Ip Governance Specialist

Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

About the Team
Ecommerce's Governance and Experience is a global team responsible for ensuring our marketplace is safe and trustworthy for not only users, but also sellers and creators. We value user satisfaction and work on policies, rules and systems to ensure quality.

The IPR protection function within the Governance and Experience team is committed to protecting intellectual property rights and maintaining a healthy and safe e-commerce environment on TikTok's E-commerce Platforms.

**Responsibilities**:

- Create and enhance content policies, processes, and frameworks to minimize IPR risk from a proactive governance approach.
- Identify gaps, loopholes, and deficiencies in content policy, process, and metrics, and initiate projects to improve quality across the IPR program.
- Work closely with our moderation and vendor teams to improve quality metrics.
- Implement and enhance proactive monitoring programs, review quality metrics, and investigate reports to minimize counterfeit risk on the platform.
- Educate internal and external stakeholders to ensure IPR protection is enforced across TikTok Shop.
- Conduct trainings to educate XFN teams about IPR policies and processes.
- Collect data and conduct segmentation analysis to minimize IPR risk on the platform.
- Define operational metrics and signals, and build dashboards to monitor various aspects of IPR risk effectively and efficiently while creating scalable solutions across TikTok Shop.
- Handle High-Priority escalations to ensure bad actor behavior is caught and handled in a timely manner.
- Maintain cross-functional partnerships with XFN to implement optimal solutions to IPR-related problems, as well as with our vendor teams.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant fields.
- At least 2-3 years experience in one or more of the following areas: Intellectual Property Operations, Risk Management, Trust and Safety, or Policy Development in E-commerce or tech industry.
- Ability to build meaningful policies and successfully implement policies at a global level.
- Strong project and program management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated capacity for critical thinking and analysis with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced working environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and effectively liaise with cross-functional teams, and collaborate with different business units and technical stakeholders.
- Experience working at a global company and navigating nuances of a multi-cultural environment.
- Passion and strong interest in working at TikTok

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.