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About the Team
The Global Privacy & Regulatory Affairs legal team manages and oversees privacy and regulatory matters and initiatives pertaining to Bytedance's global operations. The team works cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders around the world. You will work in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding environment where your analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills will play an impactful role in tackling some of the most complex, interesting, and cutting-edge issues at the intersection of privacy and technology. We are seeking highly motivated professionals to join our team.

Responsibilities
- Lead privacy analysis and assessments of the Company's products throughout development cycle to ensure compliance with local and global privacy and data protection laws;
- Assist in setting up or improving cross-functional Privacy Programs, with a special attention on company-wide efforts and governance related to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI);
- Work with legal counsel, information security, and product teams to develop and implement global privacy and standards, including those stemming from new and impending AI-related laws;
- Coordinate and drive cross-stakeholder alignment regarding implementation of privacy requirements and proposed remediations;
- Support data governance with respect to data acquisition, including all policies and matters related to the use of data to support AI;
- Proactively implement changes to product assessment process in anticipation of regulatory and business developments.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Significant experience working in an in-house legal department of a tech company or in a reputable law firm with substantial experience in tech, media and telecomm work
- Enjoys being challenged, is adaptable and able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
- Strong drafting, presentation and communication skills
- J.D. degree from ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience, and more importantly, personal interest in AI, innovative technologies, social media, and all things digital
- Experience with analyzing products to determine their compliance with applicable data protection regulations and principles, and working with product counsel, product managers, and engineers on implementing privacy requirements

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $180500 - $303240 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.