Commercial Policy Lead, Brand Safety & Malware
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Overview
Join Discord as a Commercial Policy Lead to develop and evolve Brand Safety and anti-malvertising policies for the ads business, ensuring compliance and protecting user trust as the platform grows. Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.
What You'll Be Doing
- •Develop and evolve Discord's Brand Safety, Suitability, and anti-malvertising policies for the ads business, partnering with Legal to ensure global compliance and using AI/data analytics to spot emerging commercial risks.
- •Build deep knowledge of Discord's revenue strategy and commercial infrastructure, translating complex policy requirements into actionable guidance for Sales and Product teams.
- •Partner directly with Discord Advertising customers, Marketing, and Business Development to define partner requirements.
- •Guide Revenue product teams throughout the development lifecycle, partnering with Legal on risk and mitigation strategies for features in your portfolio.
- •Partner with Product and Engineering on detection infrastructure and enforcement scaling, and with Trust & Safety to ensure policies are enforceable at scale.
- •Represent Discord's commercial policy approach with industry groups and partners, and support Sales and Account Management with policy guidance (e.g. TAG, IAB).
- •Develop user-facing communications (Help Center, blog posts, 1-sheets) explaining Discord’s commercial policies, and stay current on brand safety/anti-malware/digital advertising best practices.
What the Company Offers
- •The US base salary range for this full-time position is $192,000 to $216,000 + equity + benefits.
- •Relocation assistance may be available.
- •For this role, the Hiring Manager would like folks to be in the office 2 days a week.
- •Travel: 10-15%.
What you should have
- •5+ years of experience in advertising policy, marketplace quality/operations, trust & safety, or brand safety roles within technology companies, with proven expertise in at least two of: digital advertising, Brand Safety and Suitability, or anti-malware strategy.
- •Deep understanding of programmatic and digital advertising ecosystems, including experience with major Brand Safety/Suitability and anti-malvertising vendors (e.g., DoubleVerify, IAS, HUMAN, Jounce, DeepSee, GeoEdge or similar).
- •Experience addressing large-scale malvertising schemes, with a clear understanding of the incentive structures behind them.
- •Experience using AI/LLM tools in day-to-day projects and workflows.
- •Experience working with revenue teams and understanding business metrics/KPIs.
- •Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform policy decisions, paired with excellent judgment in the face of complexity and ambiguity.
- •Excellent communication skills for both technical and business stakeholders.