TikTok

TikTok Shop - Risk and Emergency Escalation Program Manager

TikTok$88K — $159K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in program management, crisis management, or service operations, particularly with escalations.
  • Experience in fast-paced environments handling escalations and emergency responses.
  • Strong analytical skills for data analysis and trend resolution.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams effectively.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous and changing environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead coordinated responses to service escalations and integrity issues across various channels.
  • Act as the single point of contact for internal stakeholders to ensure seamless issue resolution.
  • Analyze customer feedback and incident trends to implement long-term service improvements.
  • Develop systems to proactively detect service defects and resolve them promptly.
  • Oversee internal support requests and drive quick resolution of outstanding issues.
  • Collaborate with Quality Monitoring and Training teams to enhance service processes and onboarding.
  • Maintain regular review schedules with teams to ensure transparency and effectiveness.

Benefits

  • Access to medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • Company-matched 401(k) savings plan.
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage.
  • 10 paid holidays, 10 sick days, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time annually.
  • Wellbeing benefits to support employee health.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Our E-commerce's Governance and Experience (GNE) 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 experience and work on policies, rules, products, and systems to ensure quality. The Service and Support Center Team (SSC) is part of the GNE organization. Our mission is to deliver trustworthy and excellent service experiences for every user of TikTok Shop. We provide customer support to al US TikTok Shop buyers across their full end-to-end journey, including presales, logistics, and aftersales. Responsibilities: - Lead coordinated responses to service escalations, safety, and integrity-related issues across multiple channels (customer contacts, social media, leadership, and external sources). Establish and refine operational processes for rapid issue resolution. - Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for internal stakeholders, ensuring seamless communication and resolution of escalations. Drive collaboration across teams to optimize service operations, manage key stakeholder meetings, and track program alignment. - Analyze customer feedback, incident trends, and program performance metrics to identify root causes and implement long-term improvements. Regularly report insights to leadership and drive product, policy, and process enhancements. - Develop and implement systems to proactively detect service defects, working with Product, Policy, and Process teams to ensure timely resolution and prevent recurrence. - Own experience recovery by identifying and resolving unresolved internal issues. Oversee internal support requests, troubleshoot independently, and escalate when necessary for faster resolution. - Partner with Quality Monitoring and Training teams to continuously improve escalation-handling processes, onboard new hires, and drive operational excellence. - Maintain structured review cadences (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) with internal teams and stakeholders, ensuring program effectiveness, transparency, and ongoing enhancements.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - 3+ years of experience in program management, crisis management, or service operations, with a focus on escalations and emergency response. - Proven ability to manage escalations, emergency response, and operational issue resolution in a fast-paced environment. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including data analysis, trend identification, and root-cause resolution. - Ability to engage and influence cross-functional teams. - Demonstrated ability to navigate successfully in ambiguity, with multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment. Preferred Qualifications: - Prior experience in the tech, e-commerce, or customer service industry. - Experience working with Product, Policy, and Process teams to drive service improvements. - Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with executive stakeholders. - Background in developing training programs or quality assurance processes.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $88920 - $159600 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.

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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Size
1,750 employees
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Founded
2012

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