Strategy - TikTok Shop - Seattle - Tik Tok

Description

Responsibilities

About Us
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, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team.

Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

About The Team

The e-commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated.

With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users.

We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates.

With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users.

We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our product and operations team, to build an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users and brands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assume pivotal role as the primary strategy business partner (BP) for the TikTok ecommerce business teams, leveraging datadriven insights to shape strategic agenda of business teams and fuel business growth.
• Monitor ongoing internal and competitive business trends in their area of responsibility; leverage both internal and external/syndicated data to perform indepth internal and market analysis and competitive landscape benchmarking.
• Synthesize internal and external research to formulate datadriven near/medium/longterm business recommendations, ensuring a forwardthinking and adaptive approach.
• Support business teams on high priority business operations topics, especially breaking down GMV targets into demand and supply drivers.
• Identify and manage crossfunctional dependencies to influence business decisions/change and strategically improve operational efficiency. Drive continuous improvement through targeted initiatives that address specific challenges.

Specific responsibilities for various open-roles on the team:


Category Business BP:

• Spearhead studies across diverse categories such as Beauty, Fashion, Food, Pet & Electronics categories. Ensure a nuanced understanding of specific market dynamics and potential opportunities.
• Conduct thorough market segmentation research, delving into the intricacies and value drivers of each business segment.
• Ensure a thorough understanding of the industry landscape, including crosscategory and categoryspecific competitors and key drivers of their business performance.

Creator/Content/CAP/


TSP BP:

• Candidate should have experience in social commerce or ecommerce companies/projects; should be familiar with concepts such as traffic efficiency, user funnel, etc.
• Curious about live commerce and keen to figure out a success model with operations teams; the candidate should be able to picture the implementation hurdles; any experience in consumerfacing operations would help.
• Monitor the overall health of creator/content ecosystem and acquisition/retention/productivity trends throughout the creator/content funnel. Provide recommendations to improve creator/content quality and supply.
• Understand the role that external creator and service provider agencies play in the social ecommerce ecosystem. Provide strategic viewpoint on how business teams can foster closer collaboration between merchants and creators.
• Connect and prioritize creator/content strategies across broader TikTok / external social media landscape for the ecommerce business

Shop Tab BP:

• Evaluate merchandise data and compare pricing strategies with competitors to offer informed recommendations and guidance on assortment strategy.
• Perform user behavior and cohort analysis to gain insights into targeted audience profiles and the value proposition of Shop Tab for TikTok users.
• Develop forecasts for the future growth of Shop Tab and regularly assess performance and growth drivers during management meetings.
• Experience in marketplace merchandising and pricing strategy is preferred.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years experience of strategic and analytical experience at leading management consulting firm and/or tech/ecommerce companies.
• Excellent analytical skills and problemsolving capabilities.
• Experience in benchmarking, market research, competitor analysis, and GTM strategy.
• Strong communication skills and can effectively handle crossfunctional collaboration.
• Strong ownership mentality and desire to work closely with business teams take proactive initiative to identify business challenges, analyze problems, and autonomously develop and implement innovative solutions; demonstrate motivated selfstarter attitude focused on continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with setting and defining GMV targets.
• Competitor Analysis: specific experience in equity research, public market investing (e.g., hedge fund, mutual fund), and/or corporate finance/sharehold value consulting.
• For Category BP roles: Experience in GTM, consumer engagement, and merchandising strategies for Beauty/BPC, Fashion, Preowned/Collectibles, Food/Beverage/Health, Consumer Electronics, Pet, Baby/Children, and/or Books/Publishing categories preferably in 3P / marketplace environment
• For Creator, Content, Partnership BP roles: Experience in creator monetization, content growth strategy, affiliate marketing programs, and/or external content partnerships (creator and service agencies)

TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

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.

TikTok 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

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Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ $334400 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.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life.

We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match.

As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.