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Head of Youth Safety & Well-being Policy - Trust and Safety

The Trust & Safety team at TikTok ensures our global community is safe and empowered to create and enjoy content across all our applications. The Youth Safety & Well-being Policy team is at the center of this mission, developing approaches that protect and support youth from policies prohibiting exploitation to supporting product experiences that shape how young people engage with our platform. We are hiring a Head of Youth Safety & Well-being Policy to lead this team. You will own the policy strategy for the full spectrum of youth topics, serve as a senior internal voice on youth safety, and help shape how policy, product, and operations work together to keep young people safe at scale. This role is highly strategic and hands-on, requiring the ability to manage both immediate priorities and long-term frameworks.

Responsibilities:

• Own the global policy strategy for Youth Safety & Well-being including CSAM, age-inappropriate content, and psychological and developmental harm.
• Support the development of policy positions with the highest nexus to youth harms, ensuring TikTok's standards are clear, enforceable, and consistent with international child protection frameworks and legal obligations.
• Support on youth-specific approaches to feature and product policy including account defaults, recommendations, parental controls, and interaction features ensuring product design reinforces safety policy intent.
• Represent TikTok as a senior public-facing voice on youth safety policy speaking at industry conferences, with media, and participating in external forums with child protection organizations, academic researchers, and civil society groups.
• Partner with Policy Enforcement, Operations, and Product to develop and improve human and AI-driven moderation systems.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualification(s): 5+ years of experience in Trust & Safety, Child Protection Policy, Public Policy, Law, Prevention Science, Social Work, or a related field with a meaningful focus on child or adolescent safety. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams, set strategic direction, and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced, global environment. Deep understanding of the harm landscape affecting youth online, including CSAM, harmful content, and the developmental risks specific to this age-group. Familiarity with international child protection laws, child rights frameworks (e.g. UNCRC), and mandatory reporting obligations to bodies such as NCMEC. Exceptional ability to synthesize complex child safety topics for senior executives, external stakeholders, and broad audiences. Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working alongside product, technical, legal, and operational teams. High technical aptitude and ability to navigate complex tools, systems, and emerging technologies as they apply to child safety detection and enforcement.
• Preferred Qualification(s): Experience engaging with external stakeholders, including policymakers, regulators, academics, or civil society organizations.