Product Risk & Safety Communications Lead

TikTok; New York (NY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an experienced professional to identify risks in the product development process, advise on mitigations, and support product launches. You will work across product, legal, and public policy to identify and manage risks, translating safety and regulatory topics into clear feedback.

You will provide strategic counsel during risk reviews and help shape TikTok’s narrative on product safety with clear messaging and spokesperson materials. Collaboration with PR is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in tech, safety or policy environments.
• Strong track record of translating complex or technical issues into clear risk analysis.
• Experience working with product, legal, and public policy teams on risk or incident-related matters.
• Strong analytical judgment, with the ability to assess reputational risk, provide feedback and advise accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to internal teams on product risk issues, including providing strategic counsel to product teams in the development and review phase.
• Identify emerging areas of product risk and support product comms team in developing messaging to address them.
• Provide strategic counsel during product risk reviews and support rollout plans with product information.
• Support product communications teams to build and evolve TikTok’s narrative on product safety through messaging documents, newsroom posts, statements, Q&As, and spokesperson materials.
• Work with PR teams to support them with clear, consistent resources to address questions about TikTok’s product development and approach to product safety.

Skills

Risk analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Product risk experience

Analytical judgment

Job description

TikTok is seeking an experienced professional to identify risks in the product development process, advise on mitigations, and support product launches. You will work across product, legal, and public policy to identify and manage risks, translating safety and regulatory topics into clear feedback.

You will provide strategic counsel during risk reviews and help shape TikTok’s narrative on product safety with clear messaging and spokesperson materials. Collaboration with PR is essential.