Google

Strategic Risk Manager, Strategic Command Trust and Safety

Google$141K — $206K *
Information 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 and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields
  • Master's or PhD in a relevant field preferred
  • Experience managing escalations and crises while collaborating with front-line teams and Executives
  • Familiarity with machine learning
  • Proficient in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, and visualization techniques
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across various organizational levels

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Incident Commander during critical events to lead response coordination
  • Identify cross-platform risks and initiate preparedness initiatives
  • Direct reviews of past incidents to isolate root causes and drive improvements
  • Partner with legal, policy, intelligence, and regional teams on global challenges
  • Perform on-call responsibilities during weekends and holidays, potentially encountering sensitive content

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • Equity benefits
  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Generous paid time off
  • Access to professional development programs
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's or PhD in relevant field.
  • Experience with managing escalations and crises, working with front-line teams and Executives at the same time.
  • Experience with machine learning.
  • Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or in a scripting/programming language (e.g., Python).
  • 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.

We are the cross-product abuse and crisis management hub of Trust and Safety. We coordinate cross-functional response to high sensitivity escalations, connecting dots and synthesizing all incident intelligence, ultimately driving the issue to resolution. Partnering cross functionally across the business, we strive for a 360 view of cross-product risks facing Google to provide incident intelligence and abuse mitigation assurance.

We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated Strategic Risk Manager to join our globally dispersed Strategic Command team. In this role, you will be crucial in maintaining our preparedness and response programs, addressing user and trust risk issues, combating emerging threats, and promoting a culture of resilience and adaptability.
US: $141000 - $206000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Serve as Incident Commander during critical events; lead end-to-end response coordination and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) to minimize user and organizational impact.
  • Identify cross-platform risks and lead preparedness initiatives to build robust crisis readiness and close operational gaps.
  • Direct "reflect" reviews of past incidents to isolate root causes, driving cross-functional improvements and training programs based on lessons learned.
  • Partner with legal, policy, intelligence, and regional teams to resolve global challenges and consistently prioritize high-impact issues.
  • Perform on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis, including weekend coverage/holidays. Be exposed to graphic, controversial, or upsetting content.


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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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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