Director of HR Business Partner, Hinge
$185-223k
Expert level
New York
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Job no longer available
Dating app for meaningful relationships
501-1000 employees
B2CLifestyleDating
Job no longer available
$185-223k
Expert level
New York
501-1000 employees
B2CLifestyleDating
Company mission
To create a less lonely world by inspiring intimate, in-person connections.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 12+ years as an HRBP / People Partner, including experience partnering with senior leaders in Marketing, Brand, Creative, or Growth organizations. Demonstrated depth in organizational design, executive coaching, and talent strategy within fast-paced, high-growth, or tech-enabled environments
- Change Leadership & Systems Thinking: Demonstrated ability to connect dots across teams, anticipate second-order impacts, and lead complex organizational change. Experience designing and scaling people programs that drive measurable business impact
- Executive Coaching & Advising: Proven ability to coach and influence senior leaders in dynamic, performance-driven environments—balancing ambitious outcomes with sustainable team health and long-term organizational effectiveness
- Influence & Communication: Strong data fluency and strategic storytelling ability. Exceptional communication and influencing skills with the ability to translate people insights into clear recommendations that drive alignment and action across senior stakeholders
- Nice to have: Formal coaching certification or background; experience supporting Marketing or other creative, consumer-facing organizations at scale; experience leading enterprise-level talent processes such as performance, talent planning, or engagement programs
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Director, HR Business Partner who embodies our culture and core values and can serve as a strategic partner to our Marketing Organization
- In this role, you will shape and drive the people strategy for the organization, partnering closely with senior leaders to align talent, organizational design, and leadership capability with business priorities
- You will bring both strategic perspective and operational rigor to how we scale our teams—from advising executives on organizational effectiveness and leadership development to shaping how core talent programs are designed and adopted
- You will collaborate closely with People Operations, L&D, and Talent Acquisition to build scalable systems, strengthen leadership capability, and steward organizational change with care and clarity
- Strategic Partner to Leaders: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping organizational strategy through a people lens. Ground recommendations in business context, org health, and long-term capability needs while helping leaders think in systems rather than symptoms
- Org Design & Ways of Working: Lead complex organizational design efforts that clarify roles, decision rights, and operating rhythms. Partner with leadership to evolve structures, spans/layers, and cross-functional collaboration models that enable the business to scale effectively
- Leadership & Manager Development: Coach senior leaders and managers to strengthen leadership effectiveness, decision-making, and team performance. Partner with L&D to scale leadership development and manager capability across the organization
- Talent & Performance: Drive talent strategy for the organization, including performance calibration, development planning, and succession planning for critical roles. Partner with People Ops to ensure performance and compensation processes are transparent, equitable, and aligned with business outcomes
- Change Leadership: Lead thoughtful change initiatives including reorganizations, strategic shifts, and team evolution. Design pragmatic change plans with clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and strong adoption
- Team Effectiveness & Culture: Diagnose systemic challenges impacting team health or performance and partner with leaders to strengthen psychological safety, accountability, and organizational effectiveness
- Employee Relations: Navigate complex and sensitive employee matters in partnership with Legal and People Ops. Proactively identify organizational risks and coach leaders to address issues early and constructively
- Special Projects: Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that improve how the organization operates—from talent systems to leadership practices
- Learning & Development: Identify capability gaps and partner with L&D to design programs and experiences that build the leadership and functional capabilities needed for the organization’s next stage of growth
- Data-driven Insights: Translate engagement, talent, and organizational data into clear insights and executive-ready narratives that inform decision-making and drive action
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 emphasizes detailed profiles and compatibility-based recommendations so users 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
Led by a woman
Top investors
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
Jackie Jantos
(CEO)Previously Advisor at Dashlane, VP of Global & Creative at Spotify, Global Creative & Content Director at Coca Cola and was a Partner at Ogilvy & Mather.
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