Risk Analyst

Risk Analyst

Location: San Jose

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A153662A

Responsibilities

About the team We are part of Global Monetization Product and Technology-Business Integrity-Governance. The Actor Strategy team focuses on securing the ad platform by tackling risks in the advertising ecosystemsuch as fraud, impersonation, account takeover (ATO), over-spending, small bad debts, and spam registrations. We balance risk management with user experience to support TikTok Ads' healthy growth. The team continuously enhances its capabilities through platformization, intelligence, and automation, driving smart solutions powered by AI agents, machine learning models, and strategic rules.

Responsibilities - Interpret, analyze, and assess risks, emergency situations, and potential challenges. Develop and implement risk control operational plans while balancing business revenue objectives with effective risk control. - Explore, design, and iterate AI/Agent-assisted operational workflows, including automated risk signal discovery, evidence extraction, case triage, policy reasoning, anomaly monitoring, and strategy recommendation. Define evaluation criteria and feedback loops for AI-enabled governance solutions, including precision, recall, operational efficiency, and business impact. - Strategize, implement, and maintain risk program initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives. Take ownership of the project outcomes by setting clear targets, tracking progress, and holding the line to keep critical initiatives on track. - Collaborate with stakeholders across product, engineering, algorithms, and policy to improve existing systems and implement new solutions to reduce and mitigate risk.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can lead cross-functional initiatives end-to-end. - Skilled at communicating and influencing across teams and regions; able to balance partner objectives with risk reduction to forge win-win outcomes. - Bachelor's degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related quantitative field. - 1+ years of experience in either: - Risk management Content, account, ads, fraud, advertiser integrity, or post-conversion risk, with strong risk sensitivity and rapid response; or - Strategy/management consulting Proven ability to distill competing stakeholder needs into clear strategic priorities and actionable next steps. Preferred Qualifications - Strong proficiency in data-driven analysis and statistical methods, with hands-on SQL and/or Python experience to diagnose problems, evaluate strategies, and inform decisions. - Practical experience with AI/LLM applications including prompt engineering, AI-assisted analysis, workflow automation, agent-based tools, or human-in-the-loop review systems.

Job Information

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.

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 the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

TikTok Accommodation

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