Product Advisor, Global Policy and Standards

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.4 years of experience in a policy, legal, Trust & Safety, or technology environment.

Preferred qualifications

JD or Master’s degree.Experience with the ads ecosystem or ad technology.Experience in Trust and Safety.Ability to translate complex issues into simple and clear language, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and navigate organizational boundaries.Ability to operate in a rapidly changing environment.

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 a Policy Specialist, you will advise internal Google teams on core principles, design policies, and standards to address abuse risks and enable responsible growth. In addition, you will engage with subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders across Google to design thoughtful cross-Product Area approaches on key priorities. You will balance the legal and regulatory requirements we face around the world with the needs of users, partners, and advertisers while upholding the company’s core values.

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 diverse 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $102,000-$150,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

Anticipate policy issues facing product and technology platforms, and develop policies and enforcement recommendations on how to address them.Lead, develop, and implement policies for Google products with a view towards user safety, product quality, and privacy.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure policy analysis and recommendations consider all teams’ perspectives. Resolve high-profile policy issues coming from the public, users, and internal stakeholders.Influence product decisions and prioritization and improve user experience for policy-related issues through collaboration with Product Managers, Engineers, Trust and Safety teams.Work with sensitive content or situations and possibly be exposed to graphic, controversial, and/or upsetting topics or content.

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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .