Director, Development, Ads Safety, Platform and Experiences

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • $294,000 PA - $414,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As Director of Development in Ads Safety, you'll lead a team enhancing technologies for content and actor safety, ensuring excellent policy-related experiences for advertisers, publishers, and users. This involves developing and optimizing platforms (machine learning systems, large-scale review processes) to empower safety teams in detecting and mitigating risks across Google's advertising ecosystem. You'll drive innovation and scalability, ensuring platforms operate seamlessly and efficiently. Furthermore, you'll elevate customer and consumer experiences related to policy interactions, working with UX and partners to implement exceptional experiences for advertisers and publishers dealing with policy issues, and enhance ad reporting processes for users. A deep understanding of large-scale systems development, machine learning, and AI is crucial.
Must have:
  • 15+ years software development experience
  • 10+ years management experience
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • Lead Ads Safety platform development
  • Develop ML systems and large-scale processes
  • Enhance user and customer experiences
Good to have:
  • Master's or PhD in CS
  • Experience in Ads Safety, cybersecurity
  • Experience with human review processes
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of professional experience in software development.
  • 10 years of management experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience in Ads Safety, cybersecurity, or related domains.
  • Experience with human review processes and systems that complement automated platforms to enhance overall safety operations.
  • Demonstrated passion for enhancing user experiences and providing thought leadership around user privacy, security, and ethics.

About the job

As the Director of Development in Ads Safety, you will lead a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing the foundational technologies that support our content and actor safety initiatives, as well as ensuring our customers (advertisers and publishers) and consumers (users) have excellent policy-related experiences.

Your primary focus will be on developing and optimizing the underlying technical platforms, including machine learning systems and large-scale review processes that empower our safety teams to protect users, advertisers, and publishers across Google's broad and complex advertising ecosystem.

You will ensure that our ML models, AI technologies, and platform systems operate seamlessly and efficiently, enabling your partner content and actor safety teams to detect and mitigate risks effectively. You will drive innovation and scalability within these platforms to keep pace with evolving threats and maintain the integrity and trustworthiness of our advertising services.

Equally important is your responsibility for elevating customer and consumer experiences related to policy interactions. Working closely with UX and partners in Sales, and Trust and Safety, drive the implementation of exceptional experiences for advertisers and publishers when they navigate policy issues, such as dealing with ad disapprovals. For consumers, you will enhance the processes for reporting ads, ensuring they are intuitive, responsive, and user-friendly. Your efforts will directly impact user satisfaction and trust in Google's services.

Your role demands a deep understanding of large-scale systems development, machine learning, AI. You will inspire a high-performing team dedicated to innovation, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of a secure and trustworthy advertising environment for users, advertisers, and publishers worldwide.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale. 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $294,000-$414,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Develop and drive the overarching strategy and roadmap for Ads Safety Platforms and Experiences. Align this vision with Google's commitment to creating a secure and trustworthy online environment for users, advertisers, and publishers worldwide.
  • Lead the design, development, and enhancement of the underlying technical platforms - including machine learning systems, large-scale processing systems, and human review tooling – that empower the broader Ads Safety Ecosystem. Ensure these platforms are reliable, scalable, and efficient to meet the ever-growing demands of a global advertising ecosystem.
  • Ensure that all platforms and systems are designed for high scalability and reliability to handle the vast scale of Google's advertising services without compromising performance or uptime.

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