Responsibilities
About the team
PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) is the organization to lead, supervise, and empower all TikTok's privacy work in an accountable and industry leading way. This team is the expert in the landscape of privacy risks and passionate about consulting across the company on implementing the proper safeguards and technical mitigations to ensure that our users’ privacy is honored across the TikTok's products and platforms.
About the role
Position Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Technical Privacy Investigator. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting thorough investigations and assessments to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and policies. You will leverage your technical expertise to analyze data, identify privacy risks, and recommend appropriate remedial actions. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of privacy laws, data protection practices, and a passion for maintaining data privacy and security.
Responsibilities:
Conduct Privacy Investigations: Investigate and analyze privacy incidents, breaches, and complaints to identify the root cause, assess the impact, and determine appropriate remedial actions.
Data Analysis: Utilize technical skills and tools to analyze large datasets, logs, and system configurations to identify privacy vulnerabilities, patterns, and anomalies.
Privacy Risk Assessment: Assess privacy risks associated with systems, applications, processes, and technologies to identify potential weaknesses and recommend mitigation strategies.
Compliance Monitoring: Monitor and audit systems, databases, and processes to ensure compliance with privacy regulations, policies, and best practices.
Privacy Training and Awareness: Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on privacy principles, regulations, and best practices to enhance privacy awareness across the organization.
Privacy Policy and Procedure Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement privacy policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure adherence to applicable privacy laws and regulations.
Incident Response: Lead and coordinate incident response activities related to privacy breaches, including containment, investigation, notification, and recovery.
Privacy Impact Assessments: Conduct privacy impact assessments for new systems, technologies, and processes to identify potential privacy risks and recommend necessary controls.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with legal, IT, compliance, and business teams to provide guidance and recommendations on privacy-related matters and ensure alignment with privacy requirements.
Stay Updated on Privacy Regulations: Keep abreast of evolving privacy laws, regulations, and industry best practices to ensure the organization's privacy program remains compliant and up to date.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
2. Strong knowledge of privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and other relevant privacy frameworks.
3. Demonstrated experience in conducting privacy investigations and risk assessments, preferably in a technical or IT-related field.
4. Proficiency in data analysis tools, programming languages (such as Python or R), and data visualization techniques.
5. Familiarity with network protocols, system architecture, and database structures.
6. Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Knowledge of incident response frameworks and methodologies is a plus.
Understanding of privacy by design principles and techniques.
2. Relevant certifications such as Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) are highly desirable.
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
4. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
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
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
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $147200 - $269800 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:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
