Responsibilities
Global Product Legal is the dedicated legal team for the product, operations, and engineering organization, covering product counseling, creator and industry partnerships, music rights, and AI development. We partner with business teams, legal specialists, and cross-functional partners to build strategies and execute on product and business initiatives, while navigating a complex regulatory environment and maintaining stakeholder trust. You will work with product, operations, and engineering from early planning through launch, helping deliver products and initiatives used by billions of people. We are looking for legal talents like you, who are passionate about innovation, technology, and content, to join us and work closely with legal experts around the world to realize this vision. This is a highly collaborative, on-site role that requires five days per week in the office located in San Jose, CA. Responsibilities: As the Product Legal Counsel and Legal BP for the product you support, you will take on the following responsibilities: - Product Feature Review: Conduct comprehensive legal assessments of product functions and features, AI model training and deployment, and more, and provide legal opinions. - Cross-regional and Cross-functional Collaboration: Provide cross-regional and cross-functional legal support, communicate closely with various teams to resolve complex issues spanning multiple jurisdictions and legal areas, deliver pragmatic solutions under tight timelines, and ensure alignment with global compliance standards. - Process Optimization: Identify process bottlenecks, develop clear guidelines for high-frequency scenarios, and provide training to relevant teams on common issues, to keep pace with the fast-moving business. - Commercial Support: Assist business teams in advancing day-to-day commercial transactions and operations, and participate in the drafting and negotiation of business contracts. - Handle other tasks assigned by your manager as needed.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Professional Experience: A Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar, as well as extensive experience in the internet and technology sector, gained either through practice at a reputable law firm or as legal counsel at a reputable internet, technology, or entertainment company. - Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: AI governance, data protection/data privacy, minor protection, content moderation and safety, copyright, developer ecosystem, and media & entertainment law. - Legal Competence: Strong ability to identify and analyze legal issues, draft legal opinions, and negotiate agreements, with hands-on experience handling complex cross-jurisdictional legal matters. - Language Proficiency: Professional proficiency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, with fluent bilingual writing and speaking skills, is needed to manage stakeholders in the China market. - Business Acumen: Solid commercial awareness, with the ability to understand business needs efficiently and accurately, balance legal risks with operational viability, and provide pragmatic, solution-oriented advice. - Soft Skills: Agile thinker and strong communicator who works proactively and effectively with colleagues from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. Excellent project management skills and a proven ability to manage multiple high-stakes tasks in fast-paced environments. Preferred Qualifications: - Extensive experience providing long-term legal services to clients in areas such as AI, international consumer-facing (ToC) apps, short-drama content production, mini-game production and distribution, and local services. - Exceptional work ethic and professional dedication, with a passion for continuous learning and constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills. - A strong interest in cutting-edge technology, AI, and the large-model ecosystem, demonstrated through proactive learning and exploration.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $174000 - $295800 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 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.
TikTok Accommodation
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://tinyurl.com/RA-request
