TikTok Local Services - Governance Lead
Jun 30, 2026 Singapore
About us
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
- Size: 10,000+ employees
- Industry: Technology: Consumer Internet
Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:
4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
4.5/5 in supportive management
100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
100% would recommend this company to other women
100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
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Responsibilities
About the team
With the mission of "Inspiring New Life and Helping Good Business", Local Services is committed to becoming the most trusted local service platform for users and partners. In Local Services, through POI, Video, LIVE, Search, and other various products -- services and roles related to life are creatively connected, making the daily life experience richer, more unique, and more innovative.
At the same time, Local Services creates an inclusive and fair business environment, helping merchants, service providers, creators and other roles to continuously create revenue and improve efficiency. In this regard, the Governance and Experience team of Local Services seeks to preserve trust and uplift the user experience for TikTok Local Services, by designing and implementing end-to-end programmes that enable a safe, trustworthy and thriving international marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & develop a small team of governance & experience experts, to drive and create impactful and data-driven governance policies and strategies for US-based Local Services Dining Business.
- Reduce risks across governance areas such as merchant, listings, creators, content, and fulfillment; mitigate platform losses and incentive abuses.
- Establish policies and processes to collect and manage user feedback; and devise fulfillment and service experience strategies; across Customers, Creators and Sellers.
- Formulate and implement strategies to ensure a good business experience for Merchants and Creators, while mitigating risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Algorithm, Product, Engineering, Legal teams, etc.; to implement measures enhancing ecosystem health.
- Monitor the health of the US Dining ecosystem through data-driven and investigative methods; respond to emergencies, conduct ad-hoc investigations, and take action as needed.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on and in-depth experience in driving data-driven governance and experience programmes within O2O, Local Services, E-commerce, strategy consulting, operations management, content risks, seller risks, seller operations, or related governance & experience programmes, e.g., regulating Merchant risks, or other O2O or trust and safety programmes.
- 3+ years of experience managing a team.
- Bachelor's degree and above, preferably in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Possesses strategic thinking, as well as programme management and communication skills, with the ability to manage and push complex projects, as well as influence multiple cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with O2O, E-commerce, or other online and offline local services, governance & customer experience, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Proactive, independent and driven; able to thrive in ambiguity and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in utilizing querying and analytical tools, and conducting data analysis (e.g., SQL, Python, Excel) is advantageous. Data interpretation or analysis will be advantageous for the role.
About the team
With the mission of "Inspiring New Life and Helping Good Business", Local Services is committed to becoming the most trusted local service platform for users and partners. In Local Services, through POI, Video, LIVE, Search, and other various products -- services and roles related to life are creatively connected, making the daily life experience richer, more unique, and more innovative.
At the same time, Local Services creates an inclusive and fair business environment, helping merchants, service providers, creators and other roles to continuously create revenue and improve efficiency. In this regard, the Governance and Experience team of Local Services seeks to preserve trust and uplift the user experience for TikTok Local Services, by designing and implementing end-to-end programmes that enable a safe, trustworthy and thriving international marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & develop a small team of governance & experience experts, to drive and create impactful and data-driven governance policies and strategies for US-based Local Services Dining Business.
- Reduce risks across governance areas such as merchant, listings, creators, content, and fulfillment; mitigate platform losses and incentive abuses.
- Establish policies and processes to collect and manage user feedback; and devise fulfillment and service experience strategies; across Customers, Creators and Sellers.
- Formulate and implement strategies to ensure a good business experience for Merchants and Creators, while mitigating risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Algorithm, Product, Engineering, Legal teams, etc.; to implement measures enhancing ecosystem health.
- Monitor the health of the US Dining ecosystem through data-driven and investigative methods; respond to emergencies, conduct ad-hoc investigations, and take action as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on and in-depth experience in driving data-driven governance and experience programmes within O2O, Local Services, E-commerce, strategy consulting, operations management, content risks, seller risks, seller operations, or related governance & experience programmes, e.g., regulating Merchant risks, or other O2O or trust and safety programmes.
- 3+ years of experience managing a team.
- Bachelor's degree and above, preferably in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Possesses strategic thinking, as well as programme management and communication skills, with the ability to manage and push complex projects, as well as influence multiple cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with O2O, E-commerce, or other online and offline local services, governance & customer experience, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Proactive, independent and driven; able to thrive in ambiguity and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in utilizing querying and analytical tools, and conducting data analysis (e.g., SQL, Python, Excel) is advantageous. Data interpretation or analysis will be advantageous for the role.
About the team
With the mission of "Inspiring New Life and Helping Good Business", Local Services is committed to becoming the most trusted local service platform for users and partners. In Local Services, through POI, Video, LIVE, Search, and other various products -- services and roles related to life are creatively connected, making the daily life experience richer, more unique, and more innovative.
At the same time, Local Services creates an inclusive and fair business environment, helping merchants, service providers, creators and other roles to continuously create revenue and improve efficiency. In this regard, the Governance and Experience team of Local Services seeks to preserve trust and uplift the user experience for TikTok Local Services, by designing and implementing end-to-end programmes that enable a safe, trustworthy and thriving international marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & develop a small team of governance & experience experts, to drive and create impactful and data-driven governance policies and strategies for US-based Local Services Dining Business.
- Reduce risks across governance areas such as merchant, listings, creators, content, and fulfillment; mitigate platform losses and incentive abuses.
- Establish policies and processes to collect and manage user feedback; and devise fulfillment and service experience strategies; across Customers, Creators and Sellers.
- Formulate and implement strategies to ensure a good business experience for Merchants and Creators, while mitigating risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Algorithm, Product, Engineering, Legal teams, etc.; to implement measures enhancing ecosystem health.
- Monitor the health of the US Dining ecosystem through data-driven and investigative methods; respond to emergencies, conduct ad-hoc investigations, and take action as needed.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on and in-depth experience in driving data-driven governance and experience programmes within O2O, Local Services, E-commerce, strategy consulting, operations management, content risks, seller risks, seller operations, or related governance & experience programmes, e.g., regulating Merchant risks, or other O2O or trust and safety programmes.
- 3+ years of experience managing a team.
- Bachelor's degree and above, preferably in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Possesses strategic thinking, as well as programme management and communication skills, with the ability to manage and push complex projects, as well as influence multiple cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with O2O, E-commerce, or other online and offline local services, governance & customer experience, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Proactive, independent and driven; able to thrive in ambiguity and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in utilizing querying and analytical tools, and conducting data analysis (e.g., SQL, Python, Excel) is advantageous. Data interpretation or analysis will be advantageous for the role.
Responsibilities
ResponsibilitiesAbout the team
With the mission of "Inspiring New Life and Helping Good Business", Local Services is committed to becoming the most trusted local service platform for users and partners. In Local Services, through POI, Video, LIVE, Search, and other various products -- services and roles related to life are creatively connected, making the daily life experience richer, more unique, and more innovative.
At the same time, Local Services creates an inclusive and fair business environment, helping merchants, service providers, creators and other roles to continuously create revenue and improve efficiency. In this regard, the Governance and Experience team of Local Services seeks to preserve trust and uplift the user experience for TikTok Local Services, by designing and implementing end-to-end programmes that enable a safe, trustworthy and thriving international marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & develop a small team of governance & experience experts, to drive and create impactful and data-driven governance policies and strategies for US-based Local Services Dining Business.
- Reduce risks across governance areas such as merchant, listings, creators, content, and fulfillment; mitigate platform losses and incentive abuses.
- Establish policies and processes to collect and manage user feedback; and devise fulfillment and service experience strategies; across Customers, Creators and Sellers.
- Formulate and implement strategies to ensure a good business experience for Merchants and Creators, while mitigating risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Algorithm, Product, Engineering, Legal teams, etc.; to implement measures enhancing ecosystem health.
- Monitor the health of the US Dining ecosystem through data-driven and investigative methods; respond to emergencies, conduct ad-hoc investigations, and take action as needed.
Qualifications
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on and in-depth experience in driving data-driven governance and experience programmes within O2O, Local Services, E-commerce, strategy consulting, operations management, content risks, seller risks, seller operations, or related governance & experience programmes, e.g., regulating Merchant risks, or other O2O or trust and safety programmes.
- 3+ years of experience managing a team.
- Bachelor's degree and above, preferably in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or related fields.
- Possesses strategic thinking, as well as programme management and communication skills, with the ability to manage and push complex projects, as well as influence multiple cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with O2O, E-commerce, or other online and offline local services, governance & customer experience, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Proactive, independent and driven; able to thrive in ambiguity and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in utilizing querying and analytical tools, and conducting data analysis (e.g., SQL, Python, Excel) is advantageous. Data interpretation or analysis will be advantageous for the role.
Additional Information
- Job category: Operations
- Posted: Jun 30, 2026