Job Description

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
Our Trust & Safety team's commitment is to keep our online community safe. We have invested heavily in human and machine-based moderation to remove harmful content quickly and often before it reaches our general community.
As a Child Safety Operations Lead within the Trust & Safety Team, you'll be part of a global team that ensures the timely detection and removal of content across the broad spectrum of online child endangerment, such as child sexual abuse and exploitation. Through close partnerships with Legal, Policy, and Product & Process teams, you will manage global time-sensitive escalations, and child sexual exploitation and abuse incidents to protect our online community.
You will also work closely with internal teams to create and streamline business and operational processes, develop detailed documentation and process diagrams, and increase our overall operational efficiency to ensure our products are free of any violative content.
The team is seeking a candidate with a strong work ethic, excellent judgment, exceptional partnering skills and a passion for protecting children.
Note: This position will include reviewing content and writing policies for some materials that may be offensive or sensitive to some people.
What will I be doing?

• You'll lead a team of Child Safety Operations Specialists, ensure the team's daily operational effectiveness, set goals for the team, and be responsible for team members' professional development
• Demonstrate operational excellence on a team that evaluates risk, threats, and user safety in time-critical escalations.
• Lead in executing instant decision-making while analyzing a variety of factors that include imminence of danger, sensitivities, and graphic content and coordinate with a number of internal and external partners including law enforcement in an attempt to ensure user's safety.
• Be aware of and willing to operate in a work environment with sensitive content that includes child sexual abuse and exploitation, and other content that may be considered offensive or disturbing.
• You'll lead escalations or urgent law enforcement requests, liaising with Product, Policy, Communications, and Legal teams whenever necessary
• You'll identify problems and issues across organizations and create programs and processes to solve them proactively. Establish regular reporting to keep stakeholders up to date on progress, findings, and recommendations
• You'll manage multiple interdependent projects of moderate to high complexity and scope. Work cross-functionally to ensure coordination and alignment on objectives and key results
• You'll enhance our operational workflows via process improvements and the identification of automation opportunities. Drive innovation regarding processes and best practices for implementing policies

What should I bring with me?

• You have 8+ years of experience in operations management, relationship building, and working across cross-functional teams and at least 5 years of experience in leadership and management of an Investigative or Trust and Safety team
• You have experience reviewing or being exposed to sensitive and potentially harmful content involving minors, including child sexual abuse and exploitation content, as part of removal flows calibrations and escalations management
• You have experience managing projects
• You have experience working on Trust and Safety issues or similar related field of work and types of online abuse
• You demonstrate good analytical, risk assessment skills, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to lead and multi-task under pressure, responding quickly to changing situations in complex environments without compromising quality.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to adapt communication style to suit different stakeholders like cross-functional teams and law enforcement partners, and work successfully in cross-functional teams
• Passionate about protecting children.
• Availability to work on weekends on a rotational basis or a regular schedule of either Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with leading in Crisis Management, Government Agencies or Law Enforcement would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of child safety policies and/or legislation.
• Experience with social media, analytical tools, and open source investigation.

Trust and Safety is committed to the wellbeing of all our employees. Our promise is to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.
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.