TikTok

Senior Product Operation Manager (Video Recommendation and Safety) - TikTok Safety Product

TikTok$108K — $208K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or above.
  • Knowledge of Trust & Safety operations or content governance.
  • Experience with false positive analysis and ecosystem health.
  • Proven ability in designing and optimizing processes for operational efficiency.
  • Strong project and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Drive independent risk governance projects and set success metrics.
  • Design and optimize strategies for recommendation phase safety interventions.
  • Analyze data to monitor operational health and emerging risks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new safety initiatives.
  • Conduct deep dives into creator appeal cases for policy iteration.

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match.
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage.
  • 10 paid holidays and 10 sick days annually.
  • 17 days of paid personal time annually.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

About the Team The Safety Product (or Platform Responsibility)team is at the forefront of building and optimizing content safety systems. With a focus on optimising and advancing content safety, we leverage advanced large language models to enhance review efficiency, risk control, and user trust. Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, we deliver scalable solutions that keep pace with rapid global growth. - Drive complex risk governance projects independently, define the safety operations roadmap, set success metrics (e.g., risk recall, precision, false positive rate), and partner across the organization to develop and execute action plans; - Focus on designing, implementing, and optimizing risk governance strategies specifically for the recommendation phase (e.g., feed distribution). Balance safety interventions with creator experience to minimize false positives and unwarranted visibility restrictions; - Leverage data analysis methodologies to monitor operational health, identify emerging risks in the recommendation ecosystem, and conduct deep dives into creator appeal cases (false positives) to iterate on distribution rules and policies - Work closely with Recommendation Algorithm, Product and Policy to operationalize new safety initiatives, manage escalations, and protect authentic creators from over-enforcement.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree or above. - Familiarity with Trust & Safety operations, content governance, or recommendation ecosystem risk management. Experience in managing operational metrics and risk control strategies is highly preferred. - Strong empathy for creators. Experience in handling false positive analysis, creator appeals, or ecosystem health operations. - Ability to design and improve operational processes based on evidence; proven track record of delivering process optimizations that improve efficiency, quality, and user/creator experience. - Good project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills; able to influence and unite cross-functional teams to resolve complex operational issues. Preferred Qualifications - Strong and proven data analysis skills for process optimization and workflow design (e.g., SQL, Excel, data visualization). - A solid understanding of how recommendation algorithms distribute content, and the ability to conduct trade-off analysis (e.g., safety risk vs. creator impact/content liquidity).

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $208800 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.

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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