TikTok Shop - Strategy & Analytics Associate

TikTok; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 115,520 - 273,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok seeks a senior Strategy & Analytics leader to own the US TikTok Shop roadmap, drive data-driven decisions, and align cross-functional teams. You will synthesize market intelligence into actionable plans and communicate strategic insights to executives.

In this role, you will work with Product, Marketing, and Operations to translate analytics into scalable initiatives, improving unit economics and seller penetration in a fast-growing market.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, business analysis, or strategic finance at technology firms or consulting.
• Ability to translate large datasets into strategic insights for the US market.
• Experience coordinating across Product, Marketing, and Ops to drive execution.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term roadmaps for TikTok Shop in the US using market intelligence.
• Analyze business health to optimize unit economics and seller penetration.
• Lead market research and competitor analysis to refine platform positioning.
• Author strategy papers and present data-driven recommendations to leadership.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, and Ops to align initiatives end-to-end.
• Ensure rapid, consistent execution across functional pillars.

Skills

Strategy development

Cross-functional leadership

Advanced business modeling

Data-driven decision making

Market benchmarking

Unit economics optimization

Roadmapping

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Roadmapping: Drive the development of long-term strategic roadmaps for TikTok Shop in the US market, leveraging market intelligence to identify high-growth categories and white-space opportunities.
• Business Performance Diagnostics: Conduct granular analysis of business health, synthesizing complex datasets to optimize unit economics, operational efficiency, and seller penetration within the region.
• Market Intelligence & Research: Lead comprehensive research on the e-commerce landscape, including deep-dive competitor analysis and emerging social commerce trends to refine platform positioning.
• Executive Support & Decision Science: Author high-impact strategy white papers and presentations for leadership, translating analytical findings into clear, data-driven recommendations for localized investment and scaling.
• Cross-Functional Initiative Orchestration: Serve as a primary strategic partner for Product, Marketing, and Ops teams, aligning initiatives from conceptual framework through to execution and scaled impact.
• Operational Excellence: Navigate a fast-paced environment to drive organizational alignment, ensuring consistent execution of strategy across all functional pillars and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
• Professional Experience: 5+ years of experience in strategy, business analysis, or strategic finance at leading technology companies or consulting firm.
• Proficiency in advanced business modeling and performance diagnostics, with a proven track record of translating complex datasets into strategic insights for the US market.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Marketing, Ops), driving organizational alignment and strategic execution within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with extensive experience in areas such as market benchmarking, unit economics optimization, and long-term business roadmapping.
• Comfortable navigating high-growth, ambiguous environments and managing complex projects from conceptual framework to scaled implementation.

• Preferred Qualifications
• Proficiency in SQL or Python for large-scale data extraction, statistical modeling, and automated business reporting.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical findings into compelling narratives and visual frameworks for non-technical executive audiences.

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

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115520 - $273600 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.