Cross Policy Analyst

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.

3 years of experience in data analysis using SQL to identify trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field.

5 years of experience leading projects and working with cross-functional teams, to include experience interacting with senior stakeholders and executives.

Understanding of YouTube and the larger social media ecosystem, to include online abuse.

Passion for content abuse, content abuse’s real-world implications, and making YouTube a safe place for our users.

Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) with the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.

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 belong, 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.YouTube's Trust and Safety team strives to make YouTube a safe and trusted place for users, advertisers, creators and policy makers. The YouTube Intelligence Desk is a proactive effort within YouTube to understand emerging threats and work across the organization to mitigate them.As a Cross Policy Analyst, you will analyze information from open and proprietary sources, and develop actionable insights, recommendations, and forecasts across a variety of our content verticals and policy areas.In this role, you may be exposed to graphic, controversial, and sometimes offensive video content during team escalations in line with YouTube’s Community Guidelines.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 $129,000-$191,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .

Monitor online communities discussing the identification of vulnerabilities in YouTube systems that can be exploited for financial or ideological purposes.

Conduct ongoing prioritization and risk analysis to outline the risk vectors across the YouTube platform.

Communicate with cross-functional teams (to include Engineering and Product Management teams) and executives about technical and rapidly evolving abuse risks targeting YouTube.

Interact with data and user analysis to deduce how bad actors exploit YouTube systems.

Use test accounts to identify and understand vulnerabilities within YouTube systems.

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. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.