Senior Product Manager, Ecosystem Health

Grindr • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager will lead program planning, operating cadence, and cross-functional execution for key initiatives within Grindr’s Ecosystem Health team. The role coordinates work across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Experience, Legal, and Privacy to improve user safety and platform integrity while preserving the privacy, discretion, and freedom of the community. The team addresses spam, fake accounts, fraud, illegal activities, and harmful conduct across a platform with more than 15 million monthly users and 130 billion annual messages.

This hybrid product and program management role is based in the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Chicago office, with in-person attendance required on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The role turns priorities into plans with clear milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, and decisions; partners with Engineering on technical dependencies and delivery risks; and establishes processes and systems to improve accountability, decision-making, and visibility. It also provides executive updates, anticipates and escalates issues with recommendations, defines program health metrics, tracks outcomes, and uses retrospectives to improve cross-functional work.

Grindr describes its operating model, Grindr Mode, as focused on outcomes, clarity, ownership, and strong work without burnout. The company is building an AI-native organization and embeds AI in its product and operations.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in technical program management, strategy and operations, consulting, or a related field, leading complex initiatives in consumer technology or marketplaces.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional programs from planning through launch, with clear ownership of timelines, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Technical fluency and experience partnering closely with engineers and leaders on architecture, sequencing, launch readiness, and execution tradeoffs.
• Experience establishing tools, processes, and operating systems that improve delivery across multiple functions.
• Clear executive communication skills, including distilling complex program details into concise updates, risks, and decisions.
• Experience in trust and safety, fraud prevention, risk, identity, marketplace integrity, or another complex domain with high operational and technical stakes.
• Strong judgment under ambiguity and ability to create clarity, hold teams accountable, and unblock work without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting programs involving automated systems, machine learning, moderation, fraud, identity, or user safety.
• Active use of AI tools in work or a demonstrated commitment to rapidly adopting them.
• Enjoys working at the intersection of technical complexity, program execution, and cross-functional leadership.
• Able to turn ambiguous goals into practical plans and create the operating structure teams need to deliver.
• Able to determine when to solve a problem directly, bring teams together, or escalate with a recommendation.
• Comfortable communicating with technical teams and executives while adapting the level of detail.

Responsibilities

• Own the program plan, operating cadence, and cross-functional execution for key Ecosystem Health initiatives.
• Translate priorities into milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, and decisions across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Experience, Legal, and Privacy.
• Partner with Engineering to identify technical dependencies, resolve blockers, manage delivery risks, and keep execution moving.
• Establish tools, processes, and systems that improve planning, accountability, decision-making, and program visibility.
• Provide executive updates that clearly explain progress, tradeoffs, risks, and required decisions.
• Anticipate delivery issues, escalate them with clear recommendations, and drive teams toward resolution.
• Define program health metrics, track outcomes, and use retrospectives to improve cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits

• Full premium coverage for employee health, dental, and vision insurance; partial coverage for dependents.
• Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, including IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
• 401(k) with 6% company match and immediate vesting.
• Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
• Gender-affirming care offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, and monthly HRT stipends.
• Flexible vacation policy and two company-wide rest weeks per year.
• Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting.
• Breakfast and lunch.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed