Senior Product Policy Advisor, Global Policy and Standards

Legal
USA
March 7, 2026
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    March 7, 2026
  • Location
    USA
  • Expiration date
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Job Description

2026-02-05T14:59:00.791Z

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In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

  • JD, MBA or Master’s degree in a technical field
  • Experience with the ads ecosystem or ad technology.
  • Experience translating privacy and personalization policies to product and engineering teams.
  • Ability to translate issues into simple and clear language, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and navigate organizational boundaries.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.
  • Excellent written, presentation, and communication skills.

About the job

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed – with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.

As a Senior Product Policy Advisor, you will advise internal Google teams on core principles, design policies and standards to address abuse risks, and enable responsible growth. In addition, you will engage with subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders across Google to design thoughtful cross-Product Area approaches on key priorities.You will grow in a fast, demanding environment where no two days are ever the same. As a critical thinker, you bring the translate intricate problems into scalable solutions and define precise standards for evolving areas of tech policy. You can balance the legal and regulatory requirements we face around the world with the needs of users, advertisers, creators and publishers, while upholding the company’s core values.

At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$189,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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.

Responsibilities

  • Anticipate policy issues facing product and technology platforms and develop policies and enforcement recommendations on how to address them.
  • Lead, develop, and implement policies for Google products with a view towards user safety, product quality, and privacy. Drive awareness and understanding of our product policies within Google and across our user base through research to set industry standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure policy analysis and recommendations consider all teams’ perspectives. Resolve policy issues coming from the public, users, and internal stakeholders.
  • Influence product decisions and prioritization and improve user experience for policy-related issues through collaboration with Product Managers, Engineers, and other Trust and Safety (T&S) teams.
  • Work with sensitive content or situations and remain prepared for exposure to graphic, controversial, or upsetting topics or content.

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 Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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