Responsibilities
The Team This is an exciting opportunity to join - and help to shape - TikTok's Europe Content & Safety Compliance team. This second line of defence team is a dynamic and collaborative group of legal and compliance professionals who provide strategic compliance assessment, monitoring, reporting and advice across diverse areas of TikTok's business. The team works closely with global cross-functional partners and their management teams to address content safety risk management and compliance challenges, enabling the company to achieve its business objectives while maintaining the highest ethical and compliance standards. This is a fast-paced and supportive environment, where teamwork and innovation are highly valued. The Role This role will lead TikTok's second line of defence content safety risk management compliance strategy reporting into the Head of Content & Safety Compliance, Europe. The team's work is highly visible internally and externally and will appeal to those who wish to be pioneers in advising on best practices for translating safety and content regulatory risk management requirements into effective risk and compliance frameworks. Responsibilites - Lead the continual enhancement of TikTok's comprehensive programme of second line activities related to TikTok's Europe safety risk management compliance. - Assess, monitor and report on TikTok's safety risk management activities in line with regulatory requirements and best practices. - Ensure risks are identified and properly reported and that reasonable, proportionate and effective risk-mitigation measures are taken. - Promote robust risk accountability and ownership across the business to support effective risk management. - Provide strategic compliance advice and support to teams engaging in risk assessment and mitigation activities, and any related interactions with external regulators and auditors regarding this work. - Provide collaborative leadership across the team and wider business on continual assessment and enhancement of risk management governance frameworks and related compliance policies and procedures. - Develop tailored risk management and compliance training for management and globally based teams. - Support leadership briefings on risk management strategy & policies across risk management, monitoring and mitigations. - Support engagements with key stakeholders, as a thought leader and strategic advisor, regarding safety risk management principles, challenges and emerging issues. - Maintain an independent mindset and effectively challenge where necessary to achieve a robust second line of defence. - Advocate risk and compliance, champion a positive risk culture and help provide an appropriate ‘tone from the top’ on risk and compliance matters.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree and professional qualification in law, risk management, compliance, accounting/audit or similar discipline. - 10+ years governance, risk and compliance (GRC) experience with 5+ in a regulated entity/environment within a GRC role, for example in a platform, marketplace or in financial services. - Good knowledge of content and safety compliance legislative landscape, with a track record of building and maintaining complex risk management frameworks and managing related executive engagements. - Experience building trust with regulators and across dynamic working relationships with globally based business teams. - Proactive self-starter, with the ability and willingness to take a lead on novel and complex regulatory compliance requirements. - Previous team management experience. Be a team player, be adaptable and demonstrate a capacity to influence teams to operate to the highest ethical standards. - Have outstanding communication skills that allow you to interact with a wide variety of individuals. Preferred Qualifications - Previous experience within a similar platform environment.
Job Information
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
