TikTok
Senior Product Manager (Content Moderation) - TikTok Safety Product (San Jose)
TikTok, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Senior Product Manager (Content Moderation) - TikTok Safety Product (San Jose)
About the Team
The Safety Product (or Platform Responsibility) team is at the forefront of building and optimizing content safety systems. With a focus on optimising and advancing content safety, we leverage advanced large language models to enhance review efficiency, risk control, and user trust. Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, we deliver scalable solutions that keep pace with rapid global growth.
This role is focused on defining and improving the information environment on TikTok. You will work as a product manager to reduce the prevalence of problematic content and ensure a positive end‑user experience across your areas including misinformation, hate speech, extremism, AIGC safety, civic integrity.
It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role, as part of project, by chance, or in response to escalation requests. This may occur in the form of images, video, and text related to everyday life, but can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others; and harm to animals.
Responsibilities
Define and drive metrics that reflect end‑user goals.
Own ideation, prioritization and execution for your area of TikTok Integrity & Authenticity, driving feature sets end‑to‑end, including design, build, test, launch, and post‑launch.
Lead cross‑functional project teams, building synergy and influence across multiple departments, globally.
Identify critical problems and opportunities in content safety domains, leveraging AI‑driven detection models and ML‑powered content moderation to develop dedicated product solutions.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
3+ years of experience as a Product Manager (or possessing the will to rapidly build this experience through your dedication).
Strong sense of logic and excellent critical thinking skills.
Evidence‑based, analytical, data‑informed (you like to use data to help identify problems, find opportunities, and drive continuous product improvement).
Can clearly describe vision, planning and executional challenges and lead coordination with other teams to co‑solve problems in depth.
Preferred Qualifications
Proven working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning.
Proven working knowledge in Trust & Safety.
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.
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.
TikTok Accommodation TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at
https://tinyurl.com/RA-request .
Job Information
Base salary range for this position in San Jose: $149,040 – $311,600 annually.
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) savings plan with company match; paid parental leave; short‑term and long‑term disability coverage; life insurance; wellbeing benefits; 10 paid holidays per year; 10 paid sick days per year; 17 days of paid personal time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
Additional information: This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.
Senior Level & Employment Type Mid‑Senior level, Full‑time position in Product Management and Marketing.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at TikTok by 2x.
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This role is focused on defining and improving the information environment on TikTok. You will work as a product manager to reduce the prevalence of problematic content and ensure a positive end‑user experience across your areas including misinformation, hate speech, extremism, AIGC safety, civic integrity.
It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role, as part of project, by chance, or in response to escalation requests. This may occur in the form of images, video, and text related to everyday life, but can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others; and harm to animals.
Responsibilities
Define and drive metrics that reflect end‑user goals.
Own ideation, prioritization and execution for your area of TikTok Integrity & Authenticity, driving feature sets end‑to‑end, including design, build, test, launch, and post‑launch.
Lead cross‑functional project teams, building synergy and influence across multiple departments, globally.
Identify critical problems and opportunities in content safety domains, leveraging AI‑driven detection models and ML‑powered content moderation to develop dedicated product solutions.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
3+ years of experience as a Product Manager (or possessing the will to rapidly build this experience through your dedication).
Strong sense of logic and excellent critical thinking skills.
Evidence‑based, analytical, data‑informed (you like to use data to help identify problems, find opportunities, and drive continuous product improvement).
Can clearly describe vision, planning and executional challenges and lead coordination with other teams to co‑solve problems in depth.
Preferred Qualifications
Proven working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning.
Proven working knowledge in Trust & Safety.
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.
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.
TikTok Accommodation TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at
https://tinyurl.com/RA-request .
Job Information
Base salary range for this position in San Jose: $149,040 – $311,600 annually.
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) savings plan with company match; paid parental leave; short‑term and long‑term disability coverage; life insurance; wellbeing benefits; 10 paid holidays per year; 10 paid sick days per year; 17 days of paid personal time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
Additional information: This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.
Senior Level & Employment Type Mid‑Senior level, Full‑time position in Product Management and Marketing.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at TikTok by 2x.
#J-18808-Ljbffr