Join us as we inspire
creativity and bring joy to
millions of users worldwide.
Join us as we inspire
creativity and bring joy to
millions of users worldwide.
@2025 TikTok
Responsibilities
About the Team At TikTok, our US Data Security (USDS) team is a dedicated organization established to safeguard US user data and ensure national security interests are protected. Our USDS teams are building a new, secure-by-design infrastructure and service ecosystem. This is a mission-driven team with the critical responsibility of protecting our platform and users. As a member of the USDS Talent Acquisition team, your role in Talent Acquisition profoundly impacts a mission-critical aspect of the organization's development. As a trusted Talent Acquisition Partner with a focus on leadership hiring, you will work closely with the business to understand how TikTok has grown into one of the most popular platforms in the world. You will develop, implement, and drive tailored talent acquisition strategies to support the evolving hiring needs of the organization. Leveraging data and market intelligence, you will design innovative and high-quality hiring approaches, lead a selection process aligned with D&I best practices, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to partner with senior business leaders across USDS, as well as collaborate with HR and CoE teams. The ideal candidate is someone who is driven, hungry to learn, gets excited about taking on new challenges, and is a champion for diversity. To enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time. What You'll Do: - Design and execute bespoke and inclusive search strategies for senior leaders across multiple functions and geographies to identify and proactively engage the top talent in the industry by developing and maintaining a network of potential prospects for executive-level positions. - Conduct in-depth research to identify and map potential prospects using various sourcing techniques and tools including but not limited to mapping, candidate referral, networking, and other channels. - Collaborate with cross-functional partners to create talent pipelines for succession planning and key organizational needs. - Based on in-depth market research to identify talent trends and opportunities and prepare reports and presentations to communicate research findings and suggestions to leadership teams. - Partner effectively with HR and hiring managers throughout the search process, consulting on best practices and talent market insights, while providing a differentiated experience to leaders and candidates alike. - Position and effectively articulate TikTok's employer brand and value proposition with industry leaders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - 5+ years of global, executive level hiring experience, ideally within the high-tech, media, or other related industries. - Experience in building executive level candidates and relationships in a global business environment with strong skills in talent mapping. - Proficient in using various sourcing techniques and tools, including LinkedIn and other tools to conduct solid mapping practice. - Negotiate complex, multi-component compensation packages for senior and executive-level candidates, aligning stakeholder expectations, ensuring internal equity, and securing successful offer acceptance in competitive talent markets. Preferred Qualifications - Strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills; ability to build trust-based working relationships with candidates, cross-functional peers, and colleagues in the wider HR function. - Demonstrated ability to build creative sourcing strategies using global market and talent sourcing intelligence to discover, identify, and attract top talent. - Entrepreneurial mindset and creative problem-solving ability. - High level of personal accountability, integrity, and authenticity; ideally you will be detail-oriented, passionate, and intellectually curious.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $102600 - $228000 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.
About USDS
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.
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.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS 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://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
