Google

Associate Principal, Trust and Safety, GenAI

Google$142K — $205K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust & Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields
  • 1 year of experience with GenAI technologies
  • Experience in SQL or data visualization tools
  • Experience making business decisions and evaluating product launches
  • Ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Direct the safety roadmap for GenAI launches, implementing testing frameworks and mitigation strategies
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, aligning on high-stakes safety decisions
  • Act as the safety subject matter expert, embedding guardrails in product development
  • Convert traffic patterns and safety signals into strategic intelligence to influence product decisions
  • Bridge high-level strategy with execution, coordinating complex testing workstreams

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • 20 days of vacation per year
  • 40 hours of sick time per year
  • Maternity leave of 28-30 weeks
  • Baby bonding leave of 18 weeks
  • 13 paid holidays per year
Full Job Description
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X 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 (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust & Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.
  • 1 year of experience with GenAI technologies.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g. Python).
  • Experience making business decisions, including identifying gaps or business needs, evaluating product launches, and innovating and scaling solutions.
  • Ability to handle multiple senior stakeholders, influencing safety strategy and operational execution at all levels.
  • Ability to think logically and work effectively in a fast-paced/constantly changing environment and to influence cross-functionally and cross-geographically with all levels of management.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.


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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$205,000 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
  • Direct the safety roadmap for high-priority GenAI launches, delivering robust testing frameworks and mitigation strategies for complex user harms and product vulnerabilities.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in engineering, product, GDM (Deepmind), and legal, synthesizing perspectives to command alignment on high-stakes decisions.
  • Act as the safety subject matter expert to embed guardrails directly into the product development lifecycle, ensuring they are "safer by design".
  • Convert traffic patterns and safety signals into strategic intelligence. Anticipate emerging risks to influence product roadmaps and drive continuous innovation.
  • Bridge high-level strategy with precise execution, orchestrating complex testing workstreams with partners while serving as the primary "front-door" for safety-related work.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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