Trade Public Policy Counsel, Americas

Responsibilities
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, 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:
We are looking for a professional with expertise in trade policy to support the public policy subject matter expert team made up of seasoned tech policy leaders from an array of disciplines. The team provides strategic advice to the business and anticipates policy trends and impacts. We also proactively drive thought leadership by seeking out new ideas to help the company lead the industry. You will focus on helping policymakers and external stakeholders understand TikTok's e-commerce business, and serve as a subject matter expert for the broader Americas public policy team, based in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and address emerging and significant trade issues with the potential to impact e-commerce, as well as regulatory or legislative developments in the region, that could impact the company and its products. Analyze and evaluate proposed legislation or regulations relating to trade, export controls, and related ecommerce issues. Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to stay ahead of and on top of evolving regulations, legislation, and other legal requirements across the Americas.
• Advise cross-functional legal and product colleagues on trade policy trends in the Americas, including potential regulation or legislation relating to online commerce and export controls. This includes providing public policy feedback to our legal team and working cross-functionally with business teams.
• Provide internal cross-functional public policy advice, including identifying potential risks and opportunities and strategizing solutions for new policies and products.
• Advise the Americas public policy team on a broad range of e-commerce, monetization strategy, and policy issues associated with trade issues.
• Ensure that Americas public policy external communications are accurate and comprehensible to a general audience. This requires the ability to precisely translate and clearly communicate complex topics into more relatable explanations.
• Analyze and explain TikTok's e-commerce services to external audiences while setting and maintaining a high ethical standard.
• Represent TikTok to elected officials and government agencies engaged in e-commerce policy making on issues of importance to our company and the people who use the service.
• Maintain and develop a strong network of third-party public interest groups, industry associations and academics engaged in technology policy issues. Represent TikTok at high tech industry gatherings, trade associations and coalition meetings.
• Working with and influencing both external and internal stakeholders, you will have the opportunity to help shape policies and programs in response to complex and constantly evolving international trade developments for a leading technology company

Qualifications

• 8+ years dedicated professional experience with a focus on trade. Specific global trade areas of legal and compliance consult will include, but are not limited to: Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), OFAC sanctions and trade controls, global export controls and sanctions, sanctioned country licensing, restricted party screening, anti-boycott activity and reporting.
• Deep understanding of the key public policy issues that impact trade and e-commerce services. Provide legal advice concerning global trade compliance matters, including export controls, sanctions, export licensing, product diversion, deemed exports, anti-boycott laws, embargos, product classifications, global trade contract provisions, and customs matters, in support of global operations.
• Experience working across multiple functions, influencing, and collaborating with others to successfully implement programs and initiatives; history of successful cross-functional team and leadership collaboration.
• Strong research and analysis abilities: the individual will need to take complex situations and effectively communicate their implications for the company, as well as defend priorities for the public policy function.
• Outstanding judgment, persuasive and advocacy skills, creativity, and the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and often uncertain environment. A problem-solver experienced at remaining focused and calm when problems come your way.
• Experience analyzing and shaping public policy at a tech company, trade association, law firm, think tank, or nonprofit.
• Ability to work collaboratively on finding practical, implementable tools and operational solutions designed to minimize risk.
• Self-motivated; can identify and complete work without being instructed.
• Knowledge of the various sources of legal reference material concerning U.S. trade agreements, regulations, decisions and policies.
• Analyzes public policy landscape and emerging and/or expected trends in laws or regulations impacting trade and provides expert public policy advice and guidance to cross-functional colleagues on the same.
• Reviews potential or emerging legislation related to assigned areas and potential effect and impact on company.
• Provide public policy guidance on the intersection of global trade compliance and strategic business initiatives.

Preferred, but not required:

• Experience partnering with global stakeholders.
• Strong network of experts, academics and NGOs, able to help direct TikTok regarding new trends and research in the area of competition.
• Demonstrated comfort with public speaking.

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 a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at Tiktokops.accommodations@tiktok.com.