Policy Enforcement Manager, Violent Extremism, YouTube

Google; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

A leading tech company located in California is looking for a Policy Enforcement Manager within its Trust & Safety team. This role involves ensuring compliance with community guidelines, overseeing enforcement operations, and collaborating with various teams to address Violent Extremism issues. Candidates should have a relevant degree and substantial experience in data analytics, cyber security, or policy development. This position offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a field related to violent extremism or counter-terrorism.
• 4+ years of experience in data analytics, cyber security, or related fields.
• Experience with SQL, building dashboards, and programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality enforcement of YouTube’s Community Guidelines.
• Monitor performance against operational health metrics.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders on Violent Extremism-related issues.
• Execute strategies across YouTube in partnership with Legal, Product Management, and Engineering.

Skills

Data analytics

Excellent communication skills

Machine learning

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cyber security, or related fields.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a field related to violent extremism or counter‑terrorism.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g., Python).
• Experience in operations such as scaled or sales operations, vendor management, or process or organizational optimization.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross‑functionally at various levels.

About The Job

Fast‑paced, dynamic, and proactive, YouTube’s Trust & 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 & Safety team is on the frontlines of enhancing the YouTube experience, building internet safety, and protecting free speech in our ever‑evolving digital world.

As a Policy Enforcement Manager focused on Violent Extremism, you will work with a global team from Policy, Enforcement, Product, Engineering, Tools, Legal and other teams to safeguard the platform’s integrity, mitigate risk, and manage content trends to identify potential Community Guideline violations. With tools and technology, you will evaluate abuse trends and quality within vendor operations, and develop creative solutions to address quality, workflows and processes. You will be collaborating with cross‑functional teams, including policy development, legal, engineering, and product, which is essential to developing and implementing effective enforcement strategies that address the evolving issues of content moderation. You will review graphic, controversial, and offensive video content in line with YouTube’s Community Guidelines. You may also be required to work on‑call on weekends and holidays.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $110,000‑$157,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality enforcement of YouTube’s Community Guidelines. Research and stay up‑to‑date on key Violent Extremism trends as well as abuse patterns across policy areas.
• Oversee YouTube’s enforcement operations, including monitoring performance against operational health metrics, overseeing operations with high quality, and driving efforts to optimize tooling solutions.
• Work closely with cross‑functional stakeholders on Violent Extremism‑related issues and policy escalations, and clearly communicate initiatives to the broader organization, including local teams.
• Execute strategies across YouTube in close partnership with Legal, Product Management, Engineering, and Google Trust and Safety.

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.