Job Description

The Global Payment team provides TikTok payment solutions, including payment acquisition, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, and reconciliations, ensuring a smooth and secure payment experience on the TikTok platform. The Global Payment Compliance team leverages industry and technological expertise to provide compliance policy, oversight, advisory, and operational support across our company's products and services.About the Role We are seeking a strategic Compliance Lead to own the Global Sanctions Program framework. This role serves as the guardian of the Sanctions Policy, ensuring alignment with evolving global regulations (OFAC, UK HMT, EU, UN, etc.). You will drive governance over program health and manage regulatory and business-driven changes, including new product launches.ResponsibilitiesSanctions policy development and maintenance Develop, update, and maintain sanctions policies, standards, and procedures across product lines (payments, onboarding, KYC/IDV, ad services, developer APIs, and social features) aligned with OFAC, U.S., E.U., UK, and MAS requirements. Own the annual review of the Global Sanctions Policy and related standards.Translate regulatory developments (e.g., Executive Orders, EU Regulations) into actionable internal requirements and training materials for product, operations, and customer-facing teams.Maintain a sanctions playbook covering ownership, escalation paths, governance, and product lifecycle integration.Partner with regional compliance teams to adapt global policies to local requirements without diluting global standards.Conduct regular gap analyses to ensure policy design effectiveness aligns with operational execution.Governance and oversight Define and implement a global sanctions governance structure with clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability.Collaborate with Compliance Advisory, Legal, Strategy & Operations, Product, and Internal Audit to ensure effective controls across platform, marketplace, and payment flows.Prepare senior management and Board reporting on sanctions risk, policy changes, program effectiveness, and regulatory readiness.Maintain a centralized repository of audit findings, regulatory exam items, and self-identified issues; track remediation and validate closure.Support the Enterprise-Wide Sanctions Risk Assessment (SRA), ensuring outputs inform policy and control updates.Establish KRIs and KPIs to monitor sanctions program health.