
Principal Analyst, Trust and Safety
New York, NYJob$141–205K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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The Principal Analyst will help Google’s Trust and Safety team detect and enforce policies against serious online harms, with a focus on child safety. The role partners with Policy, Product, Engineering, and Legal to build global operational solutions, workflows, and review pipelines. It involves reviewing sensitive and graphic content, and may require shift work or weekend coverage.
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in data analytics, trust and safety, policy, cyber-security, or related fields.
- 4 years of experience in policy analysis and campaigns, working on technology issues or the policy environments.
- Experience reviewing sensitive content and managing escalation workflows under strict quality and timeliness standards.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree or PhD.
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Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g., Python).
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Experience in child safety and CSAM.
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Ability to think strategically and identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
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Ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.
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Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
About the job Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety. As an Analyst within the Trust and Safety team, you will be part of a global team that ensures the seamless detection and enforcement of some of the most egregious online harms. Through close partnerships with Policy, Product, Engineering, and Legal, you will design and implement centralized operational solutions to further Google’s ability to fight these abuse types worldwide. This role also may require shift work or weekend coverage. At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages. 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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Perform and oversee high-quality content reviews and enforcement of child safety global policy.
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Set up, scale, and operationalize global workflows and review pipelines for child safety workflows (CSAM).
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Lead projects involving multiple-stakeholders.
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Review graphic, controversial, and sometimes offensive content during the course of the role in line with Google's policies.
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Work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders including Policy, Product, Engineering and Legal to build alignment and optimize operations.
Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate 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 also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. 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. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.
How this job compares
Set against the 440 open Policy Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$141–205K/yr
- New York median$70–89K/yr31 salary ranges
- US median$95–136K/yr290 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $173K, is 116% above the New York median midpoint ($80K) — in the top quarter of Policy Analyst salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Policy Analyst jobs in New York and 440 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- City of New York14 open
- New York State Civil Service9 open
- New York University2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Policy Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (352 postings).
- Education
- 228 of the 440 open Policy Analyst jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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