Global Music Distribution Operations Lead

About team:

The TikTok PGC-Music team undertakes a crucial mission, overseeing the production of professional music content on the platform, copyright operations, and the development of a global music ecosystem. The team actively collaborates with musicians and copyright holders to create hit music content, covering music library development, content planning, hit content incubation, and ecosystem operations. Additionally, it optimizes content strategies through data-driven approaches, builds global music content barriers, and drives continuous upgrades of the platform's music ecosystem.



- Lead global music distribution operations across all markets, ensuring consistency, accuracy and reliability.

- Develop and evolve scalable operational frameworks to support multi-region distribution workflows.

- Define and track KPIs to improve operational efficiency, turnaround times and quality standards.

- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to enhance tooling, automation and system capabilities.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with DSP partners and global distribution stakeholders at senior levels.

- Oversee governance across distribution operations, royalty workflows, publishing pipelines, content safety and customer service.

- Identify operational risks and lead root-cause analysis and remediation planning.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to streamline workflows and reduce manual intervention.

- Mentor and support team members while fostering a high-performance operational culture.

- Represent the business line publicly at industry events.