Director, Trust and Safety, Trusted Experiences, Google DeepMind

Google; Washington (District of Columbia); 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) match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior Trust & Safety leader to guide global teams, shape policy, and enforce standards across products. You will partner with engineers, product managers, and executives to scale abuse prevention, drive risk assessment, and deliver high-impact solutions.

The role offers a strong compensation package with a large base salary, bonus target, equity, and comprehensive benefits, reflecting Google’s commitment to user safety and trust worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in tech, research, policy, legal, or operations.
• Experience leading global teams and cross-regional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work with a global team to launch GenAI models and products, defining metrics and planning.
• Drive abuse prevention solutions and scalable enforcement, enabling ML to scale.
• Manage abuse prevention, risk assessment, mitigation and enforcement on policies.
• Lead organizational strategies with senior stakeholders and drive decisions.
• Foster an innovative culture for a global team and develop leaders.

Skills

Global leadership

Cross-functional

Executive communication

Systems thinking

Policy enforcement

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Advanced degree

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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

Responsibilities

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• 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.

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.