Analyst, Influence Operations - Global Security Organization

The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. Also known as "GSO", this team is the foundation of our efforts to keep TikTok safe, secure, and operating at scale for over 1 billion people around the world. We work to ensure that the TikTok platform is safe and secure, that our users' experience and their data remains safe from external or internal threats, and that we comply with global regulations wherever TikTok operates.



Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us — whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop — GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience.



The Global Security Organization is hiring an Influence Operations Analyst to join the Threat Management, Incident Response, and Investigations pillar working on proactive detection and intelligence production related to covert influence operations on the platform.



- You will use your leadership skills and investigative and adversarial mindset to help us prevent, identify, detect, and mitigate influence operation (IO) networks and inauthentic engagement on TikTok and flag emerging areas of risk for cross functional teams

- You will author, disseminate and brief stakeholders on emerging trends, manage incidents, lead a team of IO analysts, and perform social network analysis at scale to discover, identify, and mitigate the most harmful threats targeting the platform

- Lead the synchronized assessment of threat actors' non-kinetic capabilities to wage IO, fuel propaganda and psychological operations, and disseminate disinformation to shape public opinion for sociopolitical and socioeconomic events and topics

- Conduct regular large scale data analysis and intelligence collection utilizing OSINT tradecraft

- Contribute to the broader CIO workflow across teams working on intelligence, investigation, and policy