Head of Regional High Harm Policy, EMEA - Trust and Safety

Responsibilities

The Trust & Safety Policy team develops and maintains community and content policies that promote a safe, trusted, and inclusive environment for users and content creators.

As the Head of Regional Product Policy, EMEA, you will lead a high-performing, multi-cultural team responsible for shaping and delivering regionally harmonized product policy positions across a highly diverse and regulated landscape. You will operate at the intersection of policy, regulation, and product design-balancing global consistency with regional legal, cultural, and regulatory requirements.

This role requires deep expertise in harm prevention, risk assessment, and policy frameworks, as well as strong judgment in high-scrutiny environments involving regulators, public stakeholders, and senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing regional product policy team, fostering strong policy judgment, collaboration, and accountability across EMEA.
- Own the development of regionally harmonized product policy positions, balancing global policy consistency with regional legal, regulatory, and cultural requirements across EMEA markets.
- As a member of the Global Product Policy leadership team, provide regional expertise and strategic input to shape mission-critical global policy decisions.
- Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, Global Public Policy, Product, Operations, and Communications teams to ensure policies are defensible, enforceable, and aligned with regulatory obligations, including the EU Digital Services Act and national online safety frameworks.
- Act as a senior regional escalation point for high-risk and emergency content safety cases, including issues with regulatory, legal, or reputational impact, coordinating timely cross-functional decision-making.
- Conduct proactive research and leverage qualitative and quantitative data to identify emerging risks, high-severity harm trends, and regulatory gaps, informing policy evolution and mitigation strategies.
- Develop and maintain scalable enforcement guidelines for Trust & Safety operations teams, ensuring consistent, effective, and auditable policy application.