Intelligence Analyst, YouTube

About this role

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in risk intelligence, trust and safety, crisis response, or risk analysis.
• Experience managing sensitive online content domains.

Preferred qualifications

• 10 years of experience in business intelligence or data analytics.
• Experience with explaining technical analysis to stakeholders.
• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Python, or R).

About the job

YouTube’s Intelligence and Scaled Insights team analyzes content risks across social media to inform critical decision-making, keeping YouTube safe for billions of users. Resourceful and deeply rooted in subject matter expertise and evidence-based analysis, our work spans high-level intelligence to granular investigations. Within our Intelligence Desk, we identify and investigate emerging threats, uncovering the root causes behind platform risks to help design effective, long-term mitigations. We synthesize information (both quantitative and qualitative) from sources to evaluate the broader impact and trade-offs of every proposed solution.

As part of our team, you will be a key contributor toward building the best intelligence function in the world, enjoying a career lying at the intersection of technology, online safety, and real-world impact.

Please note this role may review or be exposed to sensitive content.

At YouTube, 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: $171000 - $247000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Identify and investigate emerging trends, threat vectors, and behavioral patterns related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders across YouTube and the broader digital ecosystem.
• Monitor high-risk online phenomena, assessing how self-harm content morphs, evades automated detection, or propagates among vulnerable communities.
• Craft and communicate evidence-driven assessments and analysis to executive management and cross-functional stakeholders to drive decision-making.
• Partner closely with various cross-functional teams, including Trust and Safety, Youth, and product teams, to translate complex behavioral and trend insights into actionable intelligence driving safety mitigations and product updates.

Google 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 Google's EEO 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.

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