Product Policy Manager – Search

Internet Law & Policy Foundry; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Internet Law & Policy Foundry in New York, NY is seeking a Product Policy Manager, Search Policy to collaborate with product, data science, operations, legal, and other stakeholders to craft safety policies for Search features.

The role focuses on identifying safety risks, guiding policy iteration, and ensuring responsible product launches while promoting user well-being and safe content ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technology policy, product policy, or risk roles.
• Experience coordinating with engineering, product, and legal teams.
• Strong attention to detail and results orientation.
• Experience with international partners across time zones.
• Experience handling complex or graphic material.

Responsibilities

• Identify safety risks for new Search policies, products and features.
• Support safe development and go-to-market of Search features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to implement solutions.
• Provide user-safety input for product launches and features.
• Understand Search features and enforcement requirements for policies.

Skills

Policy development

Program management

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

International partnerships

Job description

Responsibilities

About the Role As a Product Policy Manager, Search Policy in our Trust & Safety team, you will have the opportunity to work with teams of product managers, data scientists, user researchers, operations, legal and various relevant stakeholders to craft policies and safety strategies for Search and Search product features.

• Identify and anticipate product and content safety risks to support new launches of Search policies, products and features, leveraging solutions to effectively address the risks by optimizing policy iteration & implementation procedures to let our users engage with a safe content ecosystem.
• Support the safe and responsible development and go-to-market of Search features help with search and discovery on TikTok, aiming to help users find entertaining and inspiring content.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners and internal experts to understand emerging trends or risks and drive the implementation of solutions.
• Provide prompt and professional input from the user safety perspective to support associated product feature launches.
• Cultivate a deep understanding of Search features, and enforcement requirements to support the development, launch and training of effective UGC content policies, guidance and safety strategies.
• Work closely with product teams to promote community well-being and user safety through optimization of product safety features and product strategy.
• Conduct research into Trust and Safety best practices and analyze existing policies and procedures to identify gaps, inconsistencies, or conflicts and develop solutions to resolve.
• Work with cross-functional teams to set goals and milestones for continuously improving the safety of Search features.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Policy Managers, Operations, Legal, PR, and PA teams to build consensus on global feature policies and processes.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):

• You have 3+ years of experience working in the technology industry, with exposure to model training, policy development, program management, and/or risk assessment.
• Demonstrated systematic thought process regarding policy and experience working with engineering, product and technical design teams.
• Strong attention to detail – highly self-driven and results oriented.
• You have experience working with international partners across different time zones.
• Experience handling complex and sometimes graphic material.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• Proven ability to develop sound research methodologies and collect, synthesize, analyze, and interpret data.
• Experience working in high-growth environments or being part of newly established teams within larger organizations.
• Able to articulate and defend a policy position and lead to consensus.
• Project management skills, with the ability to drive and manage the simultaneous delivery of complex projects in collaboration with stakeholder teams, influencing across all levels.

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