Product Risk & Safety Strategy Lead

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking an experienced risk communications professional to identify risks in the product development process, provide strategic mitigations, and support launches. You will collaborate with product, legal, and public policy teams to translate complex safety and regulatory topics into clear guidance for internal and external audiences.

As a trusted advisor, you will shape risk messaging, help develop newsroom posts, Q&As, and spokesperson materials, and work with PR teams to ensure

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.

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

Strategic advisory

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Office / Google Docs

Job description

TikTok is seeking an experienced risk communications professional to identify risks in the product development process, provide strategic mitigations, and support launches. You will collaborate with product, legal, and public policy teams to translate complex safety and regulatory topics into clear guidance for internal and external audiences.

As a trusted advisor, you will shape risk messaging, help develop newsroom posts, Q&As, and spokesperson materials, and work with PR teams to ensure