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Grindr

Director of Product, Trust & Safety

Grindr, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079


This is a hybrid role based in our LA or SFBA offices and will require you to be in office Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What’s so interesting about this role?

Grindr (NSYE: GRND) is the largest LGBTQ+ Social App in the world, used by over 14M+ monthly users in nearly every country in the world. We are a fundamental part of the global LGBTQ+ community and are a pillar in gay culture. As we continue to build out the Global Gayborhood in your pocket, we are committed to providing a safe and trusted platform for meaningful connection, taking into account the particular safety needs of the community we serve.

We are seeking a Director of Product, Trust & Safety to lead Grindr’s work in ensuring our users have a safe experience on our platform. The Director of Product, Trust & Safety will lead all efforts to ensure the integrity of users accounts and activities, including the elimination of spam, fake accounts, illegal activities and harmful conduct, and ensuring that only adults are on the platform. Additionally, this leader will partner with customer experience to improve operations and moderation, and drive new technologies into our product experience, including automation and AI. This is an integral role for Grindr and our millions of users across the globe.

What’s the job?

Integrity of Accounts/User Activity:

Lead product efforts to eliminate fake accounts, spam, illegal activity and other harmful conduct on the platform, and ensure that only adults are on the platform

Partner with Customer Experience

to improve operations and moderation through technology, including internal web-based tools and AI

Develop user-facing mobile work

including safety strategies like verification and other user privacy settings

Drive automation

improvements and uplevel workflows

providing users a safer experience, preventing spam and bots on the platform.

Policy Implementation:

Develop new policy with Legal, Privacy, CX and Marketing, and translate it into technical processes that work in concert with operational processes

Performance Monitoring:

Define & report on key performance indicators via regular audits and assessments, to identify and mitigate potential safety risks to our users and our business

Crisis Management:

Prepare for and respond to crises that impact user trust and safety, in collaboration with our Legal, Comms, and Investor Relations teams

Keep up with regulatory changes

and other industry trends to continually enhance user safety

What we'll love about you

10-15 years of experience as a Product Manager focused on Trust & Safety, in a global social platform, DTC company, or alike

In-depth knowledge of online safety issues, policies, and best practices including eliminating spam, bots, bad actors and other illegal activities online.

A continuous improvement mindset, with proven experience implementing automations for better workflows; ideally with in depth knowledge of how to use AI to do this

Experience building product for sensitive areas of content, including freedom of expression, prevention of minors accessing platforms meant for adults, and user generated content

Strong analytical skills, including working with large data sets to identify and solve business problems

Strong XFN relationship management skills, including the ability to influence and drive consensus among senior leadership

We’ll really swoon if you have

Experience working with marginalized communities including the LGBTQ+ community

What you'll love about us

Mission and Impact: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.

Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.

Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.

Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.

Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.

Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

About Grindr

Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 13.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality

has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.

Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we're setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1.

Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a

track record

of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we’re building a team of talented, passionate, and open-minded people who want to disrupt the dating app space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us.

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer

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