Mandarin-Speaking Risk Strategy Analyst, Ads Governance

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an Ads Content Risk Strategy Specialist to safeguard the advertising ecosystem by identifying and solving content quality and user experience challenges through data-driven insights and strategy design. You will work in a global, highly complex environment, balancing risk control, UX, and growth, while building next-gen governance with automation and AI.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Algorithm teams to translate strategies into scalable features and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in risk control, Trust & Safety, advertising governance, or advertising strategy roles.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in SQL; experience in building metric systems, performing root-cause analysis, and conducting experiment-based evaluations (A/B testing, holdout, etc.).
• Experience designing user-centric strategies and experiments, with the ability to translate user experience insights into actionable solutions.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and execution skills, capable of driving alignment and delivery under ambiguity and conflicting priorities.
• Strong problem structuring and abstraction ability, with experience leveraging ML or automation (e.g., AI Agents) to design systematic solutions.
• High proficiency in English and Mandarin listening, speaking, reading and writing. Both English and Mandarin skill sets are required to support clients in China and to communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and own key risk metrics, including goal decomposition, trend analysis, and root-cause deep dives, delivering actionable governance strategies.
• Continuously iterate governance strategies across scenarios to improve ecosystem integrity and user experience.
• Leverage data analysis and experimentation (A/B testing, holdout experiments) to evaluate strategy effectiveness and drive optimization.
• Apply ML models and AI Agents to improve risk detection, classification, and enforcement efficiency.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Algorithm teams to translate strategies into scalable product features and rule systems.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

Experimentation platforms

ML concepts

Job description

TikTok is seeking an Ads Content Risk Strategy Specialist to safeguard the advertising ecosystem by identifying and solving content quality and user experience challenges through data-driven insights and strategy design. You will work in a global, highly complex environment, balancing risk control, UX, and growth, while building next-gen governance with automation and AI.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Algorithm teams to translate strategies into scalable features and