Senior E-Commerce Counsel, Product

$240,000 - $376,200/Yr

Tiktok - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

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

About the position

The position involves providing legal support for TikTok Shop, focusing on e-commerce matters and risk mitigation strategies for new product launches. The role requires collaboration with various teams globally to ensure compliance with legal standards and to enhance TikTok's e-commerce initiatives. The ideal candidate will manage a small team of lawyers and contribute to the development of guidelines and processes within the legal framework of the company.

Responsibilities

• Work with legal and product teams globally to review products, features, and new initiatives to provide legal risk mitigation strategies when launching new products, features, and initiatives in the US.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on a wide range of e-commerce matters with a focus on consumer protection, B2B and B2C engagement, pricing, payments, promotions, and intellectual property.
• Partner closely with local and global stakeholders in legal, privacy, and public policy, to deliver projects against short timeframes, setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of TikTok e-commerce initiatives through review of the consumer disclosures, policies, and terms and conditions applicable to our users/customers/partners and support for feature development.
• Manage a small team of lawyers and contribute to developing guidelines for the business, improving processes, internal training, and simplifying workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Member in good standing of a state bar.
• Extensive legal experience, including in-house experience preferably at a technology company.
• Knowledge of US laws as it applies to platform providers and e-commerce platforms.
• Experience in platform liability, intellectual property, consumer protection, regulatory and compliance schemes for new technology and e-commerce products.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills in a cross-functional and global role.
• Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to effectively interact with all levels of colleagues.
• Self-starter with a willingness to learn, sense of humor, and positive attitude.
• Prior experience related to product counseling for a marketplace platform is preferred.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents, and a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
• 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
• 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
• 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.