Product Policy Research and Advisory Partnerships

Responsibilities

• Develop, launch, and manage external advisory councils and governance mechanisms that provide structured input on product and product policy.
• Build and maintain relationships with external experts, researchers, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for external consultation and develop engagement strategies tailored to products, policy questions, and emerging risks.
• Design and manage research partnerships with academic institutions and independent researchers, focusing on social science research and the real-world impacts of AI.
• Monitor emerging academic research and translate relevant findings into practical recommendations for product, policy, research, and leadership teams.
• Collaborate across product, policy, safety, legal, research, communications, and other teams.
• Develop processes for collecting, synthesizing, and sharing external guidance and tracking its influence on internal decisions.
• Manage operational aspects of engagements and partnerships, including scopes of work, contracts, budgets, confidentiality, research governance, and conflicts of interest.
• Prepare briefing materials and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Represent the company in research, academic, and stakeholder forums.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Experience building and managing external partnerships, advisory bodies, stakeholder engagement programs, or research collaborations in technology, academia, government, civil society, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of the social, ethical, and policy questions associated with AI and emerging technologies.
• Familiarity with social science research and collaboration across sociology, psychology, economics, political science, and human-computer interaction.
• Ability to translate complex external perspectives and research findings into actionable guidance for technical, product, and policy teams.
• Experience building trust with external stakeholders while maintaining clear engagement scope and limitations.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment and collaborate across teams with different priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of briefings and recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Motivation to ensure external expertise informs the responsible development and deployment of AI.
• Experience in product policy, trust and safety, responsible AI, or technology governance.