About the Team:The TikTok Research & Development (R&D) organization powers the innovation behind some of the company’s most critical products and technologies.
Within R&D, our Security, Privacy, and Trust organizations are dedicated to safeguarding user data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building robust, secure infrastructure globally.
Our environment is highly collaborative, fast-paced, and innovation-driven, requiring leaders who can navigate ambiguity, scale high-performing organizations, and drive continuous transformation.
This client group is highly sophisticated and operates within a demanding, fast-changing landscape.
As such, we are seeking a seasoned, resilient HR Business Partner (HRBP) who can act as a true strategic advisor.
This role goes beyond execution;
it requires an individual who can build deep trust with a diverse variety of technical stakeholders, confidently exercise sound judgment in complex situations, and hold firm to foundational HR principles to keep leadership accountable and guide the business effectively.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with leadership to develop and execute a comprehensive HR strategy that directly supports engineering, security, and privacy operations roadmaps.
- Act as the primary HRBP for a dedicated global department, managing end-to-end generalist and business partner duties across multiple time zones and cross-functional teams.
- Provide strategic coaching to leaders on organizational design, effectively structuring global teams to rapidly adapt to external regulatory pressures and internal security initiatives.
- Act as a trusted advisor on talent assessment, career pathing, and succession planning for highly specialized roles within Engineering, Privacy, Security, and Trust & Safety functions.
- Lead the proactive resolution of complex employee relations issues globally, mitigating risk while preserving a culture that champions innovation and psychological safety.
- Oversee the full-cycle performance management process, tailoring goal-setting and calibration sessions to evaluate highly technical and operational outcomes.
- Leverage people data and analytics to provide actionable insights on team health, retention bottlenecks, and organizational scale within a rapidly evolving environment.
- Collaborate seamlessly with global HR peers and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design customized compensation, engagement, and talent acquisition solutions.
- Collaborate seamlessly with HR peers and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design customized compensation, engagement, and talent acquisition solutions that attract top-tier product and design talent.