Safety Investigations Specialist II - IRT

Uber; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

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Job summary

Uber’s Community Operations team seeks a Safety Investigations Specialist II to serve as a fast, empathetic first responder for urgent safety incidents affecting riders, drivers, and couriers. You will investigate sensitive cases across platforms, document evidence, categorize incidents with precision, and escalate to the Special Investigations Unit to take decisive actions.

This role requires staying calm under pressure, strong emotional intelligence, and the ability to support a global team in

Qualifications

• At least 6 months of customer support experience handling sensitive issues.
• Experience operating in multiple digital modalities and software tools.
• Strong EQ, emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking.
• At least 1 year Safety experience.
• Experience in crisis centers, law enforcement, or social work where establishing trust with individuals in distress is required.
• Experience navigating high-volume, complex databases or contact management systems under tight SLAs.
• A resilient and adaptable mindset that thrives in a collaborative, fast-changing, and high-intensity environment.

Responsibilities

• Support riders, drivers, and couriers during critical moments‑helping turn uncertainty into clarity through empathy, speed, and sound judgment.
• Master multiple complex knowledge bases and contact management systems to document evidence and ensure every incident is categorized with precision.
• Communicate with care and professionalism, even in emotionally charged situations, ensuring all reporting parties feel heard while maintaining investigative integrity.
• Identify patterns and elevate issues that impact safety at scale‑contributing to how our Special Investigations Unit and global teams improve over time.
• Triage Focus: Manage a high‑volume, live queue of sensitive and urgent incidents, performing initial interviews to gather case info and efficiently assigning cases to the right investigators.
• Investigation Focus: Attend to the most critical and urgent incidents (L3‑L4), analyzing evidence across multiple platforms to develop case details and take decisive actions on accounts.
• SME Focus: Act as a multiplier for the team by providing real‑time technical support to agents, monitoring queue health, and delivering training updates to ensure the team stays sharp.

Skills

Customer support

Emotional intelligence

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Job description

About the role and team

Community Operations at the company is where real people solve real problems in real time. As a Safety Investigations Specialist II, you are a critical first responder for our community, providing fast and empathetic support during the moments that matter most. This isn’t a standard support role; you will investigate urgent, sensitive, and critical safety incidents, enforcing safety standards and taking decisive action to secure accounts and protect our users.

The environment is intense, high‑stakes, and often emotionally charged. You’ll need to balance deep empathy for individuals in distress with the analytical neutrality required to conduct a thorough investigation. We are looking for people who stay steady under pressure, possess high emotional intelligence, and are motivated by the challenge of making the real world safer for millions of riders, drivers, and couriers.

What you’ll do

• Support riders, drivers, and couriers during critical moments‑helping turn uncertainty into clarity through empathy, speed, and sound judgment.
• Master multiple complex knowledge bases and contact management systems to document evidence and ensure every incident is categorized with precision.
• Communicate with care and professionalism, even in emotionally charged situations, ensuring all reporting parties feel heard while maintaining investigative integrity.
• Identify patterns and elevate issues that impact safety at scale‑contributing to how our Special Investigations Unit and global teams improve over time.
• Triage Focus: Manage a high‑volume, live queue of sensitive and urgent incidents, performing initial interviews to gather case info and efficiently assigning cases to the right investigators.
• Investigation Focus: Attend to the most critical and urgent incidents (L3‑L4), analyzing evidence across multiple platforms to develop case details and take decisive actions on accounts.
• SME Focus: Act as a multiplier for the team by providing real‑time technical support to agents, monitoring queue health, and delivering training updates to ensure the team stays sharp.

Basic Qualifications

• At least 6 months of customer support experience specifically handling sensitive issues.
• Experience operating in multiple digital modalities and software tools with general computer proficiency.
• Strong EQ, emotional regulation, communication, problem‑solving, critical thinking.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year Safety experience.
• Experience in crisis centers, law enforcement, or social work where establishing trust with individuals in distress is required.
• Strong critical thinking and problem‑solving skills with a willingness to figure out the best path forward when answers aren’t immediate.
• Experience navigating high‑volume, complex databases or contact management systems under tight SLAs.
• A resilient and adaptable mindset that thrives in a collaborative, fast‑changing, and high‑intensity environment.

Ready to Ride?

This isn’t the kind of place where you follow a playbook - it’s where you help write one. If you’re driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves - we’d love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and the company’s culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in‑office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full‑time in‑office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role’s requirements.

The company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.