Staff Growth Product Manager, AI-Native Growth

Grindr; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision

Family formation support

401(k) with match

Equity

Gender-affirming care

Flexible vacation

Monthly stipends for phone, internet,

Wellness, food, and commuting

Job summary

Grindr is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Growth, to partner with our Head of Growth and own growth initiatives across the user lifecycle. You will use customer insights and data to improve acquisition, activation, reactivation, and retention, shaping a multi-quarter roadmap.

You will develop onboarding improvements, re-onboarding for returning users, and new engagement strategies. This role is hybrid, based in NYC, LA, SF, or Chicago, with in-person days on Tue/Thu.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on product management experience, including ownership of complex consumer products from strategy through launch and iteration.
• A track record of defining and delivering multi-quarter product strategies that improved activation, engagement, retention, or another meaningful user outcome.
• Strong analytical judgment with experience using product data and experimentation to drive decisions.
• Deep user orientation with ability to connect qualitative insight and quantitative evidence.
• Experience leading cross-functional work with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Marketing, and other partners in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to operate independently, create structure from ambiguity, and influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Clear written and verbal communication and strong product judgment to explain tradeoffs and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Help build Grindr’s growth product function from the ground up, defining how we identify, prioritize, and deliver on opportunities across the user lifecycle.
• Develop and drive a multi-quarter roadmap spanning user acquisition, activation, retention, reactivation, and churn prevention.
• Improve the new user experience from App Store discovery through onboarding and the first week on Grindr.
• Build better re-onboarding experiences for returning users and create new ways for less active users to find value and connection.
• Partner with Data Science to deepen understanding of DAU/MAU, identify entry/exit/return points, and translate insights into priorities.
• Lead discovery, experimentation, launch, and iteration across high-impact growth initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Work with Marketing on App Store optimization and lifecycle capabilities, including Braze and AppsFlyer, while collaborating with international teams on global growth.
• Create clarity across ambiguous problem spaces, align senior stakeholders around priorities, and hold work to outcomes.

Skills

Growth product management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

User research

Experimentation

Strategic planning

Communication

Tools

Braze

AppsFlyer

GA4

Job description

Grindr is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Growth, to partner with our Head of Growth and own growth initiatives across the user lifecycle. You will use customer insights and data to improve acquisition, activation, reactivation, and retention, shaping a multi-quarter roadmap.

You will develop onboarding improvements, re-onboarding for returning users, and new engagement strategies. This role is hybrid, based in NYC, LA, SF, or Chicago, with in-person days on Tue/Thu.