Policy Analyst, YouTube Monetization, Trust and Safety

Google; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Dublin is seeking a Trust and Safety Analyst to ensure the safety of users and creators on YouTube. The role involves enforcing policies, reviewing video content, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the platform's integrity. Ideal candidates will have experience in data analytics and content moderation, along with strong communication skills. This position is full-time and offers opportunities to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in data analytics or related fields.
• 4 years of experience in content moderation or relevant areas.
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Enforce policy decisions for YouTube’s Advertiser Friendly Guidelines.
• Review controversial video content for brand safety.
• Work with policy development team on updates.

Skills

Data analytics

Content moderation

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.
• 4 years of experience in content moderation, policy, operations, government, journalism, or management consulting.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge on how brand safety works for advertisers on internet platforms.
• Ability to work separately and collaboratively to complete projects from beginning to end and in a timely manner.
• Ability to solve unstructured business problems.
• Ability to clearly communicate with multiple cross-regional and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

About The Job

The YouTube’s Trust and Safety team is dedicated to making YouTube a safe place for users, viewers, and content creators around the world to 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 and Safety team is on the frontlines of enhancing the YouTube experience, building internet safety, and protecting free speech in our ever-evolving digital world.

YouTube Monetization Trust and Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the problems that test the safety and integrity of our products.

In this role, you will 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. You will be a big-picture thinker and 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 all the levels of user safety.

At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust and 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.

Responsibilities

• Enforce policy decisions for YouTube’s Advertiser Friendly Guidelines.
• Review controversial and sometimes offensive video content to determine whether or not they’re brand safe. Manage incoming urgent escalations from advertisers, creators, and press.
• Work closely with our policy development team to rollout policy updates and improvements to our global team.
• Represent a well-researched, data-driven, user-focused stance for YouTube that balances users, advertisers, product, and brand considerations across a variety of policy issues and platforms.
• Perform occasional on-call work on weekends and holidays on a rotational basis and evaluate graphic, controversial, and offensive video content to ensure compliance with YouTube’s Advertiser Friendly Guidelines.

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.