Scenario

You are an Engineering Analyst on a Trust/Integrity team. A senior Growth PM, with VP support, pushes to loosen an upload filter to boost Daily Active Users (DAU) before a launch. Your analysis predicts a 25–40% increase in exposure to violating content and potential regulatory risk. New team members and cross-org stakeholders are involved.

Tasks

1. Walk through your end-to-end conflict management plan, including:
   • Stakeholder mapping
   • Alignment on goals and constraints
   • Drafting a 1-page decision memo (options, risks, mitigations, owner, success metrics)
   • Facilitation tactics for managing heated discussions
2. Describe exactly how you would construct a reversible experiment or phased rollout that balances growth and risk. Specify:
   • Units of experimentation
   • Guardrails and stop conditions
   • On-call escalation plan
   • The single metric you would use as a hard kill-switch and its threshold
3. Explain how you would handle a directive you believe is unsafe. Describe how you would:
   • Document dissent
   • Seek an independent safety review
   • Escalate respectfully while maintaining relationships
   • Adapt if the deadline is only 48 hours away
4. Provide a concrete example of managing a conflict across team boundaries. Include:
   • Stakeholders involved and what was at stake
   • What you did
   • Measurable outcomes
   • What you would do differently