HR Business Partner - TikTok RD (San Jose)

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor for its Security, Privacy, and Trust teams. The role partners with engineering leadership to shape HR strategies, talent planning, and organizational design.

You will coach leaders on global team structures, manage end-to-end HR activities, and collaborate with CoEs to enhance compensation, engagement, and talent acquisition for top-tier product and design talent.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Human Resources, with 2+ years as an HR Business Partner.
• Fluent English and Mandarin to collaborate with APAC stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Security, Privacy, or Trust & Safety teams.
• Proven ability to lead talent management, org design, and performance management in high-growth environments.
• Proficiency with data analysis tools to extract HR insights.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to develop and execute HR strategy for engineering, security, and privacy.
• Act as primary HRBP for a global department across multiple time zones.
• Provide strategic coaching on organizational design for global teams under regulatory pressures.
• Advise on talent assessment, career paths, and succession for specialised roles.
• Lead resolution of complex employee relations issues and drive risk mitigation.

Skills

Bilingual English and Mandarin

HR Business Partner

Stakeholder partnering (Engineering, S

People analytics

Education

Master's degree in HR / MBA

Tools

Tableau

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Responsibilities

About the Team: The TikTok Research & Development (R&D) organization powers the innovation behind some of the company’s most critical products and technologies. Within R&D, our Security, Privacy, and Trust organizations are dedicated to safeguarding user data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building robust, secure infrastructure globally. Our environment is highly collaborative, fast-paced, and innovation-driven, requiring leaders who can navigate ambiguity, scale high-performing organizations, and drive continuous transformation.

This client group is highly sophisticated and operates within a demanding, fast-changing landscape. As such, we are seeking a seasoned, resilient HR Business Partner (HRBP) who can act as a true strategic advisor. This role goes beyond execution; it requires an individual who can build deep trust with a diverse variety of technical stakeholders, confidently exercise sound judgment in complex situations, and hold firm to foundational HR principles to keep leadership accountable and guide the business effectively.

• Partner with leadership to develop and execute a comprehensive HR strategy that directly supports engineering, security, and privacy operations roadmaps.
• Act as the primary HRBP for a dedicated global department, managing end-to-end generalist and business partner duties across multiple time zones and cross-functional teams.
• Provide strategic coaching to leaders on organizational design, effectively structuring global teams to rapidly adapt to external regulatory pressures and internal security initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor on talent assessment, career pathing, and succession planning for highly specialized roles within Engineering, Privacy, Security, and Trust & Safety functions.
• Lead the proactive resolution of complex employee relations issues globally, mitigating risk while preserving a culture that champions innovation and psychological safety.
• Oversee the full-cycle performance management process, tailoring goal-setting and calibration sessions to evaluate highly technical and operational outcomes.
• Leverage people data and analytics to provide actionable insights on team health, retention bottlenecks, and organizational scale within a rapidly evolving environment.
• Collaborate seamlessly with global HR peers and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design customized compensation, engagement, and talent acquisition solutions.
• Collaborate seamlessly with HR peers and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design customized compensation, engagement, and talent acquisition solutions that attract top-tier product and design talent.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Human Resources, with 2+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner.
• Bilingual proficiency in both English and Mandarin to effectively collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams based in Mainland China and the broader APAC region.
• Experience partnering directly with Engineering, Security, Privacy, or Trust & Safety organizations, with a strong understanding of the unique technical talent landscape.
• Proven ability to lead and execute talent management, organizational design, and performance management strategies in complex, high-growth environments.
• Expertise in leveraging data analysis tools (e.g., Tableau, Excel, Power BI) to extract insights, inform strategic decision-making, and measure the impact of HR programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability to independently own and scale HR initiatives for a global, multi-layered department across various time zones.
• Direct experience supporting organizations in a high-growth global tech environment facing external regulatory compliance and security demands.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to partner effectively with senior technical leaders.
• Experience working in a matrixed, multi-cultural organization, demonstrating the agility to pivot HR strategies as business models evolve.
• Master's degree in Human Resources, MBA, or a related field.

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.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $121600 - $208800 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.