About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
We’re looking for an experienced and thoughtful Lead Product Policy Manager to join our Content Product policy team. Our policy team keeps Pinterest a safe, positive and welcoming environment for our 450+ million global users by developing industry-leading content policies. You’ll develop product policies, advise on new product launches, autonomously lead complex projects, and set the strategy for the product policy function. You’ll ensure our product policies are enforceable at scale and lead on building a strong relationship with product teams. You’ll seek out feedback from internal stakeholders and external experts and collaborate with our Legal, Public Policy, Product and Communications teams. This role will sometimes involve reviewing graphic and disturbing content and discussing difficult subjects.
What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with your Policy teammates, cross-functional partners, executives and outside experts to craft industry-leading product policies to protect Pinners and keep Pinterest safe and inspiring.
- Partner with our Trust & Safety and Product teams to provide policy guidance and scale our policy enforcement globally.
- Anticipate opportunities and advise on risks of new products to help keep Pinterest ahead of the next challenge.
- Partner with the leadership team to set strategy for product policies, including how to prioritize among competing demands for our time and expertise, and mentor others.
- Continuously evaluate and iterate on our policy approaches.
- Evaluate high-profile escalations.
- Facilitate and productively engage in complex policy discussions, including respectfully challenging team members and xfn partners, using contrarian techniques to strengthen policy analysis, and incorporating new and diverse viewpoints.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as public policy, research, sales, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience in content safety policy, trust and safety operations or product teams, including experience drafting complex policies for a global audience and handling high-profile escalations.
- Strong understanding of global online safety trends; can identify and mitigate policy risk areas.
- Experience with scaling policy and enforcement globally.
- An autonomous leader with strong writing skills and great verbal communication.
- A skilled relationship builder who maintains collaborative partnerships within your team, across the company, and with outside audiences. Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams including Operations, Product, Legal, Public Policy and Comms.
- Excellent project management skills and ability to work on multiple projects.
- Excellent judgment and critical thinking skills: you can assess numerous inputs, weigh tradeoffs, manage ambiguity, and make difficult decisions.
- A thoughtful leader with a demonstrated experience leading complex projects and mentoring others .
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times a quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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