Product Lead, Grindr

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Founder, GM, or Operations Leader building and shipping consumer-facing products at scale (millions of users)
• Proven ability to take an idea from zero to one: concept through validation, launch, and iteration
• Strong product sense: able to make product decisions to meet user needs, drive business outcomes, and manage tradeoffs
• Track record of driving impact in ambiguous environments, making decisions with partial information, and balancing strategy with execution
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence executives and inspire teams
• Experience working closely with design, engineering, research, data, marketing, and business stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, with experience leveraging both data and user research to make product decisions
• Demonstrated ownership of successful products across their lifecycle
• Ability to structure, clarify, and break down complex problems into actionable steps

Desirable

• We are looking for exceptional builders to start and lead new businesses at Grindr (NYSE: GRND), the world’s largest LGBTQ+ social app with more than 14.5 monthly active users in nearly every country
• Grindr is already a pillar in gay culture and a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community. Our mission is even greater: to build the global Gayborhood in your pocket™
• Expansion at Grindr means going beyond our core to create new blocks of the Gayborhood, offering products and services our audience already wants — starting with Health and Travel
• As a founder and product leader, you will drive the creation of entirely new products and businesses, leveraging Grindr’s unique engagement, data, and brand to serve our community in new ways
• This role has clear headroom to grow into GM of your space, or to lead other major bets for Grindr
• This is a senior individual contributor role
• You’ll partner across Business, Engineering, Design, Data, Research, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Privacy
• You’ll bridge strategy and execution, driving high-impact, cross-functional work while remaining hands-on in shaping product direction and delivering meaningful results for millions of users worldwide
• Define a bold vision and product thesis for new Grindr expansion businesses
• Build and lead a small, multidisciplinary team through ideation, prototyping, validation, launch, and scaling
• Partner closely with engineering, design, data science, and research to plan, develop, and launch consumer products with elegant, user-centric experiences
• Use experiment-driven analysis, success metrics, and both qualitative and quantitative research to shape strategy and evaluate outcomes
• Listen to customers, non-customers, and stakeholders, then integrate insights into roadmap and direction
• Lead development, launch, commercialization, partnerships, and positioning of new products
• Align with Grindr’s mission, community needs, and business goals while operating with autonomy and speed
• Lead through ambiguity: identify growth levers, evaluate operational requirements, and balance short-term experimentation with long-term vision
• Communicate effectively across the company, from executives to cross-functional peers, building alignment and momentum