Policy Escalation Specialist, Trust and Safety, YouTube at Google San Bruno, CA

null; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 90,500 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's YouTube Trust and Safety team is hiring a Policy Escalation Specialist in San Bruno, CA. This role focuses on managing policy escalations, coordinating with stakeholders, and developing preventative solutions to address future issues.

You will review escalated content in line with community guidelines and communicate with executive teams during resolution processes. The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 2 years of policy application experience, and willingness to work on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in escalations or crisis management.
• 2 years of experience applying policy to online content and judging violative content.
• Experience working in an operations-oriented organization.
• Ability to work non-standard, on-call weekend and holiday hours.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage policy escalations, driving consensus across all stakeholders.
• Review graphic, controversial, and offensive video content in line with YouTube's community guidelines.
• Develop knowledge across all product areas to ensure faster, more efficient resolution and implement preventative solutions.
• Ensure escalations are triaged, tracked, investigated, resolved, and communicated using internal tools and systems.

Skills

Policy escalation experience

Operations mindset

On-call availability

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in escalations or crisis management

Tools

SQL

Job description

Policy Escalation Specialist, Trust and Safety, YouTube job at Google. San Bruno, CA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in either escalations or crisis management.
• 2 years of experience in applying policy to online content, while making accurate judgment calls regarding appropriate and violative content.
• Experience working in an operations-oriented organization.
• Ability to work non-standard, on-call rotation weekend and holiday hours.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience applying policy to online content, while making accurate judgment calls regarding appropriate and violative content.
• Experience with spreadsheets, databases SQL and data analysis.
• Experience in content policy, anti-abuse and reviewing online content.
• Experience working with international issues across multiple geographies, including freedom of expression, child safety or online controversial content.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

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.

The Rapid Response team oversees and manages escalations across all YouTube product areas. As a Policy Escalation Specialist, you will work across Trust and Safety and YouTube to ensure that we address escalations holistically.

You will provide management of escalations, creating a pathway to resolution, and communicating with key stakeholders as well as our executive team.

You will develop preventative solutions to address future escalations, and help assess risk to the YouTube platform.

You will review graphic, controversial, and sometimes offensive video content in line with YouTube's Community Guidelines.

In this role, you will need to be available for on call work at weekends and holiday hours on a rotational basis.

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 cutting-edge 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 $90,500-$130,000 + 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.

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

Responsibilities

• Own and manage policy escalations, driving consensus across all stakeholders.
• Review graphic, controversial, and offensive video content in line with YouTube's community guidelines.
• Develop knowledge across all product areas to ensure faster, more efficient resolution. Develop post‑mortem and implementations of preventative solutions, including working with Engineering on tools.
• Ensure that all escalations are triaged, tracked, investigated, resolved, and communicated accurately using internal tools and systems. Manage or assist in conducting reviews to capture lessons‑learned and ensure regular follow‑up.

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. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.