Global eDiscovery Lead

About the role

TikTok is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented eDiscovery expert to join its Global Litigation team. This role will sit in the Global eDiscovery team and lead the eDiscovery function.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the company’s global eDiscovery strategy, operations, and technology across all litigation, regulatory, and investigation matters.
• Serve as the company’s lead subject-matter expert for eDiscovery, advising the Global Legal team and collaborating with outside counsel and internal business stakeholders on all eDiscovery-related matters.
• Act as the primary relationship owner for eDiscovery outside counsel, service providers, and vendors, driving performance, innovation, and cost control.
• Lead the global eDiscovery team by overseeing day-to-day operations, setting short-term and long-term goals to build scalable discovery practices globally, and ensuring team member engagement in alignment with those goals.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve global eDiscovery standards, workflows, and playbooks to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability across all regions and matters.
• Oversee the full eDiscovery lifecycle (from preservation through external productions) to ensure defensibility and efficiency across all jurisdictions.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize eDiscovery technologies and platforms, including advanced analytics and automation.
• Develop metrics, reporting, and forecasting to track performance, risk, and spend across the global discovery portfolio.
• Proactively identify opportunities to modernize and innovate the company’s discovery program through process improvement and technology adoption.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree and a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school with license to practice in either New York or California (or able to obtain in-house designation in such jurisdictions).
  • Deep, specialized experience in eDiscovery in private practice at a highly regarded firm and/or corporate litigation and/or regulatory environments.
  • Proven experience leading global teams of legal and eDiscovery professionals with extensive experience managing large-scale cross-border matters.
  • Extensive knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle, document review management, data privacy, and information governance.
  • Strong knowledge of global regulatory obligations related to litigation, discovery, and information governance.
  • Strong technical fluency with enterprise discovery platforms and workflows (including, but not limited to, Relativity and Nuix platforms).
  • Experience partnering with cross-functional teams globally including Engineering, Security and Information Governance, and Global Legal teams.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Undergraduate or graduate background in Computer Science, Engineering, or a technical field.
  • Certifications or advanced training in eDiscovery, legal technology, and/or data management.

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

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.

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.