Policy Planning Manager - Policy Planning & Training & Infrastructure - Trust and Safety
Responsibilities
The Policy Planning, Training, and Infrastructure (PTI) team sits at the center of T&S Policy, shaping how policy work is prioritized, executed, and scaled across the organization. Within PTI, Policy Planning plays a key role in shaping the strategic direction and driving operational excellence of T&S Policy-leading long-term planning and designing scalable processes that improve day-to-day execution and support long-term sustainability.
As a Policy Planning Manager, you will serve as a key driver of high-impact initiatives across Policy and the broader Trust & Safety organization. You will bring structure and clarity to complex, ambiguous work, and partner directly with stakeholders to drive alignment and decisions.
We are looking for someone who operates with a high degree of autonomy, forms clear, well-reasoned points of view, and proactively identifies and resolves gaps-moving beyond coordination to drive outcomes. This role will play a critical part in elevating execution quality, stakeholder management, and planning rigor across the Policy team.
Responsibilities:
- Lead high-priority efforts across the Policy, broader Trust & Safety and cross-functional workstreams, from early scoping through execution.
- Translate complex, undefined problems into clear frameworks, plans, and timelines that drive execution.
- Partner with stakeholders across Policy, Product, Legal, and Operations to align on priorities, navigate tradeoffs, and accelerate decisions.
- Surface gaps early, form clear points of view, and independently drive solutions in fast-moving environments.
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- Build and refine scalable approaches to planning, prioritization, and execution to improve visibility and predictability.
- Raise the bar for execution, organization, and communication across initiatives.
- Contribute to annual roadmap planning, OKRs, and broader operational rhythms.
- Provide structured updates, highlight risks, and ensure stakeholders have visibility into progress and blockers.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Master's degree in public policy, law, social sciences, economics, communications, behavioral sciences, business management, or a related field.
- 4 years of experience in program management, strategy & operations, consulting, or related fields.
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with minimal direction.
- Strong track record of bringing structure to ambiguous problems and driving them to resolution.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working directly with leaders and driving alignment across competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to form structured, well-informed points of view and drive decisions in ambiguous environments.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and consistently strong in execution.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Trust & Safety, Policy, or adjacent risk / platform integrity domains.
- Consulting or strategy & operations background.
- Experience building or improving operational systems and processes in complex organizations.
- Familiarity with policy development and enforcement systems within large-scale platforms.
- Familiarity with AI tools and ability to leverage them to improve workflows, analysis, or execution.
- Knowledge of social media platforms, content ecosystems, and/or video-sharing products.
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving priorities.
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2).
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108800 - $288000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Company Equity
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Access to Online Courses
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Mentor Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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