Sr. Communications Manager

Match Group•New York, NY

3d•$155,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Tinder is seeking a Sr. Communications Manager to shape how the company shows up at the intersection of product and culture. This role is central to translating product innovation into compelling narratives backed by data and craft. The manager will partner with Product, Product Marketing, Analytics, and Brand from the earliest stages of feature planning, acting as a communications partner to help shape the story. A key responsibility will be owning the data side of communications, identifying trends, securing approvals, and pitching stories directly to the press. This role reports to the Head of Global Communications and operates from the New York office in a hybrid environment.

Requirements

5+ years in communications, ideally spanning both product and consumer storytelling in consumer tech.
A track record of hands-on management of feature launches with cross-functional teams, from strategy through placement.
Sharp instincts for finding the signal in a roadmap or dataset before anyone else spots it.
A real read on how the media landscape is shifting, and genuine curiosity about newer formats like podcasts and social-first reporters, not just the traditional trade and consumer press.
Live media relationships.
Comfort being in the room early with Product, Product Marketing, and Brand, not just receiving a brief after the fact.
Enough data fluency to look at a pile of behavioral numbers or performance metrics and find the one angle that's a compelling story.

Nice To Haves

An agency background, and the hunger to grow inside a company that moves quickly.
Experience navigating claims approval processes at a consumer tech company (working with Analytics or Legal to defend a stat before it goes external).
The range to work a product-feature story one week and a bigger brand or cultural story the next.

Responsibilities

Build and lead communications strategy for major feature launches, partnering with Product, Product Marketing, and Brand from early planning through launch day.
Translate product improvements into stories consumers actually care about, explaining why a feature makes dating better, not just what it does.
Turn complex product areas into simple, credible narratives with clear proof points.
Spot creative, non-obvious angles in Tinder's product and behavioral data and turning them into pitchable stories that break through a crowded feed.
Request and scope data pulls with Analytics, and shepherd every data-backed claim through approval (methodology, sample size, sign-off) before it reaches a reporter or agency.
Package approved data and narrative for PR agency partners to execute in-market pitch outreach.
Bring comms' perspective into cross-functional launch planning early enough to help shape the story, flagging early when a narrative needs more definition or a claim isn't ready.
Personally draft pitches and maintain press relationships.