Youth Safety & Well-being Policy Lead

TikTok Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Policy Manager for the Youth Safety & Well-being Policy team to lead policy development on youth topics and act as an internal voice on youth safety.

You will help shape policy, product, and operations collaboration to keep youth safe at scale. The role focuses on developing, enforcing, and updating policies for age-appropriate content, collaborating with product and legal teams, and engaging external stakeholders to strengthen TikTok’s approach to youth safety

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Trust & Safety, Child Protection Policy, Public Policy, Law, Prevention Science, Social
• Work, or a related field with a meaningful focus on child or youth safety and well-being
• Deep understanding of the harm landscape affecting youth online, including CSAM, harmful content, and the developmental risks specific to this age-group.
• Familiarity with the current and emerging online youth regulatory landscape, including various age-appropriate design codes and youth online safety regimes.
• Strong ability to synthesize complex child safety and well-being topics for internal and external audiences, including the ability to communicate policy challenges, trade-offs, and implications.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working alongside product, technical, legal, and operational teams.
• Technical aptitude and ability to navigate tools, systems, and emerging technologies as they apply to child safety detection and enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, iterate, and maintain policies to ensure age-appropriate content on the platform, balancing youth safety and harm prevention with youth autonomy and expression.
• Ensure policies and standards on youth harms are clear, enforceable, and consistent with international child protection frameworks and legal obligations.
• Support on youth-specific approaches to feature and product policy — including account defaults, recommendations, parental controls, and interaction features — ensuring product design reinforces safety policy intent.
• Engage with external stakeholders to incorporate outside expertise into TikTok’s platform policies related to youth safety and wellbeing.
• Partner with Policy Enforcement, Operations, and Product to develop and improve human and AI-driven moderation systems.

Job description

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Policy Manager for the Youth Safety & Well-being Policy team to lead policy development on youth topics and act as an internal voice on youth safety.

You will help shape policy, product, and operations collaboration to keep youth safe at scale. The role focuses on developing, enforcing, and updating policies for age-appropriate content, collaborating with product and legal teams, and engaging external stakeholders to strengthen TikTok’s approach to youth safety