About the Team
The Global Corporate Services Legal Team is a dedicated global vertical within TikTok s "Global Legal BP" organization. Corporate Services Legal is primarily responsible for covering TikTok s "Corporate Services" department functions, which include Employee Mobility Services, Visa Services, and Procurement.
Corporate Services Legal provides legal support on a global scale for TikTok s corporate functions, workplace strategy, office leasing & design, employee health and security, integrated facilities, admin support, purchasing requests, and procurement-led buying.
Corporate Services Legal also partners with HR and Employment Legal to provide dedicated support to TikTok s robust Visa Services and Employee Mobility Services functions.
This is a highly collaborative, on-site role and requires five days per week in the office.
About the Role:
As part of this cross-functional collaboration with HR and Employment Legal, Corporate Services Legal is seeking an experienced Immigration Attorney to serve as a critical legal resource across TikTok s U.S. immigration programs.
This attorney will advise cross-functional stakeholders on compliance requirements, manage external counsel, coordinate across multiple legal specialties, and translate legal advice into operational processes with measurable outcomes.
The ideal candidate is expected to be a skilled legal advisor with a business-savvy mindset who understands the company s overarching goals and can align immigration strategy accordingly.
This role reports directly to the Lead, Global Corporate Services Legal, with a dotted-line report to the Global Employment Legal Initiatives team.
Responsibilities:
- Immigration Compliance & Risk Strategy. Partner with internal immigration teams and legal stakeholders to provide strategic guidance on U.S. immigration compliance, workforce planning, and risk mitigation.
- External Counsel Oversight. Review and validate advice from external immigration counsel against the company s business interests and compliance posture.
- Audit & Site Visit Preparedness. Lead preparation and response strategies for USCIS site visits, FDNS audits, and government investigations.
- Cross-Functional Risk Coordination. Coordinate with Tax, Export Control, Information Security, and other cross-functional partners to ensure holistic risk assessment for immigration-related matters.
- Regulatory Monitoring & Advisory. Monitor and interpret changes in U.S. immigration law, policy, and enforcement trends; advise Legal and cross-functional stakeholders on regulatory changes affecting nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs.
- Operational Process Design. Lead cross-functional initiatives to enhance immigration program operations, including new tools, templates, process maps, SOPs, and internal training.
- Large-Scale Program Support. Advise on immigration strategy for large-scale workforce transitions, entity restructuring, and high-volume visa programs, including H-1B lottery strategy and entity transfer projects involving significant employee populations.
- Complex Case Advisory. Support teams in addressing complex and arising immigration cases that require escalation beyond routine processing.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor s degree plus a Juris Doctorate (or equivalent) from an ABA-accredited law school or international accredited school of law
- Experience practicing law at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house
- An extensive amount of years of U.S. employment-based immigration experience, including non-immigrant visas (H-1B, L-1, TN, etc.), green card petitions (I-140, EB-1, PERM, etc.), and related programs
- Experience with immigration compliance audits, site visits, or government investigations
- Experience advising on large-scale immigration programs or corporate restructuring involving workforce mobility
- Outstanding analytical, communication, organizational, negotiation, and drafting skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience advising on corporate immigration policies at scale, including H-1B lottery strategy and entity restructuring
- Experience coordinating cross-functional legal risk assessments in the immigration context
- Proven track record of translating legal requirements into operational compliance processes with measurable outcomes and end-to-end accountability
- Experience managing external counsel and validating external legal advice for completeness and business applicability
- Knowledge of student visa compliance, including F-1, OPT, STEM OPT, I-20/I-983, SEVIS reporting, and coordination with DSOs