Senior Technical Program Manager, Responsible AI Testing and Child Safety, Global Affairs

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

As a Technical Program Manager for Google’s Child Safety Cross-functional AI, you will be part of a global team that drives solutions for industry-leading responsible AI applications. Your role will sit in the Child Safety Responsible AI testing team, but will be launch agnostic and will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of GenAI safety initiatives focused on preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation. You will work closely with colleagues in teams including DeepMind, Trust and Safety, SafeSearch, Core Engineering and Legal. You will take the lead in standing up new programs and processes, defining metrics and driving cross-company alignments. The aim is to design and develop solutions that will protect Google’s products and keep all users, including our most vulnerable users, safe.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $279000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Combine a strong understanding of AI systems (including prompt engineering, model training, ML, and associated risks) with direct technical competency, including the ability to manage coding tasks and leverage data-driven analysis to solve complex challenges.
• Apply advanced structured thinking and critical analysis to decompose complex problem spaces, identify emerging safety threats/vulnerabilities, and apply quality engineering mindsets to resolve systemic issues.
• Manage complex stakeholder relationships to drive alignment across product areas. Act as a point of contact for GenAI stakeholders to child safety cross-functional. Synchronize policy updates, engineering cycles, client priorities, and operational capacity.
• Drive the end-to-end lifecycle of new/updated child safety policies from ideation to deployment. Coordinate prioritization, sequencing, and timelines for required implementation, including classifier updates, evaluation set refreshes, and revised client guidance.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing cross-functional technical projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with quality engineering processes for machine learning.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with abuse fighting or child safety policy and law.
  
• Experience dealing with sensitive content.