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Policy Escalation Specialist, YouTube Trust and Safety

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San Bruno, CAJob$95–135K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$95–135K/yr
Location
San Bruno, CA
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Policy Escalation Specialist works across YouTube Trust and Safety to manage escalations, coordinate resolution with stakeholders and executives, and develop preventative solutions. The role assesses platform risk and reviews graphic or controversial video content against YouTube’s Community Guidelines. It also involves strategic analysis and collaboration with Engineering, with rotational on-call availability during weekends and holidays.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Content Policy, nice to haveAnti-Abuse, nice to haveOnline Content Review, nice to haveInternational Issues, nice to haveFreedom of Expression, nice to haveChild Safety, nice to haveOnline Controversial Content, nice to haveSpreadsheets, nice to haveDatabases, nice to haveSQL, nice to haveData Analysis, nice to haveProblem Solving, nice to haveCritical Thinking, nice to haveAttention to Detail, nice to havePortuguese, nice to haveSpanish, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience, required2 Years Relevant Experience, requiredMaster's Degree in Relevant Field, nice to haveFluent Portuguese and Spanish, nice to haveEnglish Proficiency, required

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, support operations, or related fields.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in a relevant field.

  • Experience in content policy, anti-abuse, and reviewing online content.

  • Experience working with international issues across multiple geographies, including freedom of expression, child safety, or online controversial content.

  • Experience with spreadsheets, databases, SQL, and data analysis.

  • Ability to solve problems and think critically with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

  • Ability to communicate in Portuguese and Spanish fluently to support client relationship management, and work non-standard, on-call rotation hours including weekends.

About the job

Fast-paced, dynamic, and proactive, YouTube’s Trust and Safety team is dedicated to making YouTube a safe place for users, viewers, and content creators around the world to create, and express themselves. Whether understanding and solving their online content concerns, navigating within global legal frameworks, or writing and enforcing worldwide policy, the Trust and Safety team is on the frontlines of enhancing the YouTube experience, building internet safety, and protecting free speech in our ever-evolving digital world.

The Rapid Response team oversees and manages escalations across all YouTube product areas. As a Policy Escalation Specialist, you will work across Trust and Safety and YouTube to ensure that we address escalations holistically. You will provide management of escalations, creating a pathway to resolution, and communicating with key stakeholders as well as our executive team. You will develop preventative solutions to address future escalations, and help assess risk to the YouTube platform. You will review graphic, controversial, and sometimes offensive video content in line with YouTube’s Community Guidelines. In this role, you will need to be available for on-call work at weekends and holiday hours on a rotational basis.

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: $95000 - $135000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage policy escalations, driving consensus across all stakeholders.

  • Review graphic, controversial, and offensive video content in line with YouTube's community guidelines.

  • Ensure that all escalations are triaged, tracked, investigated, resolved, and communicated accurately using internal tools and systems.

  • Develop knowledge across all product areas to ensure faster, more efficient resolution, creating post-mortems and working with Engineering.

  • Conduct strategic analysis, optimize business performance, and deliver within relevant product areas. This includes analyzing data, identifying trends, and developing solutions that improve business performance.

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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