Director of Product Design, Hinge
Trust & Safety
$235-287k
3 days a week in office
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Be an early applicant
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$235-287k
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience managing product designers, including senior-level talent
- Previously operated as a Lead-level IC before moving into management
- Proven track record of developing designers and building high-performing teams
- Strong design instincts and the ability to recognize and elevate quality work
- Experienced in driving work from ambiguous problem space to shipped product
- Skilled at building strategic partnerships with senior Product and Engineering leaders
- Clear, compelling communicator who can create energy around complex domains
Desirable
- Experience designing for Trust & Safety, community health, marketplace integrity, identity, or privacy
- Familiarity with experimentation, behavioral frameworks, or machine learning signals used to detect or prevent harmful interactions
- Content design management experience is a plus, but not required
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Director of Product Design to lead design across the Trust & Safety domain
- This is a senior people leadership role responsible for elevating craft, shaping strategy, and building strong cross-functional partnerships in one of the most important areas of our product
- Design Leadership and Execution: Lead design across Trust & Safety, setting direction for how safety and trusted connection show up throughout the Hinge experience. Guide your team in turning ambiguous problem spaces and strategic priorities into thoughtful user journeys and high-quality product experiences. Stay close to the work to ensure clarity, cohesion, and strong execution from concept through launch
- Craft and Systems Thinking: Maintain a high bar for visual, interaction, and systems thinking across squads. Ensure safety experiences feel intuitive, human, and cohesive. Partner with Design Systems and Content Design to evolve scalable patterns that support complex, emotionally nuanced moments
- Mentorship and Influence: Manage and develop a team of four designers across three squads, including product and content design. Provide clear direction, meaningful feedback, and growth pathways. Lead critiques that elevate quality, model strong collaboration, and foster a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and healthy debate
- Strategic Collaboration and Impact: Partner closely with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Operations, and Policy to shape vision and align priorities. Influence roadmap decisions, bring design into strategic conversations early, and ensure Trust & Safety teams experience Design as a true thought partner
- Innovation and Forward Thinking: Champion design-led innovation in one of the most emotionally complex areas of our product. Encourage experimentation and forward-looking solutions that strengthen user trust while supporting business and operational realities
Our take
Hinge is a dating app that stands out by prioritizing meaningful relationships over casual hookups. Designed for people seeking long-term commitments, it moves away from the typical "swipe" approach popularized by apps like Tinder. Instead, Hinge emphasized detailed profiles and compatibility-based recommendations so used can make deeper, more genuine connections.
Back in 2019, half of single people in the US had never tried a dating app. Fast forward to today, and online dating is just part of the norm. Hinge has carved out its place in this market by focusing on long-term meaningful relationships, and is certainly meeting the growing demand for companionship while riding the wave of the online dating trend.
The "dating app designed to be deleted" is the fastest-growing dating app on the market and with online dating becoming the mainstream, Hinge looks pretty set to stay at the top.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2014
$12m
SERIES A
Jul 2014
$4.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $20.6m
Company benefits
- Hybrid and Remote Work: If you're hybrid, you'll come in three times a week. We host our biweekly All-Hands meetings on Wednesdays (often with sweet treats).
- Dating: Experience what our users experience. All US-based Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates. Hinge Premium is also free for all employees and their loved ones.
- Retirement Benefits: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
- Health Insurance: high-quality medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
- Paid Time Off: 20 accruable vacation days annually. Plus 1 floating holiday, 10 wellness days, 1 community service day, and a generous company holiday calendar. PTO increases with tenure after 2 years with the company.
- Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents). We also subsidize fertility care and preservation services.
- Wellness: We subsidize OneMedical, ClassPass, and CitiBike memberships. You and your dependents also have access to individual therapy, group therapy, and coaching services through Modern Health.
- Professional Growth: receive a $3,000 annual Learning & Development stipend after three months, along with free access to Udemy, an online marketplace with over 6,000 courses, starting on your first day.
- Meals: Receive a $30 weekly Seamless credit. In the NYC office, we offer plenty of options for snacks and drinks. Plus, free catered lunches in the office Tuesday through Thursday. In-office lunch varies by location.
- Community Service: We match charitable donations dollar for dollar to a maximum of $15,000 per employee, and give every US-based employee 1 day off for community service annually.
- Commuting: Every US-based hybrid employee gets a $125 monthly commuter subsidy to use for public transportation, parking, bike maintenance and storage, and more.
- Pets: Feel free to bring your best friend to work with you to the NYC office. For US-based employees, we’ll provide pet insurance for your furry family members, too.
- Legal Coverage: You’ll receive low cost access to legal coverage that covers custody and support matters, divorce, real estate and home ownership, tenancy issues, tax issues, wills and estate planning, and more.
- Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide $10,000 toward fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Justin McLeod
(Founder & CEO)Having studied at Colgate University and Harvard Business School, Justin founded Hinge in February 2011. He has served as CEO since.
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