Senior Tech Lead Manager, Vulnerability Management - Global Security Organization

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior Tech Lead Manager for Vulnerability Management within its Global Security Organization. This role focuses on managing security incidents, driving internal initiatives, gathering intelligence, investigating vulnerabilities, and validating reported issues across our platform.

You will lead engineers, shape security roadmaps, and push secure-by-design solutions while collaborating globally to reduce risk across TikTok's products and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Define security problems in TikTok infrastructure and products; identify gaps to security goals.
• Define evolution strategy and roadmap for security components; lead execution.
• Lead software engineers; translate design into secure-by-design implementations.
• Establish risk-based scoring using scanning data, threat intelligence, CVSS, OWASP Top 10.
• Collaborate with cross-function teams to promote security services across TikTok infrastructure.
• Track and adopt cutting-edge security technologies.
• Leverage AI and agents in vulnerability lifecycle to improve efficiency.

Responsibilities

• The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. The Senior Tech Lead Manager of the vulnerability management team will manage product security incidents, develop internal security initiatives, gather intelligence, investigate, and validate reported vulnerabilities.
• Take the initiative to explore and define security problems in TikTok infrastructure and products; identify the gaps between existing systems and security goals.
• Define the scalable and robust security components and infrastructures evolution strategy and roadmap; lead the execution based on the company's business, industry trends and technology stack.
• Lead highly motivated software engineers; interpret architectural design and goals into executable engineering plans addressing full stack security, privacy and compliance requirements; and eventually build and deliver software, which is secure-by-design.
• Establish risk-based scoring by correlating scanning data with threat intelligence, real-world exploitability (CVSS, OWASP Top 10), and business asset criticality.
• Collaborate with cross-function teams in TikTok, promoting/onboarding security services/products in TikTok infrastructure.
• Track cutting-edge security technologies and bring them to TikTok in an effective way.
• Leverage AI and Agents in the full lifecycle of vulnerability and attack surface management to improve the efficiency.

Job description

Senior Tech Lead Manager, Vulnerability Management - Global Security Organization

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A193543

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Responsibilities

The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. Also known as "GSO", this team is the foundation of our efforts to keep TikTok safe, secure, and operating at scale for over 1 billion people around the world. We work to ensure that the TikTok platform is safe and secure, that our users' experience and their data remains safe from external or internal threats, and that we comply with global regulations wherever TikTok operates. Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us - whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop - and GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience. Your role, as the Senior Tech Lead Manager of the vulnerability management team, will be to manage product security incidents, develop internal security initiatives, gather intelligence, investigate, and validate reported vulnerabilities. We're heavily involved in the vulnerability space to improve TikTok's security every day.

• Take the initiative to explore and define security problems in TikTok infrastructure and products; identify the gaps between existing systems and security goals.
• Define the scalable and robust security components and infrastructures evolution strategy and roadmap; lead the execution based on the company's business, industry trends and technology stack.
• Lead highly motivated software engineers; interpret architectural design and goals into executable engineering plans addressing full stack security, privacy and compliance requirements; and eventually build and deliver software, which is secure-by-design.
• Establish risk-based scoring by correlating scanning data with threat intelligence, real-world exploitability (CVSS, OWASP Top 10), and business asset criticality.
• Collaborate with cross-function teams in TikTok, promoting/onboarding security services/products in TikTok infrastructure.
• Track cutting-edge security technologies and bring them to TikTok in an effective way.
• Leverage AI and Agents in the full lifecycle of vulnerability and attack surface management to improve the efficiency.

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. Join us.

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.

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