Global eDiscovery Lead

About the role

Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The Global eDiscovery team, a subject matter expert group within the Global Legal department, handles eDiscovery for litigation and regulatory matters involving TikTok in all regions where we operate.

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented eDiscovery expert to join our team in a key supporting position that will drive effective discovery strategy and execution across a variety of legal matters. This role will sit in the Global Litigation team and lead our 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 closely 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.

Requirements

• 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. 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.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an 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.

Benefits

• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year.
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $210,600 - $520,800 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that may include additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.