Senior Payments Compliance Counsel - Global Legal

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 its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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

The Senior Payments Compliance Counsel will be part of the Global Legal Compliance Payments team reporting into the Global Legal Compliance organization. It is one of the centres of excellence within GLC. We provide strategic guidance and leadership regarding all payments related matters of TikTok globally in order to ensure a consistent global approach towards payments, payments solutions, and money transmission licensing matters



Responsibilities

- Counsel product and broad cross-functional teams on a wide range of legal issues (payments, virtual currency, money transmission, financial services, consumer protection, and other relevant laws) regarding existing and planned products, including e-commerce

- Manage local outside counsel to secure and provide advice regarding the launch of payments products and features across various geographies in North America

- Identify and advise on risks arising from payments regulatory regimes and provide practical solutions to address risks identified and business needs

- Collaborate with subject matter experts within the legal team to ensure comprehensive and consistent legal risk mitigation strategies

- Work closely with compliance, product, policy, finance, security, and payments team.