Senior Manager, Ads Policy - EMEA

Netflix; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix’s Ads Policy Team seeks a strategic leader to develop and draft policies across major verticals, ensuring a safe and effective advertising experience for members and advertisers.

You will collaborate with Advertising, Product, Engineering, Legal, and Sales to translate complex policy issues into clear guidance while aligning global and regional perspectives. English proficiency is required, with multilingual abilities a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of policy experience in tech or internet sectors.
• Experience managing policy across multiple verticals and countries.
• Strong written and verbal communication across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate complex issues into clear language for advertisers and legal.
• English proficiency required; additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and draft ads policy across one or more functional areas (e.g., financial services, healthcare, alcohol).
• Identify business-critical issues and opportunities to improve how policies are advised, aligned, and finalized; support escalation and resolution with advertisers, ad sales, and members.
• Balance global and regional needs to drive meaningful ads policies for Netflix, members, and advertisers.

Skills

Content Moderation

Policy/Legal Operations

Trust & Safety

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Advertiser collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

English proficiency

Multilingual capability

Job description

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Our Team

Our ad-supported tier offers our members more choice in how they consume their content. The ads tier allows us to attract new members at a lower price point, while also creating a compelling path for advertisers to reach audiences that are deeply immersed.

The Ads Policy Team is a part of the Commerce Legal Team and sets advertising standards to protect the experience of our members and business partners. We work with a variety of teams from Advertising, Product Management, Engineering, Legal, Global Affairs, and Strategic Planning and Analysis to set policies in a scalable way and deliver ads in a manner that’s thoughtful of our member’s viewing experience and drives great outcomes for advertisers. Ads Policy Team members are motivated to find innovative solutions, and use technical know-how, user insights and proactive communication to pursue the highest possible quality and safety standards for members and advertisers.

On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic leader. You understand the member's point of view and are passionate about using your combined technical, sales and customer service acumen to deliver high impact to our business by monetizing our incredible slate of content.

We are looking for an Ads Policy team member who is excited to join us on this journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Functional Expert. Develop and draft ads policy across one or more functional areas (e.g., financial services, healthcare, alcohol).
• Operational Strategist & Project Management. Proactively identify business-critical issues and opportunities to improve how we advise, align, and finalize ads policies at Netflix. Support issue escalation and resolution from advertisers, ad sales, and members.
• Global & Regional Player. Ability to be an advocate for the specific needs of Ads Policy bringing a global lens, striking a balance between scalability, localization, and highly nuanced sensitivities and cultural perspectives to drive meaningful ads policies for Netflix, our members and advertisers.

Experience & Skills

• Functional expertise in Content Moderation, Policy/Legal Operations, Trust & Safety
• 8+ years of policy experience with knowledge of the technology sector and the key policy issues affecting the internet like online and brand safety.
• Experience managing and scaling a high volume of content across multiple verticals and countries and/or running multiple, simultaneous and complex policy projects from inception through to completion.
• Strong communication and cross-functional skills, with the ability to engage, listen, and collaborate with internal departments/teams to align from strategy through execution and translate complex issues into simple, clear language.
• Have experience collaborating closely with advertisers, legal, and sales teams.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, and have a goal-oriented entrepreneurial mindset, driven to succeed and always up for a challenge!
• English language proficiency a requirement. Additional language proficiency (German, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Swedish or Dutch) a plus.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.