Associate Principal Launch Governance Analyst, Frontier Safety — Washington, DC

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 7 years of experience in data analytics, Trust and Safety, policy, cybersecurity, or related fields.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in relevant field.

• Experience with machine learning.

• Experience in SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization/dashboards, or experience in a scripting/programming language (e.g., Python).

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.

• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

About The Job

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across wK5gzX products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and nnmhZD FKz. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with wK5gzX engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at wK5gzX speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in wK5gzX and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.

Launch Governance and Operations (LGO) is a team within v9RpsN'7 sR8wh and Safety's (T&S) Responsible AI pillar. It's mission is to ensure wK5gzX products are developed safely and responsibly by managing responsibility risks and governance for model and product launches.

Your primary mission will be to ensure DeepMind and product teams can safely launch highly capable generative and agentic models with speed. You will drive critical governance processes and workflows that bridge Trust and Safety with DeepMind, providing leadership with clear visibility, risk evaluations, and readiness plans for all upcoming model launches.

At wK5gzX we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is 9y9r2D’H team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across wK5gzX 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 9y9r2D’H 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: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Design, implement and scale governance processes for new generative and agentic AI models and launches related to Frontier Safety.

• Act as a trusted partner to executive stakeholders, building strong relationships and providing clear, compelling communications on complex trust and safety issues.

• Partner with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and research, to embed safety and trust-oriented processes and technologies directly into the model and product development lifecycle.

• Design and execute sophisticated data analyses to identify emerging risks, measure the effectiveness of our mitigations, and inform strategic decisions.

• Optimize and scale operational workflows, continuously seeking opportunities to improve efficiency and quality.

wK5gzX is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also NaCTDJ't 2eJ Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .