Head of Legal

Description

• TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo
• We are looking for a highly skilled lawyer with 15+ years experience to lead the legal function in Russia & Eastern Europe

Responsibilities

• Manage the legal function for Russia & Eastern Europe, partnering with legal colleagues and senior business leads
• Manage legal risk and advise on compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, working in partnership with legal and government relations and public policy colleagues and external counsel as appropriate
• Support and drive key projects and outcomes on business strategies to deliver growth, including leading on drafting key agreements and negotiations
• Act as a close and proactive business partner to business leads, leading the legal agenda to ensure delivery of commercial goals
• Manage a high performing team of lawyers and help them develop to their fullest potential
• Identify and drive forward improvements to processes and systems to improve efficiency of the legal function, proactively managing legal resource;
• Support crisis management for the region
• Monitor, highlight and address key legal trends, risks and opportunities, including supporting TikTok's government relations and policy teams with advocacy on draft legislation
• Partner with multiple stakeholders for the business with a focus on building relationships and forward planning
• Develop a strong network including external counsel

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in Russia with 15+ years experience
• Native Russia speaker and fluency (verbal and written) in English
• Hands on, with a commercial mindset and strong management experience
• Extensive experience advising senior stakeholders on legal risk
• Prior experience advising international technology businesses, platforms and/or digital media businesses, either based in private practice or in-house
• Prior experience advising on platform regulation and working with regulators and government agencies
• Strong collaborator and team-player with ability to navigate large and complex organisation
• Proven experience managing complex projects with stakeholders across multiple timezones to tight deadlines
• Proactive, self-starter with a strong work ethic who is comfortable working in a fast paced environment