Youth Safety, Technical Program Manager - Trust & Safety - Los Angeles
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Location: Los Angeles, CA 90011
Description:
Responsibilities
About the Team
The Youth Safety team sits at the core of TikTok's Trust & Safety organization, uniting product and program managers with a shared mission: to protect young people on TikTok and contribute to industry-wide child safety efforts. We focus on building protections, driving education, and shaping systems that keep youth safe across our platform and the wider digital ecosystem.
We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join TIkTok's Youth Safety - Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (CSEA) product team. In this role, you'll be responsible for high-impact execution and technical program leadership, working across product, engineering, legal, policy, and operations to strengthen TikTok's safety infrastructure.
You will lead key projects to close operational gaps, manage tooling and feature delivery, and support the review of new products and features to ensure they launch with the appropriate safeguards in place. You'll also support the expansion of specialized moderation workflows and develop strategies to address emerging threats - including the detection and mitigation of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AIG-CSAM).
Please note: This role may involve exposure to discussions and content related to CSEA in the course of your responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the delivery owner for prioritized safety initiatives, ensuring on-time execution by tracking milestones, resolving blockers, and aligning stakeholders;
- Partner with R&D and Child Safety teams to lead the development of safety tooling, system integrations, and infrastructure improvements;
- Triage bugs, feature requests, and system performance issues to ensure effective detection and moderation capabilities;
- Review Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) to identify CSEA/CSAM risks - with a focus on emerging threats like AI-generated content - and define mitigation and reporting strategies;
- Embed child safety considerations into the product development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with internal policies, industry standards, and legal obligations;
- Collaborate with Legal, Operations, Policy, and Data Science teams to expand and optimize specialized moderation workflows that support high-sensitivity content review;
- Support the design and rollout of safeguards and detection systems that prevent the dissemination of AIG-CSAM, in partnership with engineering and policy stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5 years of program management experience, preferably in Trust & Safety, Content Integrity, or Child Safety;
- Strong technical understanding (not necessarily engineering-level) to work with R&D teams on tooling, system architecture, and feature integrations;
- Experience triaging bugs, unblocking delivery pipelines, and managing complex project execution across multiple cross-functional teams;
- Familiarity with detection model operations, content moderation workflows, or ML-driven safety systems;
- Experience working with legal and compliance teams on child safety or online content regulation;
- Familiarity with CSEA/CSAM threats and related detection, moderation, and reporting systems;
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to assess PRDs and identify CSEA product risks, especially related to AIGC and other fast-evolving content safety challenges;
- Knowledge of global policies or regulatory frameworks related to child safety (e.g., NCMEC requirements, UK Online Safety Act);
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field;
- Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP, Agile) or relevant technical fields.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156864 - $393300 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.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Trust & Safety
TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.
We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.
TikTok Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
About the Team
The Youth Safety team sits at the core of TikTok's Trust & Safety organization, uniting product and program managers with a shared mission: to protect young people on TikTok and contribute to industry-wide child safety efforts. We focus on building protections, driving education, and shaping systems that keep youth safe across our platform and the wider digital ecosystem.
We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join TIkTok's Youth Safety - Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (CSEA) product team. In this role, you'll be responsible for high-impact execution and technical program leadership, working across product, engineering, legal, policy, and operations to strengthen TikTok's safety infrastructure.
You will lead key projects to close operational gaps, manage tooling and feature delivery, and support the review of new products and features to ensure they launch with the appropriate safeguards in place. You'll also support the expansion of specialized moderation workflows and develop strategies to address emerging threats - including the detection and mitigation of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AIG-CSAM).
Please note: This role may involve exposure to discussions and content related to CSEA in the course of your responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the delivery owner for prioritized safety initiatives, ensuring on-time execution by tracking milestones, resolving blockers, and aligning stakeholders;
- Partner with R&D and Child Safety teams to lead the development of safety tooling, system integrations, and infrastructure improvements;
- Triage bugs, feature requests, and system performance issues to ensure effective detection and moderation capabilities;
- Review Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) to identify CSEA/CSAM risks - with a focus on emerging threats like AI-generated content - and define mitigation and reporting strategies;
- Embed child safety considerations into the product development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with internal policies, industry standards, and legal obligations;
- Collaborate with Legal, Operations, Policy, and Data Science teams to expand and optimize specialized moderation workflows that support high-sensitivity content review;
- Support the design and rollout of safeguards and detection systems that prevent the dissemination of AIG-CSAM, in partnership with engineering and policy stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5 years of program management experience, preferably in Trust & Safety, Content Integrity, or Child Safety;
- Strong technical understanding (not necessarily engineering-level) to work with R&D teams on tooling, system architecture, and feature integrations;
- Experience triaging bugs, unblocking delivery pipelines, and managing complex project execution across multiple cross-functional teams;
- Familiarity with detection model operations, content moderation workflows, or ML-driven safety systems;
- Experience working with legal and compliance teams on child safety or online content regulation;
- Familiarity with CSEA/CSAM threats and related detection, moderation, and reporting systems;
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to assess PRDs and identify CSEA product risks, especially related to AIGC and other fast-evolving content safety challenges;
- Knowledge of global policies or regulatory frameworks related to child safety (e.g., NCMEC requirements, UK Online Safety Act);
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field;
- Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP, Agile) or relevant technical fields.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156864 - $393300 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.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Trust & Safety
TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.
We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.
TikTok Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request