TikTok
Senior Product Manager (Feed Safety) - TikTok Safety Product (San Jose)
TikTok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Senior Product Manager (Feed Safety) - TikTok Safety Product (San Jose)
About the Team
The Safety Product (or Platform Responsibility) team is at the forefront of building and optimizing content safety systems. With a focus on optimizing and advancing content safety, we leverage advanced large language models to enhance review efficiency, risk control, and user trust. Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, we deliver scalable solutions that keep pace with rapid global growth.
Responsibilities
Understand current quality problems and how they impact various user groups, define success metrics, and prioritize solutions based on user needs, internal and external factors.
Work with cross‑functional stakeholders (Policy, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Trust and Safety, human moderators, Data Science) across timezones and teams. Drive solutions to improve TikTok feed quality, drive creator and user satisfaction, and mitigate brand risk.
Be a strong voice for diverse user groups, including stakeholders who may not be using TikTok, such as parents of minors.
Keep a keen eye on state‑of‑the‑art ML improvements and think of how that can help our users.
Take initiative to drive quality improvements across different teams, even when not directly responsible for their features.
Monitor current market trends, public perception, and external regulatory environments across different markets, staying ahead of the curve to push boundaries with industry‑leading experiences.
Deliver a product end to end in an extremely fast‑moving environment, setting up processes to ensure on‑time delivery.
Maintain a growth mindset, continuously learning new things and improving in a rapidly changing industry.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of experience working on large feed products, especially in improving feed quality.
5+ years of experience in Product Management.
Prior experience with AI/ML is a must.
Ability to manage trade‑offs between quality, diversity, and other topline metrics.
Deep technical knowledge of ML systems and ability to dive into metrics with Data Science teams.
Experience dealing with multi‑sided marketplaces.
Ability to deliver improvements requiring collaboration across multiple stakeholders in different timezones, building trusted relationships and ensuring timely communication.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong understanding of Trust & Safety (TNS) systems and content moderation workflows.
Experience working with recommendation strategies to ensure safe and responsible content distribution at scale.
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. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company, fostering an “Always Day 1” mindset and resilience across challenges.
Diversity & Inclusion TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. We celebrate diverse voices and strive to reflect the many communities we reach.
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 .
Job Information Compensation (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $149,040 - $311,600 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Base pay is one part of the total package, with potential additional discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits 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, and more. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days, 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.
Location San Jose, CA
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Responsibilities
Understand current quality problems and how they impact various user groups, define success metrics, and prioritize solutions based on user needs, internal and external factors.
Work with cross‑functional stakeholders (Policy, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Trust and Safety, human moderators, Data Science) across timezones and teams. Drive solutions to improve TikTok feed quality, drive creator and user satisfaction, and mitigate brand risk.
Be a strong voice for diverse user groups, including stakeholders who may not be using TikTok, such as parents of minors.
Keep a keen eye on state‑of‑the‑art ML improvements and think of how that can help our users.
Take initiative to drive quality improvements across different teams, even when not directly responsible for their features.
Monitor current market trends, public perception, and external regulatory environments across different markets, staying ahead of the curve to push boundaries with industry‑leading experiences.
Deliver a product end to end in an extremely fast‑moving environment, setting up processes to ensure on‑time delivery.
Maintain a growth mindset, continuously learning new things and improving in a rapidly changing industry.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of experience working on large feed products, especially in improving feed quality.
5+ years of experience in Product Management.
Prior experience with AI/ML is a must.
Ability to manage trade‑offs between quality, diversity, and other topline metrics.
Deep technical knowledge of ML systems and ability to dive into metrics with Data Science teams.
Experience dealing with multi‑sided marketplaces.
Ability to deliver improvements requiring collaboration across multiple stakeholders in different timezones, building trusted relationships and ensuring timely communication.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong understanding of Trust & Safety (TNS) systems and content moderation workflows.
Experience working with recommendation strategies to ensure safe and responsible content distribution at scale.
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. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company, fostering an “Always Day 1” mindset and resilience across challenges.
Diversity & Inclusion TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. We celebrate diverse voices and strive to reflect the many communities we reach.
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 .
Job Information Compensation (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $149,040 - $311,600 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Base pay is one part of the total package, with potential additional discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits 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, and more. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days, 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.
Location San Jose, CA
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