Search Operations Team Lead - Trust & Safety Philippines

2 Months ago • 2-5 Years • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance's Search Operations Team Lead in Trust & Safety (Philippines) requires 2+ years of team management experience and 3+ years in content quality management within a major tech/media company. The role involves leading, managing, and developing a team focusing on search user experience improvements and driving traffic/GMV growth. Responsibilities encompass workflow optimization, SOP establishment, quality assurance, data analysis, policy localization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Exposure to potentially harmful content is inherent to the role, demanding resilience and commitment to self-care. Fluency in English and Filipino is crucial.
Must have:
  • Team management (2+ years)
  • Content quality management (3+ years)
  • English & Filipino fluency
  • Data analysis & reporting
  • Policy & process localization
  • Cross-functional collaboration
Good to have:
  • Search Operations experience
  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Understanding of online safety
  • Familiarity with local culture & internet usage
  • Strong attention to detail

Job Details

Responsibilities
ByteDance is a part of a global internet technology group operating a range of content platforms, including TikTok, that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages, cultures and geographies. About Trust & Safety Building a world where people can safely discover, create and connect. The Trust & Safety (T&S) team at ByteDance helps ensure that our global online community is safe and empowered to create and enjoy content across all of our applications. We have invested heavily in human and machine-based moderation to remove harmful content quickly and often before it reaches our general community. It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role/as part of project/ in response to escalation requests/by chance. This may occur in the form of images, video, and text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals. About the Team The Search Operations team aims to improve search user experience, contribute significant DAU impact to the products and drive for increase in traffic and GMV. Responsibilities: - You will lead, manage, recruit & develop the local search operation team, helping them to achieve their full potential and maintain high standards & quality of work. - You will continuously evaluate outcomes, manage performance, establish and optimize the workflow and SOPs, report, analyse, and optimize the quality process to ensure productivity, quality, and efficiency goals can be met. - You will lead the team to perform policy, process & strategies localization, BPO quality management, Quality assurance, RCA, data analysis & deep dives, making reports & policy recommendations and strengthening the team's understanding of Search Ops policies. - You will lead the team to establish and maintain search strategy evaluation criteria, provide professional suggestions for the optimization of evaluation criteria. - You are responsible for managing various operation projects with the different operation specialists and providing the results in line with expectations. - You will cooperate with cross-functional teams such as product, research & development teams to optimize search strategies and improve users' search experience.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - 2 years of working experience in team management or as a people manager. - 3 years of experience working on content quality management in a major tech or media company. - Fluency in English and Filipino is required. English will be utilized as the primary language for work, while Filipino will be used for market-specific communications. Preferred Qualifications: - Hands-on experience in Search Operations, including Search Recommendation systems and Search Engine optimization. - Possession of a Bachelor's degree or higher. - Good understanding of online safety, privacy, and expression issues. - An in-depth understanding of local culture and familiarity with the Internet usage habits of local users. - Demonstrate strong attention to detail, the ability to work independently, and possess good interpersonal skills. - Ability to work in a high-tempo environment, adapt, and respond to the day-to-day challenges of the role. - Resilience and commitment to self-care to manage the emotional demands of the role.
Job Information
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.

Trust & Safety at ByteDance

ByteDance recognises that keeping our platform safe for the ByteDance communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.

We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.

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