Search Operations Team Lead

Responsibilities

**About Us**:
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.

The Search Operations team aims to improve search user experience, contribute significant DAU impact to the products and drive for increase in traffic and GMV.

**What I will be doing**:

- Leading, managing, recruiting & developing the local search operation team, helping them to achieve their full potential and maintain high standards & quality of work
- Being responsible for ensuring that all services are delivered within the framework of TikTok's core values and in line with existing policies & procedures
- Being responsible for leading the team to perform policy, process & strategies localization, BPO quality management, Quality assurance, RCA, data analysis & deep dives, making reports & policy recommendations and strengthening the team's understanding of Search Ops policies.
- Continuously evaluate outcomes, manage performance, establish and optimize the workflow and SOPs, report, analyse, and optimize quality process to ensure productivity, quality, effect and efficiency goals can be met.
- Being responsible for cooperating with cross-functional teams such as product, research & development teams to optimize search strategies and improve users' search experience.
- Being responsible for landing new projects and providing high quality training to BPO site
- Actively promoting and supporting inclusion, ensuring that individuals are supported to participate in community and work opportunities according to their interests and goals
- Creating an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture, utilising clear goals and objective setting to help the team succeed
- Additional compatible and related responsibilities which are not necessarily listed above
- Willing to work with sensitive issues that include child exploitation, a variety of religious and political views, violence, adult & sexual content

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education/experience
- 3+ years’ experience working on quality management in a major tech or media company, experience in Search operation is a plus
- Recent and minimum 2 years experience as Team Lead/Content Manager/ Technical Lead [Strong people management skills and currently managing large multicultural teams with diverse skills.]
- Outstanding natural communicator (verbal/written) with excellent language and communication skills at full proficiency level in English and Vietnamese)
- Strong attention to details and ability to work independently

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- General knowledge about Search Engineering/Search engines and Search related strategies.
- Deep understanding of online safety, privacy, and expression issues
- Possesses good interpersonal skills, demonstrate good judgment, training and coaching skills
- Proven track record of working with cross-functional partners, across different countries, ideally have experience with different markets/region

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.