strategies and policies to improve Trust and Safety’s product market fit as needs evolve and to scale enforcement.
- Work closely with global teams to ensure effective operationalization of global policies.
Benefits
- 15% bonus target
- Equity
- Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
