Youth Safety Program Manager, Age Assurance - Trust & Safety - Washington DC

Youth Safety is a core pillar of the T&S team, bringing together the expertise of Product Managers and Program Managers into one group. Our mission is to protect young people on TikTok - and throughout the wider ecosystem - by building protections and education that help keep young people safe on our platform and participating in industry-wide strategies and development. This role will be responsible to support the development of best-in-class protections for younger users, including optimizing moderation practices, implementing external solutions, working in partnership with our legal, public relationships and various cross-functional teams, and onboarding new features and product areas across the company into our age-based protections.

Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end programs designed to enhance protections for younger users (this includes supporting the development and/or improving ML models, collaborating with external partners, and ensuring that safeguards are integrated into new product features;
- Have a solutions-oriented mindset to effectively identify and address problems;
- Develop system implementation plans, scale safeguards across different products and enhance existing processes;
- Support the implementation of regulatory requirements to ensure compliance;
- Partner and align with multiple cross-functional teams (from Policy, Legal, T&S Product, Core Product, Ops) to drive program development;
- Facilitate consensus on solutions, develop strategies to address critical issues, and ensure effective execution;
- Collaborate with external partners to assess potential new technology integrations and develop integration plans for our products.