Staff Recruiter

Grindr•San Francisco, CA

1d•$135,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Grindr is seeking a Staff Recruiter to join its Talent Acquisition team. This role will focus on expanding the team's capacity and improving hiring practices. The Staff Recruiter will manage a full portfolio of searches across various functions and levels, including leadership and executive positions, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. The position involves hands-on recruiting, shaping hiring strategy, developing scalable practices, and enhancing talent density within the company. Grindr operates with a "Grindr Mode" philosophy: moderately hardcore day-to-day, truly hardcore when it counts, emphasizing outcomes over outputs and work-life balance. This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco office, requiring in-person presence on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Requirements

A strong track record of owning complex, full-cycle searches across functions and levels, including leadership or executive roles.
Experience in executive search or agency recruiting.
Experience operating within a startup or hypergrowth company.
Executive presence and business judgment to build trust with senior leaders, challenge assumptions, and guide high-stakes hiring decisions.
Deep sourcing expertise, including market mapping, talent intelligence, personalized outreach, and the ability to engage sought-after candidates.
Experience shaping recruiting strategy across multiple teams or business areas.
A systems mindset and a record of improving recruiting practices, tools, or workflows beyond individual searches.
Strong project management and communication skills, with the ability to manage shifting priorities without losing rigor or momentum.

Nice To Haves

Enjoy moving between executive search, high-priority individual contributor roles, and emerging business needs.
Create clarity when the hiring brief is ambiguous, the market challenges expectations, or stakeholders disagree on the profile.
Energized by direct executive partnership and the opportunity to build Talent Acquisition at a public company operating with startup speed.
Raise the performance of the broader team through strong judgment, reusable practices, and generous thought partnership.
AI-native or rapidly becoming so - actively use AI tools in workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior leaders to identify talent gaps, define necessary profiles, and develop focused hiring strategies.
Manage complex, full-cycle searches for leadership and executive roles, from intake and market mapping to assessment and closing.
Develop targeted sourcing strategies to attract exceptional candidates, including passive talent, and provide market insights.
Advise hiring teams on role design, candidate calibration, interview quality, and closing strategies using data and judgment.
Build scalable recruiting frameworks, tools, and operating practices to enhance consistency, speed, candidate experience, and decision quality.
Utilize AI and automation to redesign recruiting workflows, eliminate low-value tasks, and create reusable systems to increase team capacity.
Mentor recruiting teammates through thought partnership, market insight, and high standards of execution, without formal people management.

Benefits

Full premium health, dental, and vision coverage for employees.
Partial coverage for dependents' health, dental, and vision.
Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support (IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, adoption).
401(k) with a 6% match and immediate vesting.
Industry-competitive compensation.
Company bonus.
Equity for every employee.
Industry-leading gender-affirming care offerings (up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT).
Flexible vacation policy.
Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting.
Breakfast/lunch provided.