TikTok
Senior Counsel of Business & Legal Affairs - Employment
Location: San Jose, CA
Compensation: $213,000 - $376,200 annually
Responsibilities About the Team: Our Global Monetization Legal team supports TikTok's innovative and state‑of‑the‑art advertising products, including partnerships with global and regional technology providers. We are growing fast and are seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable attorney with substantial tech transaction experience, ideally with ad‑tech expertise. This role offers an opportunity to lead strategic partnership deals that have a massive, global impact.
Drive strategic deals with partners from inception to completion
Draft contracts and lead live negotiations representing TikTok
Provide legal assessment and options on contractual and product issues to business teams, to enable and facilitate decision‑making
Identify and explain key legal issues in deals that often revolve around ad‑tech, regulatory compliance, data flows, custodianship, and privacy
Manage collaborations with a wide range of internal business and legal stakeholders
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
JD from an ABA‑accredited law school with membership in good standing in a U.S. State Bar
Deep experience in drafting and negotiating complex, high‑stakes tech transactions or deep ad‑tech product counseling experience
Excellent communicator and negotiator
Comfortable tracking, prioritizing, and managing numerous detailed tasks and projects
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in private practice with a highly regarded firm handling a high volume of tech transactions and/or relevant in‑house experience
In‑house ad‑tech, data, privacy experience
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. 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.
Diversity & Inclusion 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 are passionate about this and hope you are too.
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: $213,000 - $376,200 annually. Base pay may vary based on qualifications, skills, competencies, and location. Additional compensation may include discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits. Paid holidays: 10 per year; paid sick days: 10 per year; paid personal time: 17 days prorated on hire with increasing accruals by tenure.
Employment type: Full‑time.
Seniority level: Not Applicable.
Job function: Legal.
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.
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Compensation: $213,000 - $376,200 annually
Responsibilities About the Team: Our Global Monetization Legal team supports TikTok's innovative and state‑of‑the‑art advertising products, including partnerships with global and regional technology providers. We are growing fast and are seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable attorney with substantial tech transaction experience, ideally with ad‑tech expertise. This role offers an opportunity to lead strategic partnership deals that have a massive, global impact.
Drive strategic deals with partners from inception to completion
Draft contracts and lead live negotiations representing TikTok
Provide legal assessment and options on contractual and product issues to business teams, to enable and facilitate decision‑making
Identify and explain key legal issues in deals that often revolve around ad‑tech, regulatory compliance, data flows, custodianship, and privacy
Manage collaborations with a wide range of internal business and legal stakeholders
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
JD from an ABA‑accredited law school with membership in good standing in a U.S. State Bar
Deep experience in drafting and negotiating complex, high‑stakes tech transactions or deep ad‑tech product counseling experience
Excellent communicator and negotiator
Comfortable tracking, prioritizing, and managing numerous detailed tasks and projects
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in private practice with a highly regarded firm handling a high volume of tech transactions and/or relevant in‑house experience
In‑house ad‑tech, data, privacy experience
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. 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.
Diversity & Inclusion 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 are passionate about this and hope you are too.
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: $213,000 - $376,200 annually. Base pay may vary based on qualifications, skills, competencies, and location. Additional compensation may include discretionary bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, and wellbeing benefits. Paid holidays: 10 per year; paid sick days: 10 per year; paid personal time: 17 days prorated on hire with increasing accruals by tenure.
Employment type: Full‑time.
Seniority level: Not Applicable.
Job function: Legal.
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.
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