LLM Research & Enforcement Leader (Policy Development) - TikTok LIVE

Responsibilities
About the Team
The Livestream Team designs and implements policies for live streaming to ensure a high-quality, diverse, and engaging content experience. We are responsible for building a secure and thriving real-time interaction space that benefits both users and creators. Our work involves establishing clear guidelines to minimize problematic content, identify emerging risks, and defend against bad-faith actors, all while maintaining transparency and defensibility in our policy decisions.

Responsibilities:
- Understanding of business models and risks: Understand the LIVE business model, evaluate existing and emerging risks generally on content safety and specifically to LIVE monetization and traffic ecosystem. Conduct regular reviews of existing policies to identify and address gaps and ambiguities.
- Research expert: Pioneer and research on leading LLM ideals and practices in the industry and academic field. Leverage resources to help internal teams better understand major industry solutions. Identify the most feasible solutions for TikTok LIVE, and build up a defencible approach for internal and external communication.
- AI driven governance: Have a strong mindset of AI-based moderation and human-based moderation. Drive TikTok LIVE monetization and ecosystem governance objectives leveraging both AI and human and collaborate efforts with algo, product and moderation efforts accordingly.
- Safety prioritization: Lead LIVE safety efforts in the fast changing business, and identify strategic policy priorities amidst a rapidly changing technological and societal landscape. Create clear policy principles and frameworks that consider a variety of internal and external inputs.
- XFN Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams such as Communications, Public Policy, Legal, Product, Algo and Trust & Safety teams to clearly communicate product design decisions and product policies. Educate and align internal and stakeholders around our policies.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Public Policy, Business Administration, Liberal Arts or a related field.
- More than 5 years of experience in LLM, safety, policy development, strategy, product policy roles or a related role in the tech/media space.
- Strong understanding of LLM, legal, regulatory, and ethical issues related to online monetization, strong knowledge of the content, AI, digital media, and technology industry.
- Exceptional analytical, good communication skills, able to draft policy in clear, actionable terms.
- Adaptability to fast pace changes and possessing the ability to make sound judgement in complex situations, embrace challenges and achieve results
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to drive cross functional collaborations and high trust in culturally diverse environments to achieve shared results

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with global stakeholders, including external partners
- Ability to think creatively and develop new ideas to address challenges related to monetization governance.
- Deep passion for TikTok, live streaming, mobile entertainment, social media, and popular culture.
- Advanced degree preferred.

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.​
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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.​