Product Manager Project Intern (Business Integrity) - 2026 Start (MBA)

TikTok; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 89,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing allowance

Paid holidays

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Product Manager Intern in Business Integrity to help define problems, build risk-control platforms, and learn from data and user feedback. The role will work with engineers, data science, operations and policy teams in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates are MBA students with backend experience and strong analytical, communication, and bilingual English-MMandarin skills; hybrid work arrangement in San Jose.

Qualifications

• MBA candidate required.
• Experience building backend platform or tooling products.
• Experience working side-by-side with engineers.
• Experience synthesizing data both quantitative and qualitative to inform product decisions.
• Available to work at least three days per week under a hybrid arrangement in San Jose office.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Fluency in both English and Mandarin required.

Responsibilities

• Define business problems, goals and product solutions for TikTok ads Integrity.
• Build risk control strategy platform to improve risk detection and enforcement capabilities.
• Learn from users' feedback, case analysis and measurements to find new opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the team's success.

Skills

Backend platform

Data synthesis (quant+qual)

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

English & Mandarin fluency

Education

MBA degree

Job description

Responsibilities

The Business Integrity team's mission is to uphold ethical advertising on TikTok, and we're looking for teammates who are passionate about fostering best faith business practices toward our global audience.

Responsibilities

The Business Integrity team's mission is to uphold ethical advertising on TikTok, and we're looking for teammates who are passionate about fostering best faith business practices toward our global audience. Product Managers in Business Integrity will be part of an experienced team, working alongside experts in engineering, data science, operations and policy. At the same time, new team members will also be joining an initiative that has only just gotten started--we have far more questions than answers--even as new challenges appear each day. Thus, candidates must be hungry for perspective when forming their product hypotheses in driving those hypotheses toward tangible results. As a Project Intern, you will contribute to impactful short-term projects and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, professional environment. This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical skills, apply your knowledge to real-world challenges, and explore your career interests.

Responsibilities

• Define business problems, goals and product solutions of TikTok ads Integrity that keeps our users from violated ads
• Be responsible for building risk control strategy platform that enable the team to improve the risk detection and enforcement capabilities.
• Learn from users' feedback, case analysis and measurements to find new opportunities
• Continuously incorporate cross-functional teams and drive the team's success

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a MBA degree.
• Experience building backend platform or tooling products
• Experience working side-by-side with engineers
• Experience synthesizing data both quantitative and qualitative to inform product decisions
• Available to work at least three days per week under a hybrid arrangement in San Jose office.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Fluency in both English and Mandarin required: the role involves frequent communication with global teams, clients and stakeholders in English-speaking regions as well as Chinese-speaking markets. Proficiency in Mandarin is essential to effectively engage with Chinese-speaking partners, understand cultural nuances, and navigate business transactions in key markets, ensuring smooth cross-cultural collaboration and market expansion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred experience in product management, having launched a product from 0-1
• Outstanding interpersonal skills communicating both in person and in writing
• Ability to influence without authority
• Intellectual humility, honesty and curiosity

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $55- $55.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location.

• Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more.
• Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
• Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

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