Policy Specialist, Legal Investigations Support

Google Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 111,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Policy Specialist, Legal Investigations Support in Chicago, IL. You will manage requests from government agencies, courts, and others, navigating internal policies, tools, and workflows to ensure compliant data disclosure and privacy safeguards.

Within LIS, you will work with DDST to scale policy into procedures and drive high-stakes escalations with sound judgment, AI tooling, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in a policy, legal, trust and safety, or technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Review and respond to legal requests related to investigations.
• Apply tools to respond to inquiries from law enforcement, courts, and attorneys.
• Leverage AI/ML tools to extract risk signals and improve workflow.
• Exercise independent judgment on highly sensitive matters with escalation as needed.
• Document trends and collaborate cross-functionally to scale internal workflows.

Skills

Policy experience

Data analysis

AI/ML tooling

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Legal review systems

Data disclosure tools

Job description

Policy Specialist, Legal Investigations Support

Chicago, IL, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in a policy, legal, trust and safety, or technology environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience utilizing and configuring AI, machine learning, or automated data tools to analyze data, extract signals, or build triage workflows.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous, rapidly evolving legal and policy landscapes and handle high-pressure escalations with composure, sound judgment, and a strong bias for action.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills, with experience translating complex legal and technical concepts for cross-functional stakeholders.
• A proven track record of prioritizing collective team success and a consistent history of proactively supporting peers to balance workloads and achieve shared goals.

About the job

As a part of the Legal Investigations Support (LIS), the team is responsible for managing global user data disclosure requests supporting criminal investigations, civil matters, emergency matters, and privacy inquiries. Your team will work collaboratively with the Data Disclosure Strategy Team (DDST), which sets legal policy, while LIS oversees the scaling of those policies into standard operating procedures for global implementation. As a part of this team, you will coordinate the program management necessary to fulfill Google’s compliance, privacy, and civic obligations at a global scale.

As a part of this mission, the team keeps Google legally compliant, protecting user privacy, and safeguard communities, by driving data disclosure operation.

As a Policy Specialist within the Legal Investigations Support (LIS) team, you are behind the success of global legal operations. As a part of the LIS team, you will handle requests for user data received from government agencies, courts, and parties in civil and criminal litigation. In this role, you will manage these legal requests, processing them through complex internal policies, tools, and workflows.

In this role, you will be focused on some of our most sensitive, complex workflows, and will lead day-to-day efforts to successfully navigate these high-stakes escalations and cases. You will combine deep subject matter expertise in handling sensitive legal requests with self-service AI tooling proficiency to effectively filter through workloads. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $111000 - $159000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Review, process, and respond to legal requests related to real-world investigations on Google users.
• Apply standard tools, resources, and processes to respond to complex inquiries and escalations from law enforcement agencies, courts, and third-party attorneys.
• Leverage and configure AI/ML tools to extract advanced risk signals, drive operational efficiencies and enhance quality.
• Exercise sound, independent judgment on highly sensitive matters, establishing an intuitive balance between autonomous decision-making and strategic escalations to leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Analyze trends, maintain clear documentation, and collaborate cross-functionally with legal, policy, and engineering stakeholders to adapt guidelines and scale internal workflows.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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