Sr. Manager, Talent & Culture

What You'll Do - Tinder-Specific Learning & Leadership Development

• Lead the learning and development strategy for Tinder, identifying priority skills and building targeted solutions that support growth across functions.
• Partner with Tinder People Business Partners and leaders in Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, and beyond to co-create learning programs tailored to the brand’s needs.
• Design and deliver leadership development programs for people leaders
• Facilitate team effectiveness sessions (e.g., DiSC, design thinking) and leadership offsites that strengthen team dynamics and trust.
• Create scalable, self-serve learning toolkits that meet teams where they are - fast, flexible, and tied to business goals.
• Partner with People Business Partners and leaders to identify capability gaps and develop solutions to address them.

Career Growth & Talent Development

• Revamp and evolve Tinder’s internal career pathways and job ladders, ensuring alignment with organizational structure, role expectations, and growth opportunities.
• Partner with Tinder HRBPs and leaders to embed career frameworks into development conversations and talent reviews.
• Provide manager training that increases transparency into career progression, pay practices, and market benchmarks.

Values & Culture Building

• Embed Tinder’s values into talent programs, onboarding, leadership development, and recognition efforts.
• Partner ERG leaders to build inclusive experiences that reflect Tinder’s diverse community.
• Support cultural rituals like Tinder Huddles and offsites that foster connection, belonging, and shared purpose.
• Lead engagement survey action planning efforts in partnership with Tinder leadership and Match Group resources.

Enterprise & Brand Collaboration

• Localize and deliver Match Group corporate talent programs (e.g., mid-level manager development, succession planning, mentorship) to meet the needs of Tinder’s culture and org structure.
• Identify Tinder-developed programs (e.g., onboarding, manager training) with the potential to scale across Match Group brands and facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Apply change management best practices to drive adoption of new talent programs across global and cross-functional teams.

Organizational Development & Measurement

• Partner with Tinder People leaders to design and facilitate team development sessions and leadership offsites.
• Use feedback from engagement surveys, talent reviews, and pulse data to evolve programs and measure effectiveness.
• Track and report on program impact, using data to inform decisions and shape future strategy.

We could be a match if:

• You have 8+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or Talent Management.
• You have a strong track record of building and facilitating talent programs that engage people leaders and cross-functional teams.
• You have experience working across corporate and brand or business unit structures.
• You have ability to localize enterprise talent initiatives to fit the needs of a distinct brand culture and org model.
• You have a familiarity with performance management cycles and engagement survey design or follow-through.
• You have cultural fluency and the ability to translate values into actionable programs.
• You have exceptional communication, facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• You have a builder’s mindset — comfortable iterating in ambiguity and scaling what works.

Nice to haves:

• Experience in tech or high-growth environments.
• Familiarity with systems like Workday, Litmos or similar HRIS/LMS platforms. 
• Certification in leadership or team development tools (e.g., DiSC, Enneagram).
• Proficiency with authoring tools like Articulate or similar for digital learning content creation.