AI Safety Evaluation & Governance Product Manager Intern

TikTok
San Jose, CA
Category Operations
Job Description
Role Overview

The Feed Safety-Model & Data Intelligence team within TikTok Platform Responsibility ensures that AI models meet the highest bar before they make content safety decisions affecting billions of users. Our work spans three layers: Standards & Governance, AI/ML Solution Design, and Rigorous Evaluation.

What You Will Do

Design and execute evaluation plans for AI safety models, build and maintain high-quality ground truth datasets, analyze model performance using statistical methods, and communicate evaluation results and governance standards to cross-functional partners.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship, offering hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master's in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Public Policy, or closely related quantitative fields
  • Solid grasp of applied statistics — sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, distribution analysis — and ability to apply these to real measurement problems
  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML concepts (classification, NLP, LLMs, precision/recall); comfortable discussing model behavior with engineers
  • Interest in governance, policy, or content safety; appreciation for the complexity of defining 'right' and 'wrong' at scale
  • Strong structured thinking — able to decompose ambiguous problems into clear goals and prioritized actions; goal-oriented and hypothesis-driven
  • Ability to communicate in both English and Chinese to collaborate with global and China-based stakeholders

Benefits

  • Hands-on experience
  • Industry exposure
  • Opportunities to apply knowledge to real-world challenges
  • Social events
  • Learning programs
  • Development workshops
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