Senior Product Manager (Content Moderation) - Teen Experience

Senior Product Manager (Content Moderation) - Teen Experience

Location: San Jose

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A73763

Responsibilities

About the Team We are building the next generation of content safety and governance systems at TikTok, with a strong focus on protecting minors and teens at global scale. Our team sits at the intersection of product, policy, and AI, leveraging large language models and multimodal technologies to design safety mechanisms that are proactive, scalable, and measurable. We work closely with Policy, Legal, Algorithm, and Engineering teams to translate complex regulatory and safety requirements into real-world product solutions that protect users while preserving a high-quality user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end product strategy for Minor Content Safety, ensuring age-appropriate content experiences across TikTok.
• Define and drive the product roadmap, success metrics, and long-term vision for minor safety governance.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize content safety risks using data analysis, case studies, and trend monitoring, and translate insights into product and system-level solutions.
• Partner closely with Policy, Legal, Algorithm, Engineering, and Data teams to turn governance requirements into scalable, enforceable product mechanisms.
• Balance risk mitigation, regulatory expectations, and user experience, making informed tradeoffs through data and experimentation.
• Continuously incorporate internal signals and external feedback (regulatory, public discourse, ecosystem changes) to evolve safety strategies and product direction.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above.
• 3+ years of experience in product management, with strong exposure to content safety, trust & safety, governance, or platform integrity domains.
• Proven ability to use data and metrics to evaluate risk, measure impact, and drive product decisions.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks and user experience, with experience building or operating policy-driven products.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, especially when working with Engineering, Algorithm, and Data Science teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on minor/teen safety, online harms, or youth protection products.
• Familiarity with AI-driven moderation systems or large-scale content platforms.
• Experience collaborating with Legal or Regulatory stakeholders in fast-evolving environments.

For Pay TransparencyCompensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $185600 - $396000 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: 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; and 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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