Senior Partnership Manager (News) - TikTok Operations - Los Angeles

Senior Partnership Manager (News) - TikTok Operations - Los Angeles at TikTok in Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging content areas and partner relevant cross-functional stakeholders to build approaches, while also refining frameworks for approaches programs, in order to drive business goals and scaled content impact for TikTok and our partners
• Channel partners' business needs and priorities into opportunities to unlock strategic incremental growth opportunities and product innovation
• Identify blockers using data and propose solutions; demonstrate a deep understanding and insights of the key metrics and measurements in Content Operations with acute analytical, reporting, and data storytelling abilities
• Develop and execute central content strategy and relationship management for corresponding partner stakeholders
• Co-manage partners' content portfolio by working closely with Product, Creator, Ad Sales, Business Development teams and other cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute publisher strategy based on company priorities

Requirements

• Our ideal candidate has experience across media, data, partnerships, and strategy, as well as experience working with product teams
• Deep understanding and insights of the key metrics and measurements in Content Operations with acute analytical, reporting, and data storytelling abilities
• Strong ability with industry stakeholders, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to steer complex projects with exemplary organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Understanding key business priorities, including the ability to clearly articulate key issues, recommend solutions, and kick-off projects to serve core business priorities
• Creative approach to partnership structures (in working with Business Development) that fully appreciates the unique value TikTok creates for our L&N partners and ability to sell this narrative and value prop
• Ability to navigate ambiguity with a problem-solver's mindset to drive strong execution in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor degree required

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of business dynamics with intellectual curiosity to dive deeper into key issues versus accepting a cursory understanding of the marketplace
• Experience with product preferred
• MS/MA/MBA and/or content platform experience considered a plus

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

About the Company

TikTok's Content Partnerships team is responsible for accelerating the growth of our top global media accounts by developing strong, executive level relationships, strategic partnerships, landing core platform narratives, securing incremental growth (primarily content but in alignment with media, marketing, GBS teams) and providing best in class service.

Partnerships Manager (News) will report into the Head of Publisher, News team. The team develops and nurtures high level relationships with publishers across NA and globally, whilst securing incremental growth in content and delivering clear and attributable value back to publishers in order to improve partner ROI. This role will be primarily responsible for analysing global publishers' content performance on TikTok, providing strategic recommendations, and helping to manage publishers (NA + Global) on a day-to-day basis using data. The candidate should have a deep understanding of short-form, user-generated content landscape including account management, content strategy, data and performance analysis and knowledge of TikTok and the social media landscape.

This is a global role with a comprehensive scope: communication, data and analytics, and strategy skills, proven industry experience and understanding of TikTok's positioning versus competitors.

Additional Information

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.