Job Description

As a strategic partner to the engineering teams of TikTok, we serve as in-house experts and industry specialists. Drawing on cutting-edge research, competitive insights and trend analysis, we help engineering leadership deliver sound strategic decisions focusing on three key areas: AI transformation, resource efficiency & planning, and frontier technology, and drive the organization to remain a sustained industry leader.

- Industry & Trend Research: Closely monitor and research global AI industry trends (with a particular focus on AI Coding/Developer Productivity). Provide external perspectives and strategic insights to support decision-making for R&D and engineering teams within the international short video business.

- Strategic Planning & Sustainability: Track cutting-edge AI technologies and their real-world implementations. Analyze critical shifts within the AI Coding landscape to help management balance business growth, technical R&D, and cost considerations, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the business from a strategic level.

- Ecosystem Diagnosis & Metrics: Evaluate and analyze the current state of the overall R&D and engineering ecosystem through a mix of qualitative observations, deep-dive quantitative analyses, and the establishment/monitoring of key metric frameworks to pinpoint core bottlenecks and areas of improvement.

- Strategy Design & Cross-functional Alignment: Design organizational strategies and team structures for the AI Coding initiative from an ecosystem, competitive, and business-centric lens. Partner with cross-functional product, business, and engineering teams to collaboratively drive project implementation.

- Special Projects & Execution: Act as the primary strategic partner for relevant business units. Conduct dedicated analyses on critical business challenges, coordinate complex, high-impact initiatives, and deliver actionable strategies while driving them to successful execution.