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Program Manager, Controls, Trust and Safety

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Compensation
$136–196K/yr
Location
Washington D.C., DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Program Manager will support Google’s Regulatory Controls and Audit Team across Trust and Safety, assessing how new regulations affect teams and processes. The role focuses on maturing controls and supporting continuous compliance through durable, efficient, audit-ready processes. It also involves work related to AI safety, online safety, and innovation, with collaboration across teams to help users, regulators, and business decision-making.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementProject ManagementComplianceRisk ManagementControls AssuranceAuditStakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingAttention to Detail

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience5 Years Program, Project, or Compliance ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 5 years of experience in program management, project management, or compliance.

  • Experience working in risk, controls, or controls assurance or audit.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience managing a broad range of stakeholders at different levels.

  • Experience managing programs or projects in a complex and regulated environment.

  • Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

About the job

As a Program Manager in the Regulatory Controls and Audit Team, you will provide critical support and expertise across Trust and Safety to understand the potential impact of new regulations on Trust and Safety teams and processes. You will deep dive into the incredible work that Trust and Safety does to keep users and our platforms safe via a process and control lens, work in pioneering areas of AI safety, online safety and innovation. You will help to mature our control environment which in turn will benefit our users, regulators and business decision-making capability, and support the business to achieve continuous compliance with regulatory obligations via durable, efficient and audit-ready processes and controls.

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: $136000 - $196000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Trust and Safety, Global Affairs, Product, Legal, and Policy teams to clarify ambiguity, maintain optimal compliance positions, and ensure visibility of key regulations.

  • Apply adaptable program management principles to prioritize and deliver high-impact Trust and Safety workstreams, ensuring processes meet evolving regulatory obligations.

  • Enhance and mature the control environment, continually monitoring compliance health and effectiveness through robust metrics.

  • Drive cross-functional efficiencies across Regulatory Governance and Trust and Safety workstreams by leveraging AI, automation, and data-driven solutions.

  • Assess tooling needs and develop sleek data reporting solutions to achieve centralized management and clearly communicate the compliance landscape to stakeholders.

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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/) .

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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.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,207 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$136–196K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$134–196K/yr173 salary ranges
  • US median$120–203K/yr8,817 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $166K, is close to the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 209 open Program Manager jobs in Washington, D.C. and 11,207 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (9,534 postings).
Education
5,036 of the 11,207 open Program Manager jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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