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Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.

Join us.

About The Team:

The North America Emerging Products Counseling team provides legal support to the company's new and existing B2C and B2B emerging products. The team is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable product counseling professional to join the team. The role will be an integral resource for ByteDance's emerging product and business teams by reviewing new applications, features, functionalities and initiatives and providing guidance, from a US and Canadian perspective, assessing legal implications and suggesting risk mitigation strategies. Candidates must be highly collaborative, self-motivated, a strategic thinker, and intellectually curious.

Responsibilities:

• Work with legal and product teams globally to review new and existing B2C and B2B applications (e.g., mobile games, education and learning apps, virtual reality etc), products, features, and initiatives to provide legal risk mitigation strategies to ensure legal compliance for emerging products from a US and Canadian legal perspective.
• Advise product and other teams on the application of a wide range of laws and regulations for US and Canada, with a focus on intellectual property, consumer protection, data protection, content regulation, and online safety related laws.
• Collaborate with product, product operations, public policy, communications, privacy, trust & safety and other cross-functional colleagues on product launches and campaigns in US and Canada.
• Coordinate with other regional counsel and various subject matter expert legal groups for reviews.
• Monitor, review and assess new laws and industry trends across social media, privacy, generative AI, data protection, minor safety & protection across US and Canadian markets to identify issues and impacts for the company to address.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
• Member in good standing of the California or New York state bar (dual qualified in Canada is a plus) or registered in-house counsel in one of the aforementioned states.
• At least 5+ years of post-qualification experience, past experience should include at least two years of counseling on product issues at a technology company (ideally, consumer-facing digital platform (UGC) or enterprise technology application).
• 2+ years experience at a recognized law firm and/or in-house at a technology company.
• Experience in the following areas: consumer protection, marketing, contests, platform liability, technology, intellectual property, music and entertainment/content, media, data protection and privacy.
• Ability to assess legal, practical and business risks in a fast-paced environment and provide sound advice under tight deadlines.
• Proven track record of operating independently, strong attention to detail, ability to support a heavy volume of work across business functions and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience and comfort working in a global environment with colleagues at all levels in various time zones in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• The successful candidate will be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations and humble with a positive attitude.

ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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.

ByteDance Inc. 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@bytedance.com.

Job Information:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $213000 - $310000 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.

Our Company Benefits Are Designed To Convey Company Culture And Values, To Create An Efficient And Inspiring Work Environment, And To Support Our Employees To Give Their Best In Both Work And Life. We Offer The Following Benefits To Eligible Employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.