Ecommerce Product Counsel Jobs

Responsibilities
Company Summary
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, Mountain View, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. We are looking for a senior level lawyer to support our rapidly growing monetization and e-commerce business teams.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility.
The Team
We are seeking a mid-level product lawyer to join our US ecommerce legal team and support our rapidly growing ecommerce business. The team supports diverse, cross functional, and multi-jurisdictional initiatives across the TikTok ecommerce business in the US. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and dynamic legal team, in a division that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.
The Role
You will be a talented lawyer who will thrive in an environment that asks you to deliver to a high standard at pace, use sound judgement to effectively navigate ambiguity, juggle competing priorities and work to short turnaround times. You will bring your bias for action, strong ownership, energy and enthusiasm to respond quickly to a business that is scaling fast.
You will have experience advising consumer facing digital platforms in the US on product related matters, ideally with a focus on ecommerce, retail and online marketplaces. You will understand how US law is developing to regulate such platforms, and have the versatility to advise across a broad range of regulatory and product workstreams, involving customers, creators, merchants, and partners.
Responsibilities
You will join a team that is dedicated to delivering excellent stakeholder service to achieve pragmatic solutions for the business. In doing so you will:
- Provide expert advice and guidance on a wide range of e-commerce product counselling matters, with a focus on consumer protection, B2B and B2C engagement, advertising, influencer marketing, and intellectual property.
- Support the business in understanding and complying with legal and regulatory requirements when launching new products, features, and initiatives in the US.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of TikTok e-commerce initiatives through review of the consumer disclosures, policies, and terms and conditions applicable to our users/customers/partners and support for feature development.
- You will contribute to template development, process improvement and internal training, identifying and resolving opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce contractual friction.
- Partner closely with local and international stakeholders in legal, privacy, and public policy, to deliver projects against short timeframes, setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree plus a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Member in good standing of a state bar
- 7+ years of practice, including in-house experience preferably at a technology company
- Solid product counseling experience
- Knowledge of US laws as it applies to platform providers, in particular e-commerce platforms
- Experience in platform liability, intellectual property, consumer protection, regulatory and compliance schemes to new technology and e-commerce products and customer/third party agreements
- Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills in a cross-functional and global role
- Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment
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 [email protected].
Job Information:
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $153333 - $295000 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.

At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers 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.