Senior Trust Ops & AI Governance Lead

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

401(k) with company match

PTO 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year (69 in Seattle

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 paid days

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional governance programs in privacy, security, and responsible AI across Google Research and Labs. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate findings to executives while balancing technical tradeoffs with product goals.

This role partners with central Privacy, Safety, and Security teams to scale automated tooling and maintain a compliant launch process, impacting products used by billions of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with products that achieve privacy, security, and data protection compliance.
• Technical experience in AI/ML system lifecycles, automated evaluation pipelines, or technical control verification.
• Experience managing operational teams, vendor operations, or extended workforces (TVC).

Responsibilities

• Advocate for the trust roadmap and collaborate across Alphabet to ensure it remains current with long-term protection strategies and aligns with product area-level OKRs tied to velocity and global impact.
• Oversee Privacy and Security operational programs within the Google Research and Labs product areas, owning strategic outcomes and ensuring alignment with product area-level compliance posture.
• Lead efforts to grow and scale governance programs by advocating for and leveraging in-house AI technologies, automation, and tooling optimizations.
• Transform high-friction manual review gates into 'well-lit paths' and automated self-service guardrails that accelerate research velocity.
• Architect and continuously optimize a risk-tiered governance delivery model across FTEs, extended workforce (TVCs), and autonomous AI agents—defining risk routing logic, exception escalation thresholds, and automated QA/SLO telemetry.

Skills

Program management

Privacy compliance

AI/ML lifecycle

Stakeholder communication

Operational leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Automation tooling

Governance tooling

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional governance programs in privacy, security, and responsible AI across Google Research and Labs. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate findings to executives while balancing technical tradeoffs with product goals.

This role partners with central Privacy, Safety, and Security teams to scale automated tooling and maintain a compliant launch process, impacting products used by billions of