Job Description

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. 

We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Opportunity 

The Trust & Safety (T&S) Lead plays an important role in protecting our customers, employees, and the community from abuse of Flock’s solutions, and help to create a safe platform experience so that all of our users around the world are empowered to enjoy their experience on our platform, every day. This role is on the Information Security and Risk team which works cross-functionally with our Product, Engineering, Policy, and Legal teams to keep users safe on our platform. This will be an individual contributor role.

The Skillset 

• Experience managing multiple projects end to end, demonstrating the ability to prioritize tasks, track deliverables and work independently with minimal supervision

• Experience working with content moderation or online operations tooling and working closely with Product / Engineering to manage projects that improve safety and user experience

• Strong analytical skills, including working with large data sets to solve business problems, and providing practical business insights (Advanced EXCEL, Google Sheets, etc.)

• Experience in process optimization projects and identifying performance improvement or automation opportunities

• Highly attentive to detail, with ability to accurately analyze lengthy legal documents

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience managing requests from multiple stakeholders and prioritizing features / bugs accordingly

• Shown ability to work directly with all cross-functional teams and management

• Self-Starter – takes initiative to identify opportunities to improve or build on processes and work products

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired in this role at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Conduct a comprehensive assessment to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities specific to the safe use of Flock's solutions.

• Begin drafting a Trust & Safety roadmap to promote safety in user experience

• Partner with colleagues on team-wide initiatives to promote a culture of trust and safety.

• Document a program/management system for trust and safety that is compliant with regulations including data privacy (GDPR etc.), copyright, and law enforcement requests.

• Develop and implement initial safeguards for online safety and site integrity.

• Begin implementing automated solutions for detecting and responding to threats.

• Communicate guidelines recognizing and handling suspicious behavior.

The First 60 Days 

• Create and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for handling digital safety incidents and platform abuse.

• Collaborate with the team to establish baseline metrics and KPIs

• Work with product teams to integrate safety measures into product development

• Establish scalable workflows for resolving trust and safety incidents.

• Refine metrics and KPIs based on initial data and observations.

• identify technology solutions to assist with automated threat detection

90 Days & Beyond 

• Analyze data and report on metrics to measure the effectiveness of the program.

• Identify areas for improvement and optimize workflows and policies.

• Prepare a report on the program's progress and future recommendations.

• Review and update SOPs and policies to address emerging threats a

• Stay informed about evolving industry trends and regulatory requirements.

The Interview Process 

We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative. Throughout the interview process, your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way. 

1. Our First Chat: During this first conversation, you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background, what you could bring to Flock, what you are looking for in your next role, and who we are. 

2. The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role, the team, expectations, and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field. 

3. The Technical Assessment: Our assessments seek to test the hard skills required to do the job. Engineers may find themselves in coding interviews or architecture discussions, sales roles may present mock discovery calls, and leadership roles may craft 90 day plans. Your recruiter will inform you of which assessment you will be assigned and ensure you are fully prepared for your big day. 

4. The Panel: Learn more about the team, responsibilities, and workflows. You should be prepared to speak about past projects, how you collaborate and communicate with others, and how you live our values. Depending on the team and role you are interviewing for, you may meet with several teammates as well as cross-functional partners. 

5. The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more. 

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $105-$130K as well as Flock Safety Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat. 

The Perks 

🌴 Flexible PTO : We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.

Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees : including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match. 

👪 Family Leave : All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.

Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven , a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.

🧠 Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.

Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support 

💸 Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions. 

💚 ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚Productivity Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at careers@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock Safety, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.

Compensation

$105K – $130K • Offers Equity

Where you fall within the compensation range is based on how you demonstrate the attributes and competencies required for the role. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During your call with one of our recruiters, they can further clarify the salary range and our total compensation.

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