Legal
Senior Privacy Counsel (Regulatory & AI), Dublin, London, Paris or Brussels
Location
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Dublin
Employment Type
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Regular
Job Code
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A228175
Responsibilities
About the Team
We are looking for a highly motivated experienced privacy and AI lawyer to join our European Regulatory team. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a company that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale and advise on cutting edge products and features.
Our Regulatory team provides essential guidance to TikTok and its family of products, ensuring that our innovation is matched with compliance, responsibility, and foresight. We empower the business by navigating complex regulatory landscapes, shaping strategies that allow our teams to achieve their boldest ambitions while meeting evolving legal and policy expectations. The Regulatory team is responsible for managing global regulatory matters, including advising on new and existing frameworks, engaging with regulators, and ensuring proactive alignment with fast-changing laws across multiple jurisdictions.
Responsibilities
* Advise and lead on regulatory engagement and investigations regarding data protection and AI matters;
* Assisting with and driving large cross-functional projects aimed at proactively bolstering GDPR and AI Act compliance;
* Support other regulatory matters relating to the Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act and other new and upcoming digital regulations in the EU and UK;
* Support on regulatory engagement in conjunction with the Government Relations team;
* Closely collaborating and coordinating with the product, public policy and communications teams on regulatory and policy strategies, external communication and investigations;
* Support our privacy and AI Act compliance programme, policies and procedures for TikTok in Europe;
* Assess and advise on best practice under GDPR and the AI Act.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
* Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years' regulatory and/or privacy and/or AI experience at a law firm or in-house. (We will consider strong individuals with less or more experience);
* Strong written and oral communication skills are essential;
* Highly organised, self motivated and capable of driving forward challenging projects;
* Comfortable providing sound advice under tight deadlines and managing competing priorities;
* Ability to work on a large number and variety of high profile and strategic projects and navigate ambiguous legal and regulatory environments;
* Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to collaborate effectively with legal colleagues and other cross functional stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
* EU or UK qualified lawyer, ideally with 1-2 years (as part of the minimum 5 years experience noted above) in a regulatory and/or product legal compliance role from a well regarded private practice team or established in-house department.
* Experience engaging with regulators, including data protection regulators;
* Background in consumer-facing tech and/or digital media, or a solid understanding of these industries from private practice;
* Subject matter expertise in topics such as: privacy and data protection, minors' privacy and safety, content risk & online safety, AI, competition, regulatory enforcement and/or litigation.
Job Information
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.