Senior Ai Technology Policy Counsel

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.
Join us.
About the Team
ByteDance's AI Product Counseling team provides front-line legal support to the company's AI products and services. The team is growing fast and seeking highly experienced, bright, and capable AI Technology Policy Counsel to join us. The role is critical to ByteDance's AI initiative by building authentic relationships with the broader technology community and seeking to further industry standards on responsible AI. The position will work closely with and report to the Head of the AI Product Counseling team.
Responsibilities:

• Serve as the front-line legal and strategy advisor to help ByteDance build and maintain relationships with AI industry groups and civil societies
• Drive communications across ByteDance's globally-distributed, diverse teams for a sophisticated understanding of the key compliance opportunities and challenges in light of the rapidly evolving AI legal and industry requirements
• Collaborate with the company's AI product, TnS, Legal, GR, and PR stakeholders to establish and implement responsible AI practices, including mitigating the associated safety, bias, fairness and transparency risks
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
• Member in good standing of the California or New York bar (preferred; other bar memberships will be considered)
• 10+ years of law practice, including both in-house and private practice experience counseling on AI and ML policy issues relating to technology platform companies
• Direct experience engaging with regulatory authorities, industry associations, or standards bodies
• Have a track record of achieving alignment with internal cross-functional teams and external partners
• Possess the highest standard of ethics and a positive attitude in learning and willing to pick up new knowledge and skills; comfortable navigating through ambiguous legal issues
• A confident self-starter with strong communications, interpersonal and organizational skills, yet with creative mind, and demonstrate the ability to effectively and proactively exercise good judgment and partner with the business in a fast-paced environment
• Willing to be available for meetings that are scheduled before or after home time zone normal business hours

ByteDance 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 ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. 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.
ByteDance 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 Tiktokops.accomodations@bytedance.com.