HR Benefits Strategy Specialist - TikTok USDS-JV - San Jose

About the role

TikTok USDS (U.S. Data Security) Human Resources team seeks a data-led Benefits Strategy Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Program Strategy & Design: Evaluate, review, and refine corporate U.S. benefits portfolios and plan structures to ensure alignment with the company’s compensation philosophy, external market competitiveness, and evolving statutory guidelines.
• Lifecycle Implementation: Drive full lifecycle program design from initial conceptual modeling and financial forecasting down through cross-functional launch, enrollment deployment, and employee accessibility monitoring.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner directly with HR Operations, Corporate Communications, HRBPs, Finance, and Legal teams to coordinate cross-functional project rollouts and manage high-level external brokerage and insurer deliverables.
• Legislative Compliance: Monitor federal, state, and local labor legislation updates; partner with legal counsel to adjust corporate plan documentation, mitigate institutional risk, and maintain compliance.
• Strategic Escalation Resolution: Act as the final internal escalation tier for complex policy disputes, structural claims exceptions, or sensitive employee accommodations, providing advisory guardrails to HRBPs and operations leaders.
• Global Initiative Localization: Serve as the regional subject matter expert to adapt and localize global corporate benefit initiatives, ensuring worldwide wellness philosophies are effectively deployed while matching U.S. labor realities and tax codes.
• Data-Driven Benchmarking: Conduct targeted research sprints utilizing carrier data lakes, actuarial reports, and direct employee utilization metrics to synthesize talent benchmarks into clear, executive-ready proposals.

Qualifications

• Programmatic Benefits Depth: 5+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years explicitly focused on corporate U.S. benefits strategy, plan design, or specialized programmatic management.
• Analytical & Systems Thinking: Proven experience leveraging external talent benchmarks, employee sentiment feedback, and usage data to build quantitative, executive-level business proposals and financial models.
• Advanced Communication: Strong written and verbal capabilities, with a track record of translating complex insurance architecture into clear, concise narratives for cross-functional business leaders and broad employee groups.
• Discretion & Judgment: Demonstrated commitment to maintaining strict confidentiality and discretion when handling highly sensitive personnel and medical data.

About USDS

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale. On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution.

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.

USDS Reasonable Accommodation

USDS 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/USDS-RA.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $124800 - $228000 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).