Trust & Safety Lead

Snapchat

Snapchat

London, UK
Posted on Jun 5, 2024

Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snapchat is a camera and messaging app that connects people to their friends and the world. Every day around the globe, millions of people use Snapchat to communicate with friends, build relationships, play, and learn. No matter where you are or how you express yourself, it’s always the fastest way to share a moment!

We’re looking for a Trust and Safety Lead based in our London, UK, office to join our global team. This people management role requires a skilled and unflappable decision maker who has a passion for developing safety workflows and partnerships in order to improve the experience for Snapchatters everywhere. You’ll become a subject matter authority in multiple domains by owning projects from beginning to finish and facilitating cross-team communication with the Legal, Customer Operations, Global Safety Partners, and Engineering teams to help keep Snapchatters safe.

Due to the nature of Trust & Safety work, you should be willing and able to work with sensitive issues and content that may be considered offensive or disturbing. Our team has carefully devised measures and support in place to ensure wellness for all our team members.

What you’ll do:

  • Provide leadership and guidance for growing regional team of T&S specialists

  • Enhance our operational workflows by identifying focus areas and implementing improvements

  • Liaise with our global safety partners and further strengthen those relationships

  • Use data to influence decisions and highlight emerging issues impacting users

  • Anticipate risks, manage escalations and balance business needs versus technical constraints

  • Deliver key projects within the Safety roadmap, incorporating execution, training, data assessment and presentation of results to stakeholders

  • Regularly identify opportunities to enhance internal processes and improve efficiency, while driving longer-term scalable automated solutions

  • Support offshore leadership and workforce development in our global vendor sites

  • Closely follow industry trends to help develop Snap’s thought leadership and T&S operation

Knowledge, skills, & abilities:

  • Proven leadership capacity with the ability to attract, motivate, develop and retain talent

  • Experience reviewing sensitive content with a meticulous attention to detail

  • A track record of identifying gaps and implementing new processes

  • Strong analytical skills, including working with large data sets to solve business problems, and providing practical business insights via data visualization software (Advanced EXCEL, Looker, Tableau, etc.)

  • Prior experience interacting with NCMEC or law enforcement

  • Great judgment in complex situations and ability to problem-solve, both independently and with peers or management

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Experience working with product and engineering teams to launch tools and solutions that improve trust across a platform or product

  • Prior experience managing multiple projects end to end

  • A passion for Snapchat, online safety, and creativity!

Minimum qualifications:

  • 4+ years of relevant experience

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid maternity & paternity leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success.

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any otherprotected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at accommodations-ext@snap.com.