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The Privacy and Data Protection Office (PDPO) at TikTok is at the forefront of driving privacy efforts in an accountable and industry-leading manner. Join our global team in championing privacy best practices across TikTok.

We are seeking a Privacy Program Manager to join our Remediation Operations (RemOps) Team, to be based in San Jose, CA, with a focus on leading transformative initiatives across the organization. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in implementing large, cross-functional, and time-sensitive programs to deliver strategic priorities, ensuring compliance with global privacy laws, and promoting the adoption of best practices. This role involves handling urgent and cross-functional privacy preparedness and remediation efforts, requiring collaboration with global colleagues, TikTok executives, legal and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities:
- Program Management & Risk Remediation: Lead the ideation, technical design, launch, and validation of strategic transformation and remediation efforts across the organization.
- Team & Process Scaling: Lead the development of PDPO's Remediation Operations (RemOps) capability, including all aspects of documentation, tooling and team configuration.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as a liaison between executives, technical teams, legal, and other internal/external stakeholders on privacy matters. Comfortable speaking externally if required.
- Regulatory Adherence: Ensure compliance with global privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant standards.
- Risk Management: Evaluate and manage risks associated with data protection and privacy in a timely and effective manner.
- Education & Training: Develop and deliver privacy training materials for internal teams.
- Privacy-by-Design: Advocate for, enforce, and implement 'privacy-by-design' throughout the product development cycle.
- Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for privacy practices, protocols, and data flows.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest privacy technology solutions and best practices, contributing to TikTok's continual improvement in privacy approach.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years in compliance, auditing, consulting, technical program management, driving strategic initiatives or industry equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of experience in privacy or security compliance with a proven track record of driving programs and initiatives.
- 1+ year technical experience including Software Development, TPM, etc.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity, and directing cross functional teams through ambiguity.
- Able to handle uncertain situations and adapt to changing priorities. Ownership with exceptional bias for action; self-starter with the ability to work well under pressure.
- Strong understanding of privacy regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and global privacy standards.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to engage leadership at all levels throughout the organization
- 3+ years of technical experience including Software Development, TPM, etc.
- Relevant certifications in privacy and data protection (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, OSCP) are a plus.
- Experience with data protection impact assessments
- Knowledge of TikTok products and services
- 5+ years related professional experience

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 $118800 - $196000 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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

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.