Head of Employment Law, EMEA

TikTok; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a senior Employment Law leader to head its EMEA team in London. The role partners with HR and business stakeholders to deliver strategic guidance across multiple jurisdictions, handling complex employment issues and policy development.

You will build and guide a high-performing team, drive compliance programs, and advise on cross-border initiatives while collaborating with Global Legal to support TikTok's growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with expertise across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
• Proven track record leading high performing legal teams.
• Strong advisory skills to HR and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to HR and stakeholders across EMEA on employment law issues.
• Lead and grow a regional team of employment lawyers and related professionals.
• Oversee compliance matters related to employment law across multiple countries.
• Draft and revise employment contracts, policies, and related documents.
• Provide strategic guidance for new business lines and markets in EMEA.
• Collaborate with litigation colleagues on cross-border matters.
• Deliver training on EMEA employment law issues.

Skills

Employment law acrossEMEA

Team leadership

Strategic advisory

Litigation management

Cross-border collaboration

Education

Qualified lawyer in EMEA (UK/Ireland preferred)

Job description

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@2026 TikTok

Legal

Head of Employment Law, EMEA

Location:

London

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A106565

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Responsibilities

About the Team:Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The TikTok Legal team is growing fast and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join the team. The Global Employment Law team provides strategic and practical legal advice to Human Resources and business stakeholders globally, and handles litigation matters involving TikTok in all the regions in which TikTok operates. This role is for a senior level employment lawyer with a passion for people management to lead our team of employment lawyers in our EMEA region. The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR and business stakeholders across EMEA, providing both strategic and pragmatic day-to-day advice on a broad range of employment law issues in various countries in the region, including advising in relation to works council issues in multiple countries, as well as collective and individual employment rights
• Lead a team of employment lawyers and legal professionals across the region.
• Serve as a strong contributor on legal compliance matters relating to employment issues.
• Support and provide advice on strategic cross-border employment law initiatives, including collaboration with other employment lawyers and SMEs.
• Draft and revise employment related agreements and policies, including employment contracts, severance agreements, company policies, and other employment related documents.
• Provide strategic advice and guidance relating to employment law issues for new business lines and markets in EMEA.
• Collaborate with the EMEA Employment Litigation attorneys regarding employment disputes in the region.
• Create and lead training on EMEA employment law issues.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in one or more EMEA regions (preferably UK and/or Ireland).
• Significant employment law experience in private practice with a highly regarded firm and a corporate legal department. Experience with multiple countries in the EMEA region is required.
• Proven track record of building and leading high performing teams of legal professionals.
• Proven ability to think strategically and build processes to enable the team to grow and scale to meet business needs.
• Experience handling employment litigation matters in multiple jurisdictions, including retaining and managing outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of the company's legal representation are of the highest quality, and representing multi-national companies involved in complex disputes with outstanding outcomes.
• Demonstrated judgment, personal integrity, and interpersonal skills. Strong ability to work as a team player who can effectively collaborate with colleagues from the Global Legal team and business stakeholders to support the growth of the business.
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Job Information

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 our company, our customers and our employees.

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.