Staff Product Manager, Ecosystem Health

This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York office and will require you to be in the office on 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’re looking for a Staff Product Manager, Ecosystem Health to strengthen the integrity of Grindr’s platform and protect our users’ experiences across the ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of fraud prevention, risk management, and trust & safety — focusing on ensuring authenticity, reducing harmful behavior, and driving confidence in our community interactions.

You’ll design strategies and build product solutions that detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, spam, and abuse, while partnering cross-functionally with teams across Legal, Customer Experience, and Engineering. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives at the intersection of data, integrity, and user experience, translating safety principles into scalable product innovation.

What’s the job?

Platform Integrity: Lead efforts to detect and moderate spam, fake accounts, harassment, and other malicious behaviors that affect user experience
Building and Refining AI / ML Tools: Develop and refine AI/ML systems to moderate our platform at scale while being mindful of what users are on Grindr to do
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Customer Experience, Legal, Privacy, and Marketing to translate policy into actionable product requirements.
Build User Trust: Develop user-facing features that promote authenticity and trust on the platform while respecting the desire for discreteness and privacy on the platform
Data-Driven Decision Making: Define and monitor metrics that measure fraud, risk, and ecosystem health; use data insights to proactively reduce exposure and improve user experience.
Crisis & Incident Response: Support cross-functional response plans for incidents impacting platform integrity and user safety.
Continuous Learning: Stay ahead of regulatory, technological, and behavioral trends in fraud and platform risk to evolve our approach and protect our community.

What We'll Love About You

7–11 years of product management experience at a high-performing, consumer-facing company.
Experience in fraud detection, risk management, or ecosystem integrity; familiarity with trust & safety principles is a plus.
Strong analytical and technical skills — comfortable working with data to diagnose issues, define KPIs, and validate solutions.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without direct authority.
Experience building or integrating automation and AI-driven tools to improve operational efficiency and safety.
A thoughtful balance of risk management and user empathy — you protect users while enabling freedom and connection.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; you can distill complex topics into clear, actionable insights.

We’ll really swoon if you have

While this is a Product Management role, prior experience or exposure to data science, software engineering, or other data-driven functions is highly valued

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 14.5 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. In 2015 we introduced Grindr for Equality, our in-house non-profit which 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, exploring the depths of AI, 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 aim to build a workforce of talented, passionate, and open-minded individuals from different backgrounds, with different abilities, identities, and mindsets. Come be a part of this exciting journey to disrupt the consumer technology space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture!

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer.

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