Safety Policy Lead (Youth Safety)

TL;DR

Safety Policy Lead (Youth Safety): Driving policy development and lifecycle management for youth safety harms, including CSAM and child exploitation, with an accent on regulatory compliance and enforceable implementation. Focus on translating complex legal requirements like KOSA, COPPA, and DSA into detection signals and collaborating with ML teams to ensure safety-by-design.

Location: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area

Salary: $192,000 – $216,000 + equity + benefits

Company

Discord is a multiplatform communication service focused on helping people deepen friendships around gaming and shared interests.

What you will do

• Develop safety policies governing youth harms, including CSAM, grooming, solicitation, and age assurance.
• Own the full policy lifecycle from problem scoping and data justification to post-launch feedback loops.
• Embed compliance requirements for KOSA, COPPA, DSA Article 28, and the Online Safety Act into policy design.
• Co-develop enforcement infrastructure with Engineering and ML teams, defining signal specifications and classification hierarchies.
• Collaborate with external organizations such as NCMEC, ICAC, and civil society to represent Discord in the child safety domain.
• Manage functional areas beyond the harm portfolio, such as AI/LLM governance or safety-by-design frameworks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in trust and safety, policy development, or child protection at a tech platform or civil society organization.
• Deep expertise in CSAM, NCMEC/ICAC frameworks, hash-matching systems, and age assurance methodologies.
• Direct experience with KOSA, COPPA, DSA child safety provisions, and/or the Online Safety Act.
• Proven ability to write clear enforcement criteria, classification hierarchies, and edge case guidance.
• Experience working with ML and automation teams to translate policy into detection signals.
• Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in law, public policy, child development, or psychology.
• Experience with the Discord platform or gaming and creator communities.
• Multilingual capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Provision of wellness support due to regular exposure to disturbing content.
• Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
• High-impact role within a globally engaged community of millions of users.