Policy Manager, Product Policy

About DoubleVerify

DoubleVerify is the recognized market innovator with the technology and tools that accurately authenticate the quality of digital media and drive ad performance for the world's largest brands. DV provides media transparency and accountability to deliver the highest level of impression quality for maximum advertising performance. Since 2008, DV has helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies gain the most from their media spend by delivering best in class solutions across the digital ecosystem that help build a better industry. Learn more at doubleverify.com.

Job Description: 

Doubleverify is seeking a Policy Manager to direct the company’s approach to content classification. The policy manager will work across content verticals ranging from hate speech to crime, violence and disasters. Candidates should have knowledge of or interest in internet policy issues and media regulatory issues and/or law. They should also have excellent writing and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop policy positions and write policies to inform classification across content verticals.
• Train labeling teams on product policy and communicate policy concepts.
• Articulate policy positions for internal teams in order to support client queries and requests.
• Drive research on public opinions and advertiser perspectives in order to inform policy creation and policy adjustments. 
• Steer ongoing policy improvement prioritization based on a variety of input from a diversity of stakeholders.
• Collaborate with linguists and data scientists when creating classification models. 
  

Minimum Qualifications 

• 2 years experience working in or with the tech industry
• Excellent writing and analytical skills.
• Experience with dataset analysis and providing data-backed insights and recommendations. 
• Experience in or interest in operational processes in a policy or tech environment.
• Familiarity with web and social media content trends.
• Interest in and passion for policy and content classification/moderation.
  

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience working in product or content policy
• Familiarity with national or international policy proposals or frameworks for addressing harmful content online.
• Familiarity with no-code and AI tools in professional settings.
• Familiarity with internet policy issues.
• Familiarity with content moderation or classification. 
• Masters in Public Policy, International Relations or Law.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on a number of non-discriminating factors, including qualifications for the role, level, skills, experience, location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at DV.
The estimated salary range for this role based on the qualifications set forth in the job description is between [$109,000 - $178,000]. This role will also be eligible for bonus/commission (as applicable), equity, and benefits.
The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description; however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be more or less experienced than this job description as posted.

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