Staff Growth Product Manager - Lifecycle & Retention

Grindr; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision insurance

Fertility & family-building support

401(k) with 6% match

Competitive compensation + equity

Gender-affirming care program

Flexible vacation & rest weeks

Stipends for phone, internet, wellness

Job summary

Grindr is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Growth to partner with our Head of Growth and lead Grindr’s user growth function. You’ll own key product areas across the lifecycle, using insights and data to improve acquisition, activation, reactivation, and retention.

You will build a multi-quarter growth roadmap and collaborate with Data Science, Marketing, and international teams to optimize App Store presence and lifecycle capabilities. This is a hybrid role with in-person days in select U.S.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on product management across complex consumer products.
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Responsibilities

• 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 our understanding of DAU and MAU, identify where users enter, drop off, return, and build lasting engagement, and translate those insights into product priorities.
• Lead discovery, experimentation, launch, and iteration across high-impact growth initiatives, balancing quantitative signals with deep user understanding.
• Work with Marketing on App Store optimization and lifecycle capabilities, including platforms such as Braze and AppsFlyer, while partnering with international teams on global growth opportunities.
• Create clarity across ambiguous problem spaces, align senior stakeholders around priorities and tradeoffs, and hold the work accountable to measurable outcomes.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

User research

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Tools

Braze

AppsFlyer

Job description

Grindr is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Growth to partner with our Head of Growth and lead Grindr’s user growth function. You’ll own key product areas across the lifecycle, using insights and data to improve acquisition, activation, reactivation, and retention.

You will build a multi-quarter growth roadmap and collaborate with Data Science, Marketing, and international teams to optimize App Store presence and lifecycle capabilities. This is a hybrid role with in-person days in select U.S.