Technical Program Manager, Financial Crimes Compliance

Responsibilities
Team Intro

USDS Financial Crimes Compliance is responsible for overseeing and operationalizing all aspects related to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions Compliance activities related to TikTok USDS. Collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders across the U.S. and globally, we address complex and cutting-edge challenges, which include the identification of money-laundering, terrorist financing and sanction violations. We seek a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic professional to join our team.

In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

Role Overview

As a Technical Program Manager for USDS Financial Crime Compliance, you will be at the forefront of ensuring adherence to regulations and organizational objectives related to AML, sanctions, and other financial crime compliance measures. Collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will lead the design and implementation of monitoring initiatives, providing valuable insights to drive efficiency and effectiveness in risk detection. Your expertise in program management and stakeholder engagement will play a critical role in maintaining compliance and mitigating financial crime risks. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge initiatives in financial crime compliance within a dynamic and forward-thinking organization. In this role, you'll be instrumental in translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable technical roadmaps and will drive the execution of these initiatives by aligning diverse teams and resources.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop, implement, and/or optimize the systems and processes associated with anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and know your customer (KYC) compliance, aligning with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

• Lead the design and delivery of internal or external go-to-market materials for monitoring-related initiatives, providing reporting on initiatives and outcomes to financial crime leadership.

• Analyze thematic trends and signals across the financial crime compliance program to identify root causes and potential remediations, driving greater consistency of process, practices, and execution.

• Project manage and prioritize work based on urgency and complexity, building operational cadences across technical and operational teams to coordinate work effectively.

• Oversee the systems and processes designed to track, observe, and analyze specific activities for assigned financial crime compliance domains, enforcing governance standards for monitoring-related activities, and analyzing thematic trends to drive process consistency and execution.

• Responsible for maintaining system and data access for USDS Financial Crime, ensuring adherence to USDS data security standards, and implementing the principle of least privilege access for individuals.

• Act as the voice of the financial crime operations and strategy team in product and API designs, lead operational visions, drive process change management, and identify opportunities for improvement through engagement with internal product, engineering, and global risk teams.

• Perform special projects and additional duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in consulting, program management, compliance/risk management, or other operational disciplines.

• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and product management principles, coupled with experience running technical project or program management initiatives with cross-functional stakeholders. Strong communication skills are essential for engaging both technical and business stakeholders.

• Track record of cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and problem-solving, with the ability to summarize complex requirements effectively.

• Expertise in managing multiple dependencies, measuring performance against established objectives and KPIs, and making informed trade-off decisions.

• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate complex findings to non-technical audiences.

• Customer-centric mindset, intellectual curiosity and passion for a culture of innovation, continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in agile methodologies, and project management tools such as Jira and Asana.

• Prior experience in project management in tech and/or security domains (security, fraud, identity, compliance).

• Experience in financial crime detection and prevention and/or in other security domains (security, fraud, identity, compliance).

• Basic familiarity with anti-money laundering (AML) and OFAC technology and U.S. AML regulations.

• Leadership qualities to challenge conventional thinking and drive breakthrough innovations.

About USDS
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security ("USDS") is a subsidiary of TikTok in the U.S. This new, security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and U.S. user data, so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.​

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.​

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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 ​

Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ $196000 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.​