Product Counsel

Grindr; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health benefits

401k matching

Flexible PTO & holidays

Equity for all employees

Onsite meals and stipend

Queer-inclusive health benefits

Commuter stipend

Community giving stipend

Job summary

Grindr seeks an exceptional Product Legal expert to serve as a strategic partner to product, engineering, design, and trust and safety teams throughout the full product lifecycle. You will shape product strategy from the outset, translate complex legal requirements into clear product choices, and help Grindr move quickly and responsibly through ambiguity. J.D.

and a track record in consumer tech required. Emphasis on AI, privacy, user trust, and compliance across global markets; you will counsel

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of product legal experience, including significant in-house work.
• Strong cross-functional instincts to partner with product leaders, engineers, designers, and executives.
• Ability to create clarity and scalable processes in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Experience advising on AI, privacy, and consumer technology considerations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary day-to-day legal partner to Product Development teams across the full product lifecycle.
• Advise on AI-enabled product features and experiences including personalization, location-based products, subscriptions, and payments.
• Help product teams develop user-centered disclosure, consent, education, and choice approaches.
• Build scalable legal tools, playbooks, review processes, and decision frameworks to involve Legal early.
• Counsel executives and Board on AI regulation, online safety, age assurance, consumer protection, and platform regulation across key markets.

Skills

In-house experience

Product counseling

AI regulation

Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

• We are looking for an exceptional Product Legal expert to serve as a strategic legal partner to Grindr’s product, engineering, design, and trust and safety teams
• This is not a role for someone who wants to review products at the end of the development process
• You will help shape product strategy and design from the beginning, identifying issues early, translating complex legal requirements into clear product choices, and helping Grindr move quickly and responsibly through ambiguity
• At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It’s about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives
• Serve as the primary day-to-day legal partner to our Product Development teams (Product Management, Engineering, Design, Data, Trust & Safety) across the full product lifecycle
• Advise on innovative, AI-enabled product features and experiences as we build out the digital global gayborhood, including personalization and recommendations, location-based products, subscriptions and payments, and new growth initiatives
• Help product teams develop clear, user-centered approaches to disclosure, consent, education, and choice
• Serve as the hub connecting Product Development teams with other subject matter experts across the Legal & Privacy team and outside counsel, while retaining issue ownership and driving toward a clear business answer
• Work closely with our dedicated Privacy team on matters involving sensitive data, notice and consent, user controls, data-sharing practices, DSAR rights, and privacy-by-design
• Build and maintain scalable legal tools, playbooks, review processes, and decision frameworks that bring Legal into the right conversations early without slowing the organization down
• Counsel senior stakeholders, including executives and the Board of Directors, on the legal issues most central to Grindr’s next chapter: AI regulation and governance; online safety; age assurance; consumer protection; and platform regulation across the U.S., Europe, India, Brazil, and other key markets

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees
• 401k Matching (up to 6%)
• Flexible PTO, sick-time, holidays, and two company wide shut-down weeks + an annual travel and leisure stipend
• Equity for all employees
• Monthly lifestyle stipend for food and wellness as well as fully catered onsite breakfast, lunch, and snacks
• Gender Aff…
• Queer-inclusive health benefits including LGBTQ consultative healthcare and expanded HRT shipped directly to employees in eligible states
• Monthly commuter stipend to get you to and from the office on in-person collaboration days
• Community projects and charitable giving stipend to support LGBTQ+ non-profit organizations alongside Grindr for Equality

At least 8 years of experience, including significant in-house experience, providing product counseling to dynamic consumer internet businesses, with a demonstrated track record of excellence and professional advancementStrong cross-functional instincts and the credibility to partner effectively with product leaders, engineers, designers, and executivesDemonstrated ability to create clarity and scalable process in fast-moving, ambiguous environments - you know how to keep the organization moving without sacrificing rigorJ.D. from an accredited law school, a strong academic record, and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdictionExceptional legal judgment and the ability to turn difficult, unsettled legal questions into practical recommendations that product and business leaders can act on with confidenceEnjoy being close to the product and want to help build, not just review, what Grindr ships to millions of usersAre energized by hard questions at the intersection of AI, sensitive data, user trust, safety, and consumer technology. You get more curious when the law is unsettledAre AI-native or rapidly becoming so. You actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them

Embrace risk, default toward yes, you find the path that makes something work, and reserve no for when it genuinely matters

You May Thrive in this Role if You:

• Care about building technology that serves GBTQ+ people globally, with an appreciation for the particular safety, privacy, and cultural considerations that come with that responsibility
• Have succeeded in a high-growth, startup-like environment where priorities shift, facts are incomplete, and thoughtful action matters more than perfect process
• Build trust by understanding the product, the user experience, and the business objective, not just the legal doctrine
• Hold a high bar for rigor while being pragmatic, creative, and solutions-oriented