GM, Travel

This is a hybrid role based in our Bay Area, LA, New York, or Chicago offices and will require you to be in office Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What’s so interesting about this role?

We are looking for exceptional builders to start and lead new businesses at Grindr (NYSE: GRND), the world’s largest LGBTQ+ social app with more than 15 million monthly active users in nearly every country. Grindr is already a pillar in gay culture and a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community. Our mission is even greater: to build the global Gayborhood in your pocket™.

Expansion at Grindr means going beyond our core to create new blocks of the Gayborhood, offering products and services our audience already wants—starting with Health and Travel. As a GM, Travel, you will drive the launch and scaling of entirely new businesses, with direct ownership over operations, commercialization, partnerships, and P&L. You will combine strategic vision with hands-on execution, building cross-functional teams and creating sustainable businesses that deepen Grindr’s impact on our community.

You’ll partner across Business, Engineering, Design, Data, Research, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Privacy to take initiatives from concept to launch to scale, with clear headroom to grow into GM of your space or lead other major bets for Grindr.

What’s the job?

• Define a bold strategy, business thesis, and operational plan for new Grindr expansion businesses.

• Build and lead small, cross-functional teams through validation, launch, and scaling.

• Own business model, unit economics, pricing, and P&L accountability for your initiative.

• Develop go-to-market and commercialization plans; negotiate and manage external partnerships.

• Design operational systems, processes, and resource models to enable rapid scaling.

• Use financial, operational, and customer data to evaluate business performance and drive iteration.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Research to ensure user needs and business goals are met in tandem.

• Lead through ambiguity: identify growth levers, operational risks, and long-term business opportunities.

• Communicate effectively across executives, cross-functional peers, and external stakeholders to align on vision, progress, and outcomes.

What we’ll love about you

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Operations, General Management, Founder, Strategy & Ops leader, or Product Manager building and scaling consumer businesses.

• Proven ability to take a business from zero to one: concept through validation, launch, scaling, and ongoing optimization.

• Strong commercial acumen with hands-on experience in P&L management, pricing, business models, and go-to-market.

• Track record of driving impact in ambiguous environments, making decisions with partial information, and balancing strategy with execution.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with ability to align executives, motivate teams, and negotiate with partners.

• Experience building operational processes and scaling organizations.

• Strong analytical skills, with ability to leverage both data and research to evaluate business performance and strategy.

• Demonstrated ownership of business outcomes across lifecycle stages.

We’ll really swoon if you have

• Founder experience: started, led, or scaled a startup, internal venture, or nonprofit initiative.

• Background in management consulting, corporate strategy, operations, or investment banking.

• Experience leading growth initiatives (acquisition, monetization, retention, partnerships).

• Experience in travel, hospitality, or other related consumer categories with high LGBTQ+ demand.

• Experience working on global businesses across markets, cultures, and regulatory environments.

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. 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.

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