Vendor Manager, YouTube Trust and Safety, ML Ops

Vendor Manager, You Tube Trust and Safety, ML Ops

You Tube has grown into a community used by over 1 billion people across the globe to access information, share video, and shape culture. The You Tube team helps budding creators build careers, creates products like You Tube Kids, You Tube Music, and You Tube Gaming, and engages communities around shared passions and global conversations. Together, we empower the world to create, broadcast, and share.

As a Service Delivery Manager within You Tube Trust & Safety (T&S), you will be a key architect in keeping the platform safe. You will lead end-to-end vendor operations, supporting fluid automation efforts and innovating with AI to bring new efficiencies to human-led operations. This role is not just about managing performance; it is about driving the long-term strategy for how You Tube protects its community worldwide.

In this role, you may be exposed to graphic, controversial, or offensive video content during team escalations, in line with You Tube's Community Guidelines.

At You Tube, 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $111000 - $159000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities:

• Identify and evaluate opportunities to incubate with AI and advance the enforcement capabilities.
• Synthesize analysis to deliver actionable, insightful, data-driven recommendations.
• Oversee third-party vendor partners and their dedicated associates supporting the account by monitoring Key Performance Indicators and vendor scorecards, develop business cases to drive logistics process improvements, and aligning and prioritizing initiatives in a dynamic environment with multiple interdependencies.
• Develop and maintain the overall workflow strategy, identify and mitigate risk from a delivery standpoint and ensure compliance with all internal policies and procedures.
• Structure/execute operational and strategic initiatives for You Tube T&S Vendor Operations by developing plans, gathering/synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses and developing recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including engineers, product managers, policy experts, etc.) to explore and experiment with AI technologies and approaches, develop a roadmap, lead proof-of-concepts and scaled solutions.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law.