Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. As Director of US Safety Operations, you will lead a world-class team responsible for ensuring that TikTok remains a vibrant, diverse, inclusive, and authentic place for the entire community. You will be directly responsible for ensuring that our Community Guidelines' enforcement remains fair and consistent by managing content moderation professionals providing a 24/7 follow-the-sun service -- ready to expeditiously and scalably respond to safety issues. This role will require creative solutions, especially with moderation, quality, and vendor operations, and a deep understanding of abuse trends specific to US cultural norms and sensitivities. As a senior Safety leader, you will be integral to ensuring that our moderation efforts are communicated and aligned with various global leaders across multiple regions. This position will be full-time with the team located in Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities: - Oversee the continued development of TikTok's US Safety Operations team, which includes Safety Enforcement, Quality Assurance, and Risk Management - Drive a full-measured, sustainable, and preventable safety strategy across the entire ecosystem -- including video, account, comments, and livestream - Effectively scale the growing number of moderated content by investing in capacity planning and data-driven workload forecasting - Ensure that our enforcement decisions remain consistent and accurate while also prioritizing our defined Service Level Agreements - Collaborate with your US Safety peers across Policy, Strategy & Analytics, and Legal Operations to map out objectives and key results - Act as a key collaborator with various business functions on relevant work, including Partnerships, Comms, Public Policy, and Legal - Represent TikTok at industry-sponsored events, including working groups and collaboration with civil society and advocacy - Act as a champion for wellness and resiliency by advocating for team members who handle sensitive or disturbing content

Qualifications

- 7+ years of leadership experience in Trust & Safety, content moderation, community operations, or policy development - Experience in managing global operations at scale, including developing relationships with multiple external partners to ensure they meet expectations - Experience in delivering long-term strategies that align with the overall mission of the business as well as meets the expectations of Safety's core metrics - Demonstrated systematic thought process regarding policy and thorough operational experience - Background in operational excellence with a proven ability to structure policy and process-oriented milestones - Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, identify trade-offs, and make decisions in high-pressure situations - In-depth knowledge in how policy develops in new media, technology, entertainment, or related fields - Strong attention to detail -- highly self-driven and results-oriented Preferred qualifications: - Experience working with international partners in different time zones. - Proven ability to develop sound research methodologies and collect, synthesize, analyze, and interpret data - Experience managing complex research projects - Experience working in a start-up or forming new teams in established companies - Advanced proficiency in Excel - Understanding of data access tools, including but not limited to SQL 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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]