TikTok Shop - Lead Data Scientist - Governance & Experience

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

About The Role

Our Governance and Experience team is responsible for ensuring a safe, trustworthy, and seamless experience for all of our end users; Sellers, Buyers, and Creators. Through product analysis, modeling, and experimentation we focus on policy, risk detection, content quality, and creating a friction free experience. Our Data Science team is focused on defining key metrics and uncovering insights that will inform cross functional stakeholders like Product, Engineering, and other Data Science teams.

In This Role, You Will Be

• Responsible for the construction of the indicator system and dashboard of international e-commerce governance and experience products, analysis of product issues, optimization of corresponding product links and capabilities;
• Responsible for the planning and design of related product page buried points and establishment of A/B test iteration system;
• Responsible for the planning and design of governance and experience business strategies, multi-dimensional data models, and output and landing of corresponding analysis results. Providing decision support for business and management, and promoting the realization of business data productization;
• Responsible for the design and optimization of governance and experience related strategies, rules, and product functions, understanding platform rules and potential risks, and assisting in optimizing decision engines;
• Collaborate/organize relevant teams to understand and use data products, skills, and tools, and promote data-based operations of business departments;
• Mentor junior members within the team.
  
  

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or above, more than 5 years of work experience in data science/data analysis, those with e-commerce strategy or product analysis experience are preferred, computer, statistics, mathematics, decision science, and economics majors are preferred;
• Strong business and product understanding, knowledge framework for constructing data indicator systems, mastery of basic data analysis and A/B test methods, familiarity with machine learning algorithms and model experience are a plus. Have experience of data landing to business, with professional analysis report writing skills;
• Proficient in using Excel, proficient in SQL, Hive, and at least one data visualization analysis tool, proficient in R and Python is preferred;
• Strong communication and expression skills, strong ability to withstand pressure, and strong coordination and promotion ability.
  
  

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 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 ecommerce.accommodations@tiktok.com

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $190000 - $330000 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).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.