
Policy Specialist, Child Safety
Washington D.C., DCJob$164–239K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Policy Specialist, Child Safety will drive strategy and policy addressing egregious harms related to non-consensual intimate imagery and child safety across Google products. The role contributes to cross-functional efforts to address child sexual abuse and exploitation online, protect children and survivors, and build user trust. It also involves policy escalations, product launches, and analysis of industry trends and technology-platform policy issues.
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Policy Specialist, Child Safety
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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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7 years of experience in a policy, legal, trust and safety, or technology environment.
Preferred qualifications:
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JD, MBA, or Master’s degree.
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Experience in writing, analyzing, or operationalizing GenAI model policy.
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Experience with the development, implementation, and maintenance of policy.
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Expertise in non-consensual intimate imagery or child safety.
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Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.
About the job
The Global Policy and Standards team is made up of subject matter experts who promote user trust and uphold Google’s policies. In this role, you will focus on driving the strategy and policy to help ensure Google has policies across its products to address egregious harms related to non-consensual intimate imagery and child safety. You will be part of a team that is part of a cross-functional effort to address child sexual abuse and exploitation online in order toprotect children and NCII survivors, and to build user trust across Google and the technology ecosystem.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $164000 - $239000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Drive the development of strategies and policies to ensure Google's products have policies for addressing egregious harms, specifically those related to child sexual abuse and exploitation.
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Develop foundational policy principles to protect child safety online. Manage high-impact policy escalations and suggest policy and process improvements.
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Work cross-functionally to develop and launch products that promote user trust and uphold Google’s policies.
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Track industry trends related to child safety, analyze policy issues facing technology platforms, and make recommendations on how to address these issues across multiple Google products.
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This role will be exposed to graphic, controversial, and/or upsetting content.
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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/) .
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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How this job compares
Set against the 405 open Policy jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$164–239K/yr
- Washington, D.C. median$148–215K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$141–198K/yr154 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $202K, is 9% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($185K) — in the top quarter of Policy salary ranges in Washington, D.C..
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Policy jobs in Washington, D.C. and 405 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Policy postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (167 postings).
- Education
- 294 of the 405 open Policy jobs (73%) 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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