Director, Trust and Safety, Trusted Experiences, Google DeepMind

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 264,000 - 366,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off (20 days)

Job summary

Google DeepMind seeks a Director of Trust and Safety in Trusted Experiences to lead global programs protecting users across products. You will partner with engineers, policy specialists, and managers to prevent abuse and enforce policies at Google speed.

The role requires leading diverse teams, driving cross-functional collaboration, and delivering high-impact solutions while advancing a culture of trust and safety across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 15 years of experience in tech, research, policy, legal, or operations fields.
• Experience leading global teams across regions.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead global Trust & Safety initiatives across products and regions.
• Drive scalable abuse prevention solutions and enforcement using ML.
• Manage policies and guidelines for Google DeepMind products.
• Influence organizational strategies with senior leaders.
• Foster an innovative, high-performing global team culture.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

15 years experience

Global team leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Systems thinking

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Advanced degree (Master’s/PhD/MBA) in related field

Job description

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In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance




• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match




• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment




• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance




• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks




• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks




• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.




• 15 years of experience working in the tech industry or a research, policy, legal, or operations field.




• Experience leading global teams, working across multiple regions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree (e.g., Master’s, PhD, MBA) in a related field (e.g., Analytical, Technical, Legal, Operations Management).




• Experience leading cross-functionally with multiple senior stakeholders and an ability to influence at all levels of the organization.




• Ability to apply systems thinking to analyze complex problems, identify interdependencies, and develop holistic solutions with high business impact.




• Exceptional executive communication skills and judgment to partner effectively with senior leaders, functions and influence end-to-end design, launch, and enforcement outcomes. Ability to synthesize information to bring clear recommendations to drive decision-making and impact inline with T&S business goals.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $264000 – $366000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

• Work closely with a global team to drive the responsible launch of GenAI models and products in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, defining metrics, strategic planning, and development for the team.




• Drive strategic abuse prevention solutions and scaled enforcement through automation and innovation, enabling ML technologies to scale, building analyst teams, partnering with senior executive stakeholders and information advocacy during challenging times.




• Manage abuse prevention, risk assessment, mitigation and enforcement on policies and guidelines for GDM products.




• Drive organizational-wide impact and be committed to the mission of enhancing trust with our users and protecting them from abuse. Lead and influence decision-making for organizational strategies across a senior stakeholder team.




• Foster an innovative culture for a global team, drive execution, attract and develop existing leaders toward their career goals.

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