About Grindr

Since launching in 2009, Grindr has grown into the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. We have millions of daily users who use our location-based technology in almost every country in every corner of the planet.

Today, Grindr proudly represents a modern LGBTQ+ lifestyle that expands into new platforms. From social issues to original content, we continue to blaze innovative paths with a meaningful impact for our community. At Grindr, we create a safe space where you can discover, navigate, and get zero feet away from the queer world around you.

As of June 2020, Grindr has new owners with a track record of multiple successful Bay Area start-ups. The new leadership is demonstrating a renewed commitment to creating an experience for users that is safe, fun, and productive, as well as a positive & uplifting company culture in which everyone can be their best selves. At the heart of Grindr’s mission in this new chapter is a shared set of core values including transparency, accountability, experimentation (failing fast), and strong allegiance to the LGBTQ+ community.

What’s so interesting about this role?

Grindr is seeking an outstanding Senior Product Manager who desires an exciting career challenge to help build a unique, world-class company. The Product Manager of Growth will focus on enhancing and optimizing the revenue generating engine of the company. You will identify and deliver features of value for paid-subscribers, drive optimizations to improve core business metrics, and own platform vendor relationships.

What’s the Job?

Ability to drive revenue and growth product work, including optimizing product for conversion to premium/paid subscribers. Must be able to make trade-offs on free user revenue vs. subscriber revenue (LTV-optimized ARPU). Ability to run a variety of revenue and growth product experiments quickly.  Should be able to delineate new user and subscriber funnel. Should have experience in revenue-focused product work (either premium or ad). Must be able to explain to the company how/when and why users join/leave and subscribe/unsubscribe. Should be able to design future revenue products for the company.

Engineering background a plus. Quantitative strengths required. Experience and skills in consumer facing product. Ability to lead sprints and work across engineering, design and fellow PMs. Experience with LGTBQ+ community use cases a bonus. TW/Mandarin language a plus. Should understand and support the core/historical product value of Grindr as well as help to drive future evolution of the service.

What We’ll Love About You

• 4+ years’ experience as a product manager in a web or mobile business
• Solid understanding of the dynamics of subscription revenue generation, acquisition, conversion and retention models. Experience working on products for a consumer subscription-based business.
• Has worked using iterative development methodologies and A|B testing best practices
• Excellent analytics. Can gather and utilize hard data to assess opportunities. Identifies intended results and measures outcomes.
• Demonstrated ownership of successful products throughout the product lifecycle
• Has led and motivated a cross-functional team. Working knowledge of user interface design practices and user testing. Worked with engineering to drive delivery and adapt to technical constraints without comprising user needs. Worked with Marketing to successfully launch programs
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills
• Highly collaborative. Builds trust & strong relationships at all levels, influences without formal authority, pushes back when appropriate. Earns respect and respects contributions of others.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. Structures, clarifies, and breaks-down problems. Proven experience to concurrently lead multiple strategic and tactical initiatives.

What You'll Love About Us

• High-growth company - plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and grow your career!
• Fully remote culture - work from home (or wherever!)
• Competitive compensation, including equity
• 100% covered medical, dental and vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Unlimited paid time off
• 401k Match
• Other great perks, such as home office stipend