Senior Principal Analyst, Responsible AI Strategy
Google · Mountain View, CA
$219,000–$306,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior strategy role within Google's Trust & Safety organization, focused on responsible AI — specifically the risks and opportunities posed by agentic AI products and models. Day-to-day work involves shaping cross-functional strategy, driving projects to address priority AI risks, supporting incident response, and communicating plans to senior leadership. Suited to someone with deep experience in policy, trust and safety, or related fields who is comfortable operating across large, matrixed organizations.
Senior level · 13+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 60 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (operations research analysts). range 35–90
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $105,377 (middle half $70,620–$142,915). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role is primarily a strategy/policy/trust-and-safety analyst position focused on Responsible AI; it sits at the boundary of policy, strategy, and data analytics rather than squarely in any single technical SOC occupation. 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts) was chosen as the closest fit given the data analytics framing in the minimum qualifications, but 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a plausible alternative given the AI trust-and-safety strategy focus.
The posting lists two possible work locations (Mountain View, CA and New York, NY); New York is shown first in the job title header. Both metros are valid; Mountain View falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA CBSA (41940).
The minimum qualification accepts a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent practical experience, so no formal degree is hard-required.
All technical skills (SQL, Python, dashboards/visualization, machine learning) appear exclusively under 'Preferred qualifications' and are therefore not hard gates.
The advertised title is 'Senior Principal Analyst,' which maps to 'Principal' as the advertised seniority level. However, the actual scope — a senior individual contributor leading cross-cutting strategy within a function — is consistent with a Senior band; the 13-year minimum experience requirement is ordinary for a Senior role at a large tech company.
Compensation is stated as $219,000–$306,000 USD per year plus a 25% bonus target and equity.
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