Program Manager, News - TikTok Operations (Los Angeles)

Program Manager, News - TikTok Operations (Los Angeles) Location: Los Angeles Employment Type: Regular Job Code: A252680A Responsibilities Deliver end-to-end program management for news content partnerships, publisher programs, global collaborations, tentpole news moments, and audience growth initiatives. Lead cross‑functional alignment with key teams including Product, Content Partnerships, Creator Management, Business Development, and more. Deliver owned and operated product go‑to‑market and partner accelerator programs for news publishers and creators, including clear rollout plans, partner education, feedback loops, and market expansion strategies. Build operational infrastructure to streamline and scale news programs, including processes for partner onboarding, campaign execution, reporting, documentation, and internal visibility. Create communication channels, frameworks, templates, best practice playbooks, and resources to support news program execution across markets. Partner with internal teams to identify publisher needs, surface product and operational feedback, and help shape scalable solutions that support credible, high‑quality news content. Develop foundational operational products and processes that empower teams to execute and evolve news programs at scale. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, operations, partnerships, media, or a related field. Experience working with or strong understanding of news, journalism, digital media, publishers, or content ecosystems. Deep understanding of key metrics and measurements in content, publisher, or creator operations, including audience growth, engagement, retention, partner performance, and operational efficiency. Strong understanding of local business dynamics, market nuances, and the evolving digital news landscape, with intellectual curiosity to dive deeply into complex issues. Natural collaborator with the ability to drive alignment among diverse stakeholders across Marketing, GBS, Product, Data, Algorithm, User Growth, Policy, Trust & Safety, and more. Experience working in a global or highly cross‑functional role, including building relationships across regions, markets, and stakeholder groups. Strong ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing workstreams, and translate strategic goals into actionable operating plans. Preferred Qualifications: Direct experience working with news publishers, journalism organizations, media companies, or digital news platforms. Strong understanding of the news industry, including publisher business models, newsroom workflows, audience development, platform distribution, and emerging news consumption trends. Leadership in understanding key business priorities, including the ability to clearly articulate issues, recommend solutions, and launch projects that support those priorities. Extraordinary organizational skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with stakeholder teams, regional partners, and senior leadership. Experience driving product-based initiatives, partner education programs, go-to-market efforts, or scaled operational launches. Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $103360 - $273600 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). 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: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; Exercising sound judgment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Ellis Technologies, Inc.