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Global Legal Compliance Project Manager

Yesterday San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

About the Team
Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of TikTok'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 and compliance guidance and support. The TikTok Global Legal Compliance team is growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal compliance lawyer to join us.

Responsibilities
We are seeking a strategic self-starter and highly capable Compliance Project Manager to drive impactful compliance projects and key initiatives with a solid understanding of financial crime compliance regulations and compliance framework. The Project Manager manages the full project lifecycle, from planning to execution, while handling risk assessments, audit documentation, stakeholder communication, and updating policies to meet evolving regulatory requirements. This role will work closely with Global Legal Compliance ("GLC") leadership and subject matter experts to ensure clear communication and alignment among all global stakeholders, fostering a collaborative environment. This individual will also support Global Legal Compliance leadership on team resource management, including but not limited to, the maintenance of teamwide resources and help resolve potential operational challenges to maintain team overall productivity.
A critical success factor for this role is the ability to operate as both a strategic leader and a hands-on contributor. The ideal candidate will not only excel at delegation and oversight but will also demonstrate a willingness to directly engage in tasks to address potential blockers and drive project progress. We are looking for a professional with high emotional intelligence who also possesses a strong sense of ownership and is prepared to contribute directly to the execution of deliverables and team success.

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- End-to-End Project Management: Support GLC in the end-to-end planning and execution of compliance initiatives and projects. Lead efforts and/or support subject matter experts with the development and maintenance of comprehensive project plans, establishment of milestones and KPI's, managing budget, timelines and resources for scalable solutions, implementation, and change management.
- Risk Management: Support and coordinate end-to-end compliance risk management by supporting periodic risk assessments across business units, identifying control gaps, and maintaining a comprehensive risk register with assigned owners and remediation timelines.
- Audit Management: Serve as the primary liaison for internal audits, external regulatory examinations, and third-party assessments - coordinating evidence gathering, managing audit or inquiries, and tracking findings through to closure.
- Documentation & Reporting Management: Establish and maintain a centralized repository of all compliance project documentation, including project charters, decision logs, policy attestations, and control testing results, ensuring records are version-controlled, audit-ready, and retained in line with regulatory requirements.
- Stakeholder Coordination/Relationship Management: Develop and lead coordination efforts with cross functional project partners and/or stakeholders. Serve as primary point of project contact and help create/update status trackers, dashboards, leadership presentations, and project briefings to keep leadership and cross-functional stakeholders informed and aligned. Manage stakeholder expectations and cultivate partnership and trust.
- Own and Develop Team-wide Resources and Tools: Create and update team-wide internal and external-facing resources and tools, such as employee outreach platforms, GLC team pages, master document repository, compliance training library, etc. Manage team deliverables and maintain record of critical updates/changes to policies, systems, and processes.
- Support GLC Leadership and Team Management: Serve as a steward of GLC Team culture and support for GLC Leadership on initiatives and strategic tasks related to team management, such as budget management, travel tracking, legal operations coordination (vendor onboarding and billing), team-wide meeting setting/tracking (e.g., All Hands). Provide event planning and execution of team events and workshops.
- Training & Communications (T&C) Lead: Partner with GLC subject matter experts and cross-functional partners to design and implement an effective T&C program/initiatives. Serve as primary eLearning compliance administrator and respond to inquiries on training completion statistics. Lead efforts to secure T&C design resources and promotion of materials. Help define and track T&C initiative effectiveness, utilizing data/metrics to inform T&C strategy.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field.
- Extensive experience in compliance, regulatory affairs, or risk management, with a significant portion in a project management capacity within a regulated, fintech, or tech industry.
- Good understanding of financial crime compliance (FCC), including AML, CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and KYC frameworks, with strong awareness of evolving global regulatory landscapes and enforcement trends.
- Proven track record of managing the full project lifecycle for complex, cross-functional compliance programs at a global scale, including budget, timelines, milestones, KPIs, and change management.
- Substantial experience coordinating audits and regulatory examinations (internal, external, and third-party), including evidence gathering, finding remediation, and closure tracking.
- Exceptional stakeholder and relationship management skills, with the ability to build trust, manage expectations, and foster collaboration across global cross-functional teams and leadership.
- Outstanding communication and reporting skills - able to distill complex regulatory matters into clear executive briefings, dashboards, presentations, and training materials for diverse audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree (JD, MBA, or Master's) strongly preferred.
- High emotional intelligence, combined with a strong sense of ownership - comfortable operating as both a strategic leader providing oversight and a hands-on contributor willing to directly execute tasks and remove blockers.
- Experience designing and measuring the effectiveness of compliance training and awareness programs, including eLearning platforms and communication campaigns.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Asana) and a meticulous approach to maintaining version-controlled documentation, compliance records, and audit trails. PMP, CAMS, CFE, or CCEP certification is a plus.
- Experience guiding teams through significant process changes or organizational shifts, with the ability to articulate strategies for gaining buy-in and managing resistance.
- Experience with budget and resource management.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $132000 - $248400 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. 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, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year 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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA
Job ID: TikTok-7613151469668944133
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-03-04T20:24:18

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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