
Vendor Manager, YouTube Trust and Safety, ML Ops
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Google is hiring a Vendor Manager, YouTube Trust and Safety, ML Ops. The role leads end‑to‑end vendor operations for YouTube Trust & Safety, driving strategy, AI‑enabled automation, and risk mitigation while overseeing third‑party partners and ensuring compliance with internal policies.
Key focus areas include Identify and evaluate AI incubation opportunities and deliver data‑driven recommendations, Oversee third‑party vendor partners, monitor KPIs and develop business cases for process improvements, and Develop and maintain workflow strategy, mitigate delivery risks and ensure policy compliance.
Successful candidates bring Bachelor's Degree Or Equivalent Practical Experience, 5+ Years Business Product Operations And Strategy Experience, and English Proficiency. Important skills include Vendor Operations, Automation Efforts, Innovating With AI, Managing Performance, Driving Long-term Strategy, and Synthesize Analysis. Preferred (not required): AI Enabled Solutions, Agentic AI, Text And Multi Modal Applications, and Trust And Safety Escalations.
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Vendor Manager, YouTube Trust and Safety, ML Ops
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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.
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Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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5 years of experience in business/product operations and strategy.
Preferred qualifications:
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Experience with AI enabled solutions including Agentic AI across text and multi-modal applications for self-help support and troubleshooting use-cases.
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Experience working within Trust and Safety escalations.
About the job
YouTube has grown into a community used by over 1 billion people across the globe to access information, share video, and shape culture. The YouTube team helps budding creators build careers, creates products like YouTube Kids, YouTube Music, and YouTube Gaming, and engages communities around shared passions and global conversations. Together, we empower the world to create, broadcast, and share.
As a Service Delivery Manager within YouTube Trust & Safety (T&S), you will be a key architect in keeping the platform safe. You will lead end-to-end vendor operations, supporting fluid automation efforts and innovating with AI to bring new efficiencies to human-led operations. This role is not just about managing performance; it is about driving the long-term strategy for how YouTube protects its community worldwide.
In this role, you may be exposed to graphic, controversial, or offensive video content during team escalations, in line with YouTube’s Community Guidelines.
At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $111000 - $159000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Identify and evaluate opportunities to incubate with AI and advance the enforcement capabilities. Synthesize analysis to deliver actionable, insightful, data-driven recommendations.
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Oversee third-party vendor partners and their dedicated associates supporting the account by monitoring Key Performance Indicators and vendor scorecards, develop business cases to drive logistics process improvements, and aligning and prioritizing initiatives in a dynamic environment with multiple interdependencies.
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Develop and maintain the overall workflow strategy, identify and mitigate risk from a delivery standpoint and ensure compliance with all internal policies and procedures.
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Structure/execute operational and strategic initiatives for YouTube T&S Vendor Operations by developing plans, gathering/synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses and developing recommendations.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including engineers, product managers, policy experts, etc.) to explore and experiment with AI technologies and approaches, develop a roadmap, lead proof-of-concepts and scaled solutions.
Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .
Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.
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