Global eDiscovery Lead

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 521,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a senior eDiscovery leader to own the global strategy, operations, and technology for litigation, regulatory matters, and investigations.

This role sits in the Global Litigation team and partners with outside counsel and internal stakeholders to drive scalable discovery across regions. The ideal candidate has deep eDiscovery expertise from private practice or corporate settings, proven global team leadership, and strong knowledge of data privacy, information governance,

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA‑accredited law school.
• Bachelor’s degree and licensed to practice in New York or California or eligibility for in-house designation.
• Extensive eDiscovery experience in private practice and/or corporate litigation/regulatory environments.
• Experience leading global legal teams and cross-border matters.
• Strong knowledge of eDiscovery lifecycle, data privacy, and information governance.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the company's global eDiscovery strategy, operations, and technology.
• Advise the Global Legal team and coordinate with outside counsel and stakeholders.
• Lead the global eDiscovery team and set short- and long-term goals.
• Design and improve eDiscovery standards, workflows, and playbooks globally.
• Evaluate technologies, develop metrics, and forecast spend across the portfolio.
• Identify opportunities to modernize the discovery program through technology adoption.

Education

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor's degree and licensed to practice in New York or California

Tools

Relativity

Nuix

Job description

Responsibilities

Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok 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 team is growing fast and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join the team.

As a subject matter expert team in the Global Legal department, the Global eDiscovery team handles eDiscovery for litigation and regulatory matters involving TikTok in all the regions in which TikTok operates. The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role.

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented eDiscovery expert to join our team. This is a key supporting position that will help drive effective discovery strategy and execution across a variety of legal matters. This role will sit in the Global Litigation team and lead our eDiscovery function.

Responsibilities:

• Own and lead the company's global eDiscovery strategy, operations, and technology across all litigation, regulatory, and investigation matters.
• Serve as the company's lead subject-matter expert for eDiscovery advising the Global Legal team and collaborating closely with outside counsel and internal business stakeholders on all eDiscovery-related matters. Act as the primary relationship owner for eDiscovery outside counsel, service providers, and vendors, driving performance, innovation, and cost control.
• Lead the global eDiscovery team by overseeing day-to-day operations, setting short-term and long-term goals to build scalable discovery practices globally, and ensure team member engagement in alignment with those goals.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve global eDiscovery standards, workflows, and playbooks to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability across all regions and matters. Oversee the full eDiscovery lifecycle (from preservation through external productions) to ensure defensibility and efficiency across all jurisdictions.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize eDiscovery technologies and platforms, including advanced analytics and automation. Develop metrics, reporting, and forecasting to track performance, risk, and spend across the global discovery portfolio.
• Proactively identify opportunities to modernize and innovate the company's discovery program through process improvement and technology adoption.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school with license to practice in either New York or California (or able to obtain in-house designation in such jurisdictions)
• Deep, specialized experience in eDiscovery in private practice at a highly regarded firm and/or corporate litigation and/or regulatory environments.
• Proven experience leading global teams of legal and eDiscovery professionals with extensive experience managing large-scale cross-border matters
• Extensive knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle, document review management, data privacy, and information governance.
• Strong knowledge of global regulatory obligations related to litigation, discovery, and information governance.
• Strong technical fluency with enterprise discovery platforms and workflows (including, but not limited to, Relativity and Nuix platforms).
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams globally including Engineering, Security and Information Governance, and Global Legal teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate background in Computer Science, Engineering, or a technical field.
• Certifications or advanced training in eDiscovery, legal technology, and/or data management.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210600 - $520800 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:

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.