Trust and Safety Policy, Ads Policy, Lead (Europe)

Reddit
Ireland
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior policy professionals with international advertising expertise comfortable with high-impact decision-making across departments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of policy development experience in digital advertising and global regulatory environments
    — “7+ years of experience in compliance, standards, or policy development and implementation, with significant experience in tech, digital platforms, advertising, Trust and Safety, or a related policy function”
  • Individuals who can function independently and own complex policy projects from start to finish
    — “Proven track record of taking complete, reliable ownership of complex policy projects”
  • Candidates with strong cross-functional collaboration experience, especially in legal and product teams
    — “partner with colleagues and leaders across Legal, Sales, Operations, Product, Trust & Safety Policy and other departments”

Things to consider

  • Interviews may be recorded and summarized using AI, which could affect comfort levels for some candidates
    — “the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI)”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in developing policies that balance business growth with risk mitigation
    — “delivering definitive, risk-balanced rulings on high-impact issues”
  • Demonstrate ability to synthesize ambiguous problems into structured policy solutions
    — “Exceptional ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous problems into structured decision documents”
  • Emphasize your ability to work autonomously on large-scale policy initiatives
    — “personal research, draft, implement, and maintain policies autonomously in fast-paced environments”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • developing strategic policies
  • risk-balanced rulings
  • high-impact issues
Typical background
compliancepolicy developmentlegal

Skills & requirements

Required

Policy DevelopmentRisk AssessmentCross-functional CollaborationPolicy Implementation

Preferred

AI ToolsAdvertising PoliciesGlobal Teams

Stack & domain

ComplianceStandardsPolicy DevelopmentInternational PolicyAI ToolsAdvertising PoliciesGlobal TeamsPolicy ProjectsPolicy RecommendationsPolicy PerspectivePolicy EscalationsPolicy RulingsPolicy ImplementationPolicy MaintenancePolicy ResearchPolicy DraftingCommunicationSynthesizing Complex ProblemsStructured Decision DocumentsRisk AssessmentTrade-offsProposed SolutionsAdvertisingTrust And Safety

About the role

Original posting from Reddit via Greenhouse

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

We are looking for an experienced Ads Policy Lead who has significant subject matter expertise, strong policy development capabilities, and thrives in dynamic environments. This is a senior individual contributor role, with no people management responsibilities, reporting to our Head of Ads Policy. This hire will be primarily responsible for driving the research and development of large-scale policies that impact Reddit's global advertising platform. This critical new role will partner with colleagues and leaders across Legal, Sales, Operations,Product, Trust & Safety Policy and other departments to tackle cutting edge challenges, enable responsible business opportunities, and work on other high impact advertising policy projects that help Reddit continue to scale its business across the world.

What You’ll Do:

Drive the development, drafting, and maintenance of strategic advertising policies across Reddit's ads products acting as subject matter expert in the EMEA region

Draft risk assessments and strategic policy recommendations for senior cross-functional leaders and executive stakeholders, representing the Ads Policy perspective with clarity and confidence.

Act as a role model of Reddit’s Company Values, assisting teammates and providing guidance as a senior peer leader

Serve as the decision-maker on highly complex, grey-area ads policy escalations, delivering definitive, risk-balanced rulings on high-impact issues

Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in compliance, standards, or policy development and implementation, with significant experience in tech, digital platforms, advertising, Trust and Safety, or a related policy function

Proven track record of taking complete, reliable ownership of complex policy projects, demonstrating a strong ability to personally research, draft, implement, and maintain policies autonomously in fast-paced environments

Deep subject matter expertise in advertising or content policy on an international scale, with a proven track record of working with global teams and advising stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex policy/regulatory matters into simple business terms

Exceptional ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous problems into structured decision documents that clearly lay out risks, trade-offs, and proposed solutions.

Nice to Have:

Direct experience working on advertising policies within a major tech platform

Familiarity with leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows, enable automated and tailored assistance for partners and clients, and help scale processes with limited resources.

Benefits:

Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support

Family Planning Support

Gender-Affirming Care

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Private Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits

Personal Retirement Savings Account with matching contribution

Cycle to Work and Tax Saver schemes

Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

Generous Paid Parental Leave

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Source: Reddit careers (Greenhouse)

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