Product Policy Specialist, Generative AI

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years of experience in a policy, legal, Trust and Safety, or technology environment.
• Experience working on AI-related policy issues.

Preferred qualifications:

• JD, MBA, or Master’s degree.
  
• Experience with policy, working on content issues and potentially harmful or upsetting content, including knowledge of the technology sector and key policy issues impacting AI safety and content moderation online (e.g., issues with GenAI, online safety, misinformation, etc.).
• Ability to identify/gather insights and effectively communicate complex technology policy issues.
• Ability to translate complex issues into simple, clear language, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and navigate organizational boundaries.
• Excellent people, research, and organizational skills.

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.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$236,000 + 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 benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Analyze issues facing products with GenAI capabilities and make policy recommendations on how to address them.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Trust and Safety teams, and Engineers to influence product decisions and prioritization, and improve user experience for multimodal GenAI.
• Drive research and collaboration in the Multimodal GenAI space both within Google and with Key Opinion Formers through GAPP to set industry standards.
• Provide clear and timely updates to executives and stakeholders within Trust and Safety and within Google on issues related to multimodal GenAI and base model policies. Partner closely with Google Deepmind, including with their Ethics Foresight and research teams, to draft model-level policies.
• Work with sensitive content or situations and be exposed to graphic, controversial, 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.