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Trust & Safety Policy - Intellectual Property Senior Policy Specialist

Remote - United States

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 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

We’re looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Intellectual Property Senior Policy Specialist to support Reddit’s Trust & Safety Policy (TSP) team. TSP focuses on a variety of trust and safety areas, with a particular emphasis on protecting the expression rights, safety, and private information of communities and users across Reddit through strategic solutions that balance defensible risk and promote responsible business practices. Within TSP, the Intellectual Property Policy team develops principles-based strategies, policies, and workflows necessary to handle global legal requests regarding intellectual property issues.

What You’ll Do:

  • Expertly handle third party copyright and trademark requests, applying high standards of care and attention to detail.
  • Handle sensitive, sometimes urgent internal escalations with poise, excellent judgment, and clear communication. 
  • Identify and communicate trends and synthesize customer/partner feedback to influence program & team objectives. Bring your analysis to a level that can be shared with senior stakeholders, focusing on insights.
  • Define and measure operational metrics to evaluate timeliness and quality of service, policies and procedures.
  • Proactively take ownership of assigned work/projects from conception to completion, while actively seeking feedback and proactively communicating about progress.
  • Review existing processes and make recommendations for impactful and right-sized solutions and efficiency gains. 
  • Leverage tools and training models to enhance policy enforcement, and work closely with product and policy teams to support the development and refinement of these tools at Reddit.
  • Work with the Legal team, and cross-functionally with Safety, Community, and Engineering to efficiently carry out your responsibilities.
  • You will join the Trust & Safety Policy global Emergency Disclosure Requests (EDRs) and Emergency Removal Requests (ERRs) rotation that may require on-call work from time to time.
  • NOTE: You may be exposed to violent, graphic, sexually-explicit, and/or offensive content; Reddit offers a variety of wellness and support programs to help employees who work on this type of challenging content.

What We’re Looking For:

  • 4+ years directly relevant work experience, specifically handling global legal requests regarding intellectual property issues.
  • Critical thinker who can thoughtfully create and apply tailored solutions for a wide range of challenges.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with cross functional partners and bring alignment across multiple functions.
  • Proactive, motivated self-starter who thrives in unstructured environments; able to work and make informed decisions independently.
  • Strong analytical skills to assess root causes and use data-driven approaches towards tailored, thoughtful solutions.
  • Excitement to join a growing team faced with the most interesting and complex policy issues of a fast growing platform like Reddit.

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$140,800 - $197,100 USD

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 you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.

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