Job Description

About the Team

Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The Global Legal Compliance team is growing fast and seeking highly experienced, bright, and capable legal professionals to join us.

We are looking for experienced export compliance counsel to join our Global Legal Compliance team as a key member to advise and counsel on export controls related issues. The ideal candidate is willing to work in a fast-paced, global environment with cross-functional teams in different time zones.

Key Responsibilities

- Be a key member of the export controls compliance team to advise and counsel stakeholders on export controls-related issues and provide thoughtful and practical solutions when navigating complex geo-political environments.

- Advise R&D and engineering teams on the legal implications of complex product classifications, cross-border technology transfers, and new product development.

- Draft and negotiate trade compliance provisions in commercial agreements and lead international trade due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments.

- Represent the company before government agencies (e.g., BIS), manage complex licensing strategies, and lead internal investigations and voluntary self-disclosures.

- Partner with stakeholders to design the corporate Export Compliance Program, draft foundational legal policies, and deliver targeted training to mitigate global trade risks.

- Develop, implement, improve, and maintain internal policies, internal control plans, procedures, guidelines, and other export compliance program tools tailored to specific operations and demands of our company.

- Support global export compliance practices, including supporting or developing export compliance process automation tools.

- Maintain competency in evolving export controls laws and regulations and strong working knowledge of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and relevant agency guidance.

- Work with stakeholders to monitor, assess, and determine impacts of potential changes to export controls.

- Conduct periodic risk assessments of operations to identify vulnerabilities and close compliance gaps.

- Respond to country/territory specific sanctions intersections with U.S. export controls laws and regulations.

- Support ad hoc projects as needed by the Global Legal Compliance Team