Policy Development Lead, Child Safety, YouTube
Job Summary
Job Description
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years policy drafting/enforcement experience
- 5+ years experience in policy, legal, or tech environment
- Global team collaboration & cross-functional communication
- Develop & maintain child safety policies
- Evaluate risk of new products & features
- Experience assessing child safety risks and regulations
- Experience with childhood development and psychology
- Experience working with minors
- Exceptional written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
2 skills required
Job Details
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in drafting or enforcing policy for an online platform or engagement with public policy issues in technology, government, law or online.
- 5 years of experience in a policy, legal, Trust & Safety, or technology environment.
- Experience working with global teams and communicating with stakeholders cross-functionally and experience engaging in and discussing sensitive or controversial areas.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience on topics related to assessing the risk landscape and regulatory requirements unique to child safety or youth physical or psychological safety.
- Experience with childhood development and behavior or psychology of minors aged 17 and under.
- Experience working with minors aged 17 and under or on topics related to child development.
- Exceptional written, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
About the job
Fast-paced, dynamic, and proactive, YouTube’s Trust & Safety team is dedicated to making YouTube a safe place for users, viewers, and content creators around the world to belong, 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 & Safety team is on the frontlines of enhancing the YouTube experience, building internet safety, and protecting free speech in our ever-evolving digital world.
As a Policy Development Lead, you will switch between developing global policies for YouTube content and driving cross-functional projects impacting the global ecosystem. You will bring order and clarity to unstructured or ambiguous problems. The Policy team covers a wide variety of topics, and you will contribute across multiple areas. This role will involve reviewing graphic, controversial, or offensive video content in line with YouTube’s .
At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$191,000 + 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 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 .
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update our global policies focused on child safety policy and understand and communicate the risk landscape and regulatory requirements unique to child safety.
- Evaluate the risk profile of new products and features. Influence cross-functional stakeholders and company executives regarding proposed content policy efforts.
- Negotiate and find optimal policy solutions balancing safety and product reach and growth objectives, and work with global teams to ensure effective operationalization of global policies.
- Propose new strategies and policies to improve the Trust & Safety product market fit to the evolving needs as well as our ability to scale our enforcement.
- Understand and clearly communicate the policy challenges and needs presented by new features and emerging global online content risks.
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