Product Manager II, YouTube Adversarial Abuse

Socket.dev; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's YouTube Trust and Safety team seeks a Product Manager to guide cross‑functional initiatives from conception to launch, applying ML and policy controls to protect creators and viewers.

You will partner with engineers, policy, operations, and product teams to define roadmaps, analyze risk vectors, and ship scalable solutions that reduce abuse while delivering a great user experience.

This role emphasizes collaboration, speed, and impact on a platform used by millions around the world.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of product management or related technical experience.
• 2 years taking technical products from ideation to launch.
• Experience with machine learning solutions or platform tools.

Responsibilities

• Leverage expertise in Trust and Safety to protect creators and the community.
• Define product requirements, roadmaps, and success metrics.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, UX, and policy teams to implement features.
• Drive abuse prevention initiatives and detect adversarial activity.
• Stay ahead of emerging abuse trends and translate strategy into roadmaps.

Skills

Product management experience

End-to-end product development

Machine learning or platform solutions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in product management, or a related technical role.
• 2 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch (e.g., ideation to execution, end-to-end, 0 to 1, etc.).
• Experience with machine learning solutions and technologies, or platform solutions and tools.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a technology or business related field.
  
• Experience driving cross-functional initiatives involving multiple product teams.
• Experience working with cross functional teams including policy development, operations, feature teams, and a Trust and Safety capacity or adjacent.
• Familiarity with Machine Learning and detection, setting policies and compliance, understanding of systems and platforms, or knowledge with APIs.
• Ability to influence and communicate cross-functionally with all levels of management.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, constantly evolving and collaborative environment.

About the job:

At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day.
In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.
One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users.

As a Product Manager within YouTube Trust and Safety, you will advocate initiatives targeting Creator and Community Abuse. You will lead efforts to define, detect and prevent scalable malicious activity driven by adversarial actors across our platform. By detecting classical adversarial behavior, you will enforce against bad actors before they can inject harmful content and cause viewer harm on the platform. Additionally, you will analyze emerging risk vectors and shape product road maps to advance our safety initiatives.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage your expertise in Trust and Safety, adversarial abuse, or fraud prevention to protect YouTube's creators and community.
• Understand markets, competition, and user requirements in depth. Launch new products, features and controls based on machine learning technologies, test their performance, and iterate quickly.
• Work with partner teams (e.g., Engineers, Program Managers, UX) during product design and development to implement the requirements to turn Product Requirements Documents into Objectives and Key Results for one or more teams.
• Advocateabuse resilience and influence partner teams to incorporate this principle into product design to minimize abuse incentive.
• Stay ahead of emerging abuse trends. Define product roadmaps by operationalizing strategy and developing innovative solutions.