Product Manager, Understanding Sensitive Content, YouTube

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product management or related technical role.
• 3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch.
• Experience driving product direction, go-to-market strategy, and design with data-driven decisions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in product management, with a demonstrated history of launching impactful products and navigating ambiguity.
• Experience with, or a strong demonstrated interest in, products that utilize Machine Learning, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Experience working on large-scale platforms, enterprise systems, or APIs.
• Ability to work effectively in a highly cross-functional environment, navigate complex policy and stakeholder landscapes with intense senior leadership scrutiny—and across EU-US time zones.
• Interest in content safety, digital well-being, or trust and safety issues.

About The Job

At Google, we put our users first. The world is always changing, so we need Product Managers who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect millions of people every day.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch by connecting the technical and business worlds. You can break down complex problems into steps that drive product development.

One of the many reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product Management. Our team works closely with creative engineers, designers, marketers, etc. to help design and develop technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle, focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting, and tailoring our solutions to our users.

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.

Responsibilities

• Define the product direction, strategy, and roadmap for a portfolio of classifiers that detect a wide range of sensitive content.
• Partner with engineering to leverage cutting-edge machine learning (ML) technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), to dramatically improve the quality, freshness, and efficiency of our content understanding systems.
• Drive the development and launch of a unified API to ensure consistent and appropriate treatment of sensitive content across all YouTube surfaces, including Search, Home, and Shorts.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners including Trust and Safety, Public Policy, Legal, and client product teams to identify and rapidly respond to emerging content trends and prevent escalations.
• Define and own key metrics and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) related to user safety, ensuring the effectiveness of our systems in reducing exposure to inappropriate content.