What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ethics Office Program Manager position at ByteDance?
Responsibilities
About the Team
The Ethics Office was established with the goal of instituting and maintaining high ethical standards and a culture of integrity. The team achieves this goal through 4 main pillars - 1) developing an overarching ethical governance program, 2) implementing and maintaining ethics policies and processes, 3) providing education and awareness to employees via communications and training, and 4) ensuring a highly ethical culture by encouraging employees to speak up and to ensure potential misconduct is properly investigated.
Position Summary
We are looking for an individual with a Legal, Ethics, or Compliance background to support our employees in North and South America. The new hire will assist with Ethics Office initiatives, including general project management, assessing policy and procedure needs, developing and implementing policies and procedures, reviewing policy queries from employees, reviewing and remediating conflict of interest declarations, and collecting and analyzing ethics and compliance data.
Responsibilities
1. Project Leadership:
- Lead and oversee ethics project management initiatives, collaborating effectively with key stakeholders.
- Manage and enhance the conflict of interest declaration system through technology upgrades.
2. Policy and Procedure Development:
- Partner with Employment Legal, HR, Employee Relations, and business teams to draft and enhance policies and procedures.
- Proactively identify and mitigate employment risks by utilizing quantitative and qualitative data.
3. Employee Support:
- Address policy and procedure queries from employees, providing clear and concise explanations.
- Develop relationships with key business teams to offer ethics and compliance assistance.
4. Data Management and Analysis:
- Manage, aggregate, and analyze ethics and compliance data points to derive actionable insights.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
1. Experience:
- Ethics, compliance, or legal roles, preferably within global companies in the Technology, Media, or Entertainment industries.
- Proven ability to develop internal frameworks and contribute proactively to building out the Ethics Office functionality in the AMS region.
2. Communication Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex topics in clear, concise, and understandable terms.
- Strong communicator and influencer with the ability to work collaboratively across functions and international teams.
- Effectively communicates the purpose and value of ethics and compliance policies to employees at all levels, fostering understanding, engagement, and accountability across the organization.
3. Hands-on and Flexible:
- Hands-on approach with a bias for action, adaptable to meet the evolving needs of a rapidly growing company.
- Collaborates effectively across regions with a strong awareness of local market needs and cultural contexts, particularly in AMS and LATAM.
Preferred Qualifications
4. Relationship Management: Experience in relationship management within a cross-functional environment, collaborating across global teams.
About Us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico 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 ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Reasonable Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $98800 - $177333 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.
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.
About the Team
The Ethics Office was established with the goal of instituting and maintaining high ethical standards and a culture of integrity. The team achieves this goal through 4 main pillars - 1) developing an overarching ethical governance program, 2) implementing and maintaining ethics policies and processes, 3) providing education and awareness to employees via communications and training, and 4) ensuring a highly ethical culture by encouraging employees to speak up and to ensure potential misconduct is properly investigated.
Position Summary
We are looking for an individual with a Legal, Ethics, or Compliance background to support our employees in North and South America. The new hire will assist with Ethics Office initiatives, including general project management, assessing policy and procedure needs, developing and implementing policies and procedures, reviewing policy queries from employees, reviewing and remediating conflict of interest declarations, and collecting and analyzing ethics and compliance data.
Responsibilities
1. Project Leadership:
- Lead and oversee ethics project management initiatives, collaborating effectively with key stakeholders.
- Manage and enhance the conflict of interest declaration system through technology upgrades.
2. Policy and Procedure Development:
- Partner with Employment Legal, HR, Employee Relations, and business teams to draft and enhance policies and procedures.
- Proactively identify and mitigate employment risks by utilizing quantitative and qualitative data.
3. Employee Support:
- Address policy and procedure queries from employees, providing clear and concise explanations.
- Develop relationships with key business teams to offer ethics and compliance assistance.
4. Data Management and Analysis:
- Manage, aggregate, and analyze ethics and compliance data points to derive actionable insights.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
1. Experience:
- Ethics, compliance, or legal roles, preferably within global companies in the Technology, Media, or Entertainment industries.
- Proven ability to develop internal frameworks and contribute proactively to building out the Ethics Office functionality in the AMS region.
2. Communication Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex topics in clear, concise, and understandable terms.
- Strong communicator and influencer with the ability to work collaboratively across functions and international teams.
- Effectively communicates the purpose and value of ethics and compliance policies to employees at all levels, fostering understanding, engagement, and accountability across the organization.
3. Hands-on and Flexible:
- Hands-on approach with a bias for action, adaptable to meet the evolving needs of a rapidly growing company.
- Collaborates effectively across regions with a strong awareness of local market needs and cultural contexts, particularly in AMS and LATAM.
Preferred Qualifications
4. Relationship Management: Experience in relationship management within a cross-functional environment, collaborating across global teams.
About Us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico 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 ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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.
Reasonable Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $98800 - $177333 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.
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.
Salary : $98,800 - $177,333