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About the Team
Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of ByteDance's and TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The ByteDance and TikTok team are growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal/compliance lawyer to join us. We are looking for experienced sanctions compliance counsel to join our Global Legal Compliance team as the leading member to advise and counsel sanctions-related issues involving global sanctions regimes except China. We are seeking an experienced compliance attorney with direct experience in sanctions and anti-money-laundering areas, who also possess strong client engagement skills and understand sanctions operations in the business process. The ideal candidate is willing to work in a fast-paced, global environment with cross-functional teams in different time zones, and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of novel issues across a variety of jurisdictions with an open-minded mentality to tackle issues which we may not see before.
Key Responsibilities
- This position is responsible for the ongoing enhancement and maintenance of global corporate sanctions compliance programs with a focus on US, UK, EU, UN, and SG sanctions laws and regulations for ByteDance businesses;
- Be the leading counsel in the Global Legal Compliance team to advise and counsel stakeholders on sanctions-related issues and provide thoughtful and practical solutions when navigating complex geo-political environments, taking into consideration stakeholder feedback with the ability to operate autonomously;
- Conduct or partner with compliance team to conduct periodic legal compliance risk assessments to assess effectiveness of the sanction program, systems, identify gaps and develop remediation plans;
- Ability to plan, execute, and deliver on multiple competing priorities including medium and long term projects across different stakeholders;
- Maintain competency in evolving sanctions law and regulation trends and risks, and regulatory regimes that could impact the business;
- Provide legal guidance and advice on how to improve and operationalize sanctions compliance screening and its mechanism;
- Advise internal investigation relevant to compliance policies owned by the Global Legal Compliance team, and partner with internal investigation team to support internal investigations if needed;
- Conduct internal compliance training and education programs in partnership with the other regional compliance counsel and cross functional stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Law degree or Masters of Law, up-to-date qualifications to practice law in common law jurisdiction is required; JD in the US is preferred;
- Proven combined compliance experience in a reputable international law firm, in-house with a multi-national company; technology and/or fintech sector experience preferred. Candidates should also have sufficient knowledge of sanctions regulatory and compliance programs and have experience in the US and UK/EU markets is a strong plus.
- Possesses a deep understanding of the substance and nuances of laws in the sanctions areas, skillfully interpreting and applying legal concepts to effectively handle various legal matters, including in ambiguous situations; takes on a leadership role in addressing complex legal matters, where warranted, exhibiting a high level of autonomy and responsibility; considers both business and legal implications of advice with a well-attuned understanding of risk;
- Strong oral and written communication skills; understands client needs, requirements, and key concerns; adapts communication style and approach to maximize impact across a range of audiences.
- Possess the highest standard of ethics and a positive attitude in learning and willing to pick up new knowledge and skills.
- Candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership skills in setting strategic goals, but also have a "roll up their sleeves" mentality in executing the work.
- Maintains an appropriate degree of confidentiality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating flexibility, commitment to teamwork, and a willingness to change assignments meet clients' needs. Anticipates clients needs and delivers with timeliness, accurately sensing the urgency and sensitivity to the situation.
- Ability to manage heavy workload volume and meet critical deadlines with little supervision.
- Proactively identifies problems or issues and takes lead in resolving issues, and makes recommendations for necessary process improvements.
- Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the clients' business, industry and organization and shows support for delivery of the product, services and initiatives of the organization.
- Demonstrates ability to redirect issues to appropriate resources.
- Demonstrates creativity in finding solutions and uses good judgment in doing so.
- Demonstrates ability to influence and enlist support.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, 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.
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.
TikTok Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210600 - $366000 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:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the Team
Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of ByteDance's and TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The ByteDance and TikTok team are growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal/compliance lawyer to join us. We are looking for experienced sanctions compliance counsel to join our Global Legal Compliance team as the leading member to advise and counsel sanctions-related issues involving global sanctions regimes except China. We are seeking an experienced compliance attorney with direct experience in sanctions and anti-money-laundering areas, who also possess strong client engagement skills and understand sanctions operations in the business process. The ideal candidate is willing to work in a fast-paced, global environment with cross-functional teams in different time zones, and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of novel issues across a variety of jurisdictions with an open-minded mentality to tackle issues which we may not see before.
Key Responsibilities
- This position is responsible for the ongoing enhancement and maintenance of global corporate sanctions compliance programs with a focus on US, UK, EU, UN, and SG sanctions laws and regulations for ByteDance businesses;
- Be the leading counsel in the Global Legal Compliance team to advise and counsel stakeholders on sanctions-related issues and provide thoughtful and practical solutions when navigating complex geo-political environments, taking into consideration stakeholder feedback with the ability to operate autonomously;
- Conduct or partner with compliance team to conduct periodic legal compliance risk assessments to assess effectiveness of the sanction program, systems, identify gaps and develop remediation plans;
- Ability to plan, execute, and deliver on multiple competing priorities including medium and long term projects across different stakeholders;
- Maintain competency in evolving sanctions law and regulation trends and risks, and regulatory regimes that could impact the business;
- Provide legal guidance and advice on how to improve and operationalize sanctions compliance screening and its mechanism;
- Advise internal investigation relevant to compliance policies owned by the Global Legal Compliance team, and partner with internal investigation team to support internal investigations if needed;
- Conduct internal compliance training and education programs in partnership with the other regional compliance counsel and cross functional stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Law degree or Masters of Law, up-to-date qualifications to practice law in common law jurisdiction is required; JD in the US is preferred;
- Proven combined compliance experience in a reputable international law firm, in-house with a multi-national company; technology and/or fintech sector experience preferred. Candidates should also have sufficient knowledge of sanctions regulatory and compliance programs and have experience in the US and UK/EU markets is a strong plus.
- Possesses a deep understanding of the substance and nuances of laws in the sanctions areas, skillfully interpreting and applying legal concepts to effectively handle various legal matters, including in ambiguous situations; takes on a leadership role in addressing complex legal matters, where warranted, exhibiting a high level of autonomy and responsibility; considers both business and legal implications of advice with a well-attuned understanding of risk;
- Strong oral and written communication skills; understands client needs, requirements, and key concerns; adapts communication style and approach to maximize impact across a range of audiences.
- Possess the highest standard of ethics and a positive attitude in learning and willing to pick up new knowledge and skills.
- Candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership skills in setting strategic goals, but also have a "roll up their sleeves" mentality in executing the work.
- Maintains an appropriate degree of confidentiality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating flexibility, commitment to teamwork, and a willingness to change assignments meet clients' needs. Anticipates clients needs and delivers with timeliness, accurately sensing the urgency and sensitivity to the situation.
- Ability to manage heavy workload volume and meet critical deadlines with little supervision.
- Proactively identifies problems or issues and takes lead in resolving issues, and makes recommendations for necessary process improvements.
- Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the clients' business, industry and organization and shows support for delivery of the product, services and initiatives of the organization.
- Demonstrates ability to redirect issues to appropriate resources.
- Demonstrates creativity in finding solutions and uses good judgment in doing so.
- Demonstrates ability to influence and enlist support.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, 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.
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.
TikTok Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210600 - $366000 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:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Compliance
Document your credentials before applying
Gather foreign degree equivalency evaluations early. PERM requires your employer to certify your qualifications meet the minimum requirements for the role, so having a credential assessment from a NACES-approved evaluator eliminates delays when the labor certification process starts.
Target employers with PERM filing history
Focus your search on financial institutions, healthcare systems, and publicly traded companies where dedicated compliance functions are large enough that sponsorship is routine, not an exception requiring internal legal approval from scratch each time.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 with your employer
If your role requires a master's degree or specialized expertise in areas like anti-money laundering or regulatory capital, push for an EB-2 filing. EB-2 can shorten your wait significantly if your country of birth isn't subject to a priority date backlog.
Understand how PERM recruitment affects your offer timeline
Once you have an offer, your employer must complete a DOL-mandated recruitment period before filing the PERM application. That process typically takes several months, so negotiate your start date with that window in mind rather than assuming sponsorship begins immediately.
Use Migrate Mate to find green-card-sponsoring compliance roles
Search Migrate Mate to filter compliance positions by employers with active green card sponsorship history. This saves you from applying to roles where sponsorship is listed as possible but rarely happens in practice for compliance titles.
Verify prevailing wage requirements before negotiating salary
Your employer must pay you the DOL prevailing wage for your compliance job title and location throughout the PERM and green card process. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check wage levels before salary discussions so your offer meets the legal threshold from day one.
Green Card Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions
Do compliance jobs qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most compliance roles qualify for EB-3 sponsorship as professional positions requiring at least a bachelor's degree. Roles requiring a master's degree or specialized expertise in areas like financial crimes compliance, regulatory capital, or derivatives reporting can qualify for EB-2. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the appropriate category based on the job description and your credentials, not just your title.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for compliance professionals?
Green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status. There's no annual lottery for EB-3, and EB-2 also avoids the H-1B visa cap entirely. The tradeoff is timeline: the PERM process itself can take six months to over a year before the I-140 is even filed, whereas H-1B approval can happen within months. For most countries outside India and China, EB-3 priority dates move regularly.
How do I find compliance employers that actually sponsor green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you search compliance roles filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship activity. This matters because many compliance job postings are vague about sponsorship, and targeting employers with a real filing history saves you from reaching late-stage interviews only to learn sponsorship isn't approved for your level or location.
What is the PERM process and what role do I play in it as a compliance applicant?
PERM is a DOL labor certification process your employer runs to prove no qualified U.S. worker was available for your role. Your direct involvement is limited: you provide documentation of your qualifications and ensure your credentials meet the requirements stated in the job description. Your employer's attorney manages the recruitment steps, filing, and DOL correspondence. Errors in the job description or recruitment records can trigger an audit that delays the process by a year or more.
Can I change compliance jobs while my green card is in process?
If your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is current or your application has been pending for 180 days, you may be able to port your green card to a new employer under a same or similar compliance role. USCIS evaluates whether the new position shares the same occupational classification as the original petition, so moving from a financial compliance role to a privacy compliance role, for example, carries some risk and warrants review before you accept a new offer.