Global Public Interest Law Counsel

Our Global Legal Compliance (GLC) team provides key support for all of Tik Tok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal compliance guidance and support.

• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, complaints and audits involving political activities.
• Lead compliance reviews for ongoing lobbying disclosures in a range of jurisdictions.
• Advise on sustainability-related risks, impacts and opportunities, and support compliance with ESG reporting, governance and due diligence obligations.
• Provide strategic and regulatory support on CSR and sustainability matters for relevant business lines, products and initiatives, including identifying risks and evaluating mitigations and strategies to increase impact.
• Monitor existing and proposed regulations, standards and frameworks relating to ESG and political law activities across state and international jurisdictions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to perform relevant time-sensitive assessments, interpretations and determinations of applicability.
• Manage, enhance, and implement political law and ESG compliance policies, procedures, and controls to comply with evolving regulatory requirements and meet stakeholder expectations with a data driven mindset and approach.
• Provide counsel related to CSR social impact partnerships, employee engagement programs, and related agreements with varying levels of complexity.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations on engagements involving government organizations or government officials, including sponsor ships and donations, political advertising agreements, gift and hospitality events, and third party service provider agreements, such as lobbying firms and political consultants.
• Develop strategic approach to compliance training and communications and deliver the training and implement communications plans to increase political law and ESG compliance awareness.
• Provide timely legal advice on requests from internal stakeholders on political law and sustainability-related topics.
• Undertake special projects and support other compliance program initiatives as needed.

• Minimum Qualifications
• Qualified to practice law in the U.S.
• 5+ years of relevant experience gained across government, private practice and/or in-house.
• Understanding of the key global ESG and business and human rights regulations, standards and frameworks, as well as political laws and regulatory guidelines.
• Ability to independently identify and evaluate legal and reputational risk in business contexts and make well-informed recommendations.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, including navigating leadership, internal stakeholders, and external partners in a complex and challenging environment.
• Excellent legal and business judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously.

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At Tik Tok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Tik Tok'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.

Inspiring creativity is at the core of Tik Tok'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.

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