Data Science Lead | Trust & Safety

• Company TikTok
• No. of Openings 10+
• Salary Not Disclosed
• Work Type on-site

Job Description :

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Building a world where people can safely discover, create and connect. The Trust & Safety team at TikTok help ensure that our global community is safe and empowered to create and enjoy content across all of our applications.

As a member of the data science team, you will work with diverse and highly collaborative teams of product managers, engineers, and other data analysts to drive product impact. You will have the opportunity to define metrics and identify opportunities from one of the richest data sets in the world, and convert the insights into real changes, for both new initiatives and scaled products. You are a self starter who is excited about data, excels in product logic thinking, clear communication, and brings distinctive problem solving skills and impeccable business judgment.

As a Data Science Manager, you will know how to connect the dots and interact with people in various functions, identify T&S challenges, propose solutions, and drive sustainable product impact. The ideal candidate will have a background in Data Science and T&S leadership, strong technical skills and expertise working with loosely defined tasks.

About This Role:
We are looking for a leader, who has strong analytical skills and is able both to lead others and deal with analytical tasks to solve complex and loosely defined problems, communicate with stakeholders and provide support to the team. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL knowledge, leadership, communication and collaboration skills, be a self-starter, oriented on results, able to ask the right questions and get answers, understand the business needs and processes.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of at least 10 data scientists, including 2 Data Science managers: define goals, provide guidance and feedback, support career growth
- Understand problem space, product and related business processes, build a vision on how to improve such processes
- Partner with XFN teams, including Policy, Ops, Algo, Product Strategy and Engineering and other to solve Trust & Safety challenges
- Apply your expertise in analysis, data mining, visualization to provide business insights and recommendations on product/processes improvements
- Conduct research and analysis on various business processes to identify business problems, and further provide optimisation suggestions to improve operating efficiency.

Qualifications

Key Requirements:
- At least 5 years experience in data science, business or product analytics. Trust & Safety experience is a plus
- Minimum 3 years experience in leading data science or analytics teams in a formal or informal capacity
Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques
- Ability to conduct rigorous analysis and communicate conclusions to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience in business analysis, and/or product analysis teams in a cross-cultural and cross-functional environment
- Proven ability to succeed in an innovative and fast-paced environment
- Solid communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with internal
- Proficiency in SQL. Python skills are a plus
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in data analytics related fields.

Wellbeing
TikTok is committed to the wellbeing of all our employees. Our promise is to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.

Equal Opportunities
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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.