Senior Technical Compliance Manager

TikTok; New York (NY); On-site; USD 159,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Senior Technical Compliance Manager in New York to join our Global Legal Compliance team. This on‑site role will be the technical engine of export control efforts, handling day‑to‑day product counseling, ECCN classification, and licensing analyses across TikTok’s products, technologies, and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has strong regulatory knowledge, deep technical fluency, and experience guiding cross‑functional teams through complex classification and licensing

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in export control, classification, licensing, or related compliance work.
• Experience evaluating classification and licensing for tech hardware, software, cloud, or data center products.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. export control laws and regulations (EAR/BIS).
• Familiarity with FDPR, de minimis, AI export controls, and cross‑border infra deployments.

Responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day export control compliance for TikTok’s products and infrastructure, focusing on technical product counseling, ECCN classification, and licensing analysis.
• Perform end‑to‑end classification assessments for hardware, software, and related items, incl. AI and advanced computing technologies.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, procurement, and business teams to address export control implications for new products and features.
• Monitor BIS/regulatory developments and translate changes into internal guidance and workflows.

Skills

Export controls

Classification

Licensing

Technical fluency

Cross‑functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

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@2026 TikTok

Legal

Senior Technical Compliance Manager

Location:

New York

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A38592

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Responsibilities

About the Team:Our Global Legal Compliance (GLC) team provides key support for TikTok’s innovative initiatives, advanced technology development, and integrated platforms serving our global markets. We partner closely with legal, business, product, engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams to help enable strategic growth while managing complex regulatory risk.We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Compliance Manager to join our Global Legal Compliance team. This role will serve as the technical engine of the export control compliance function, with primary responsibility for day-to-day product counseling, ECCN classification, licensing-related analysis, and technical compliance support across TikTok’s products, technologies, and infrastructure.The ideal candidate is an experienced compliance professional with strong technical fluency and hands‑on experience supporting export control reviews in the technology, semiconductor, advanced computing, cloud, or data center sectors. This individual should be comfortable working closely with product, engineering, infrastructure, and business teams to assess technical scope, support complex classification determinations, advise on licensing implications, and help operationalize export control requirements in a fast-moving environment.This is a highly collaborative, on‑site role that requires five days per week in the office.

• Support day-to-day export control compliance work across TikTok's products, technologies, and infrastructure, with a primary focus on technical product counseling, ECCN classification, and licensing-related analysis; maintain clear and defensible compliance records including classification rationales, technical inputs, regulatory analysis, and supporting documentation to strengthen internal consistency and enforcement readiness.
• Conduct end-to-end classification assessments for hardware, software, technology, and related items, with particular depth in advanced semiconductors, advanced computing items, AI‑related technologies, and other sensitive or emerging technologies; support license determinations, license exception analysis, transaction reviews, and related documentation for high‑risk, sensitive, or business‑critical activities.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, infrastructure, procurement, and business teams to advise on export control implications for new products, features, partnerships, deployments, and cross‑border technology transfers; assess export control issues relating to FDPR, intangible technology transfers, cloud/IaaS operations, API or software access, and other digital or infrastructure‑enabled technology flows.
• Monitor relevant BIS and regulatory developments, including changes to technical parameters and control scope, and translate those changes into updated internal guidance, review criteria, and operational processes; work closely with the broader export control and trade compliance team to support scalable workflows, cross‑functional coordination, and continuous improvement of compliance operations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Multiple years of relevant experience in export control, classification, licensing, technical compliance, or related international trade compliance work.
• Demonstrated experience conducting classification and licensing reviews in a multinational business, ideally in the technology, semiconductor, advanced computing, cloud, data center, or infrastructure sectors.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the EAR, BIS regulatory concepts, licensing principles, and restricted party screening fundamentals.
• Familiarity with issues relating to Foreign Direct Product rules, de miminis calculations, advanced computing controls, AI model‑related export control issues, intangible technology transfers, and cross‑border infrastructure deployments.
• Strong technical fluency and ability to understand product architecture, hardware and software concepts, technical specifications, compute‑related infrastructure, and technology use cases relevant to export control analysis.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with product, engineering, operations, procurement, supply chain, or related stakeholders on compliance reviews and technical issue‑spotting.
• Ability to analyze complex facts, apply regulatory requirements in a practical way, and communicate clear, actionable guidance to non‑legal stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry experience in advanced semiconductors, AI technologies, cloud infrastructure, or software and technology transfers.
• Experience building or improving internal workflows, review processes, tracking mechanisms, or documentation systems for export control compliance.
• Experience in a high‑growth technology company or similarly complex global environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and strong attention to detail.
• High integrity, professionalism, and a solutions‑oriented mindset in a fast‑moving environment.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $159000 - $272000 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.

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 to create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

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