Senior Product/Program Manager (Ecosystem Health)

Grindr; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Lifestyle stipend

Catered onsite meals

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Grindr is seeking a hybrid Product/Program Manager to drive Ecosystem Health initiatives across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Legal, Privacy, and Customer Experience. You will translate priorities into clear milestones and ownership, surface risks early, and unblock work to protect user safety and platform integrity.

You will own the program plan, cadence, and cross-functional execution for key initiatives, collaborating with engineering to identify dependencies and drive delivery

Qualifications

• Track record of driving cross-functional programs from planning to launch
• Clear ownership of timelines, dependencies, risks, and outcomes
• Strong judgment under ambiguity and ability to unblock work

Responsibilities

• Drive execution of Ecosystem Health programs across multiple teams
• Own the program plan, cadence, and cross-functional execution
• Translate priorities into milestones, owners, risks, and decisions
• Partner with Engineering to identify dependencies and unblock delivery
• Establish tools and processes to improve planning and visibility
• Provide regular executive updates on progress, risks, and decisions
• Anticipate issues and push for resolution
• Define program health metrics and use retrospectives to improve teamwork

Skills

Cross-functional PM

Executive updates

Risk management

Architecture coordination

Job description

• This is a hybrid product/program management role, where you’ll drive the execution of complex Ecosystem Health programs across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Legal, Privacy, and Customer Experience
• You’ll turn priorities into clear plans, establish the systems that keep teams aligned, surface risks early, and unblock the work required to improve user safety and platform integrity
• Own the program plan, operating cadence, and cross-functional execution for key initiatives within Ecosystem Health
• Translate priorities into clear milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, and decisions across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Experience, Legal, and Privacy
• Partner regularly with Engineering to identify technical dependencies, resolve blockers, manage delivery risks, and keep execution moving
• Establish tools, processes, and systems that improve planning, accountability, decision-making, and visibility across the program
• Provide regular executive updates that make progress, tradeoffs, risks, and required decisions easy to understand
• Anticipate issues before they slow delivery, elevate with clear recommendations, and drive teams toward resolution
• Define program health metrics, track outcomes, and use retrospectives to improve how cross-functional teams work together

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 Affimation Fund for transgender and gender non-conforming employees
• 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

A track record of driving cross-functional programs from planning through launch, with clear ownership of timelines, dependencies, risks, and outcomesStrong judgment under ambiguity, with the ability to create clarity, hold teams accountable, and unblock work without direct authorityExperience establishing tools, processes, and operating systems that improve delivery across multiple functions5+ years of technical program management, strategy and operations, consulting, or related experience leading complex initiatives in consumer technology or marketplacesExperience in trust and safety, fraud prevention, risk, identity, marketplace integrity, or another complex domain with high operational and technical stakesClear executive communication skills, including the ability to distill complex program details into concise updates, risks, and decisionsTechnical fluency and experience partnering closely with engineers and leaders on architecture, sequencing, launch readiness, and execution tradeoffs