Senior Global Employment Counsel

Responsibilities Company Summary: TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video.
Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, San Jose, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us: Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose.
Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive.
This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team.
Status quo? Never.
Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together.
That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
About the Team: Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market.
We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support.
The TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join the team.
The Global Employment Law team provides strategic and practical legal advice to Human Resources and business stakeholders globally, and handles litigation matters involving TikTok in all the regions in which TikTok operates.
This role is for a senior level employment lawyer with broad experience advising on employment law matters around the globe.
The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role.
Responsibilities: - Serve as a trusted advisor to HR and global business stakeholders to help inform global strategy and build global policies and practices (including HR Ops/ER/Mobility, Ethics, HR Compliance) - Manage strategic global employment law projects, including collaboration with regional employment lawyers and SMEs - Serve as a strong contributor on legal compliance matters relating to employment issues - Provide strategic advice and guidance relating to employment issues for new business lines and markets globally - Manage all aspects of global employment disputes, as needed, including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation - Create and lead training on global employment law issues Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US State Bar - 15 plus years of employment law experience in private practice with a highly regarded firm and a corporate legal department.
Global employment law experience required - Proven ability navigating global employment law issues in various regions, including experience with works councils and legal consultation obligations, global investigations, global mobility issues, and global HR compliance issues - Experience handling employment litigation matters in multiple jurisdictions, including retaining and managing outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of the company's legal representation are of the highest quality, and representing multi-national companies involved in complex disputes with outstanding outcomes - Demonstrated judgment, personal integrity, and interpersonal skills.
Strong ability to work as a team player who can effectively collaborate with colleagues from the Global Legal team and business stakeholders - Excellent communication skills, including exceptional legal writing skills and the ability to craft persuasive and concise briefs 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 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 an accommodation, please reach out to us at TiktokOps.
accomodations@tiktok.
com.
Job Information The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $266000 - $350000 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.
​ Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life.
We offer the following benefits to eligible employees: ​ We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.
As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
​ Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
​ We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra.
A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.