Principal Product Manager, Technical

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We're seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead our onboarding and safety initiatives, making account management a strategic tool for platform growth while maintaining user safety and trust. You'll work at the intersection of user experience, regulatory compliance, and community health to protect our most vulnerable users while enabling seamless platform access for millions of creators and viewers worldwide.

This role sits within our Health organization and requires deep expertise in trust & safety product development, including age assurance, parental controls, and complex compliance requirements. You'll balance user friction with necessary protections, ensuring Twitch remains a safe space for all communities.

You can be based out of one of the Twitch offices including San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Irvine, or New York City.



You Will

- Own and develop account-related features that drive both growth and user safety across all user segments
- Design and implement complex user flows for age assurance, parental controls, and passwordless authentication experiences
- Ensure compliance with global safety and health regulations including COPPA, GDPR-Age, UK Age Appropriate Design Code, and emerging legislation
- Lead strategy for age verification and minor protection features, setting the standard for how Twitch protects young users
- Balance user friction with necessary data collection to optimize for both safety outcomes and platform growth
- Drive platform health through strategic account management decisions that impact millions of users
- Partner closely with community product, design, engineering, legal, policy, trust & safety, and data teams to deliver comprehensive solutions
- Translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable product requirements and elegant user experiences

Perks
* Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
* 401(k)
* Maternity & Parental Leave
* Flexible PTO
* Amazon Employee Discount

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience technical product management
- Experience communicating effectively with senior leadership
- 8+ years of product management experience, with at least 4 years focusing on trust & safety, community health, or user protection products at consumer platforms (we count time as engineer as PM time)
- Proven track record developing authentication systems, content moderation tools, user protection features, and/or community health products at scale
- Deep understanding of online safety regulations and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities: platform growth, user trust, safety needs, and regulatory compliance
- Experience managing complex multi-stakeholder initiatives involving policy, legal, trust & safety experts, and community health teams
- Strong understanding of nuanced user behavior, community standards, and varying safety needs across different user segments and age groups

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work s