Program Manager - Trust and Safety

Program Manager - Trust and Safety

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes. Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we'll build together.

About the Policy and Program Management Team

Trust and Safety's Policy and Program Management team partners with all areas of Thumbtack to drive Trust and Safety improvements in our platform and programs. Our Program Managers create and update global policies, processes, and procedures - it's our mission to improve the quality, efficiency, and scalability of Trust and Safety operations, while working in line with Thumbtack's goals and values.

About the Role

As a Trust and Safety Program Manager, you're responsible for optimizing policies and processes to enhance the user experience and our internal operations. You'll be a documentation master, creating and maintaining proposals, project charters, workflows, and comprehensive policies and procedures. With an investigative mindset, action-orientation, and a familiarity with AI and change management, you'll collaborate with our team and partners to complete impactful initiatives.

What You'll Do

Promote safety for users on Thumbtack by completing initiatives and using AI to improve the quality and efficiency of Trust and Safety programs and operations :

• Plan and prioritize, factoring in all dependencies and deliverables.
• Use data to inform your decisions, devise a strategy, and mitigate risks.
• Optimize processes, create new policies, and cascade changes.
• Build expertise quickly in any specialization tied to your assignments.
• Look for gaps, redundancies, pain points, etc. and take responsibility.
• Uncover root causes and implement solutions with minimal guidance.
• Follow-through on plans while communicating with stakeholders from all different levels and departments and hold contributors accountable.
• Adapt to unforeseen circumstances and drive results despite obstacles.

Maintain and update significant Trust and Safety programs like the Thumbtack Guarantee, the Thumbtack Solution Center, the Non-Discrimination Policy, Data Privacy compliance, Dispute Mediation, Anomaly Detection, Terms of Service enforcement, Payments Risk, etc.

Collaborate with Operations, Internal Tools, Legal, Enablement, Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, etc. as needed to align on the Trust and Safety vision, requirements, and enforcement strategies :

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