TikTok

Business Operations Analyst - Trust and Safety

TikTok$108K — $151K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in data automation or analytics roles.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Proficient in Excel, Python, SQL for automation and data workflows.
  • Experience in data validation and governance best practices.
  • Understanding of relational databases, such as BigQuery and Snowflake.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into data solutions.
  • Develop scalable data workflows using SQL and Python scripts.
  • Collaborate with teams to enhance data flow and systems integration.
  • Build reporting tools to track key metrics and operational insights.
  • Create and maintain documentation to support analytics solutions.
  • Assess emerging analytics and AI technologies for operational improvements.
  • Ensure quality and governance standards for reporting and workflows.

Benefits

  • Access to medical, dental, and vision insurance on day one.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave and short-term/long-term disability coverage.
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits provided.
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 paid sick days per year.
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time, increasing with tenure.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

The Reports & Insights Team empowers data-driven decision-making within our organization. We are committed to delivering meaningful insights that drive continuous improvement and optimize performance across all operational areas. The Reports & Insights team owns and manages operational metrics and develops robust reporting systems and analytical insights to ensure accuracy, actionability, and timeliness of information. Our focus is on fostering collaboration, innovation, and efficiency for Trust & Safety (T&S) global functioning. Responsibilities: - Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to gather, prioritize, and translate business requirements into scalable analytics and automation solutions. - Develop and maintain scalable data workflows (e.g. Scheduled SQL queries, Python scripts or RPA bots). - Collaborate with operations, engineering, and platform teams to improve systems integration and data flow between platforms (e.g. workflow tools and databases). - Build, design, and monitor reporting tools that surface key metrics and operational insights. These may include data related to efficiency and quality performance in moderation teams. - Develop and maintain technical documentation, data definitions, and user documentation to support scalable analytics solutions. - Evaluate emerging analytics, automation, and AI technologies to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and data accessibility. - Ensure data quality, validation, and governance standards across automated reporting and AI-assisted workflows to support accurate, reliable decision-making.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s): - 5+ years of hands-on experience in data automation, analytics, or a related analyst role. - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable data solutions and technical concepts into actionable business insights. - Proficient in Excel automation, data pipeline development, and scripting for automation tasks. Including proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis, automation, and scalable data workflows. - Experience applying data quality, validation, and governance best practices to ensure accurate, reliable, and trustworthy analytics. - Understanding of relational databases and/or data warehousing for concepts (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake). - Proven analytical problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail and process optimization. - Familiarity with data visualization tools, e.g., Tableau, Power BI, etc. Preferred Qualification(s): - A Bachelor's degree or higher in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Statistics or related subjects is preferred. - Comfortable with ambiguity; able to thrive with minimal oversight and process, while keeping leadership informed on progress against deadlines. - Experience working in Trust and Safety scaled operations, with an understanding of content moderation workflows or workflow management systems. - Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. - Experience identifying opportunities to leverage AI-assisted tools and automation to improve reporting, operational workflows, and productivity.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $151200 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.

Trust & Safety

Content that this role interacts with includes images, video, and text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals. Hence, it is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content on a daily basis.

TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.

We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
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Founded
2012

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