Global Privacy Product Counsel - Global Legal

$180,500 - $303,240/Yr

Tiktok - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Los Angeles, CA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

The Global Privacy Product Counsel at TikTok will lead privacy analysis and assessments of the company's products throughout their development cycle, ensuring compliance with local and global privacy and data protection laws. This role involves working cross-functionally with various stakeholders to improve privacy programs, particularly in relation to machine learning and artificial intelligence. The position requires strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills to tackle complex issues at the intersection of privacy and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead privacy analysis and assessments of the Company's products throughout the development cycle to ensure compliance with local and global privacy and data protection laws.
• Assist in setting up or improving cross-functional Privacy Programs, focusing on company-wide efforts and governance related to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Work with legal counsel, information security, and product teams to develop and implement global privacy standards, including those stemming from new and impending AI-related laws.
• Coordinate and drive cross-stakeholder alignment regarding the implementation of privacy requirements and proposed remediations.
• Support data governance with respect to data acquisition, including all policies and matters related to the use of data to support AI.
• Proactively implement changes to the product assessment process in anticipation of regulatory and business developments.

Requirements

• Significant experience working in an in-house legal department of a tech company or in a reputable law firm with substantial experience in tech, media, and telecommunications work.
• Strong drafting, presentation, and communication skills.
• J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience and personal interest in AI, innovative technologies, social media, and all things digital.
• Experience with analyzing products to determine their compliance with applicable data protection regulations and principles, and working with product counsel, product managers, and engineers on implementing privacy requirements.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO)
• Paid sick days
• Paid Parental leave
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra
• Gym and cellphone service reimbursements