Business Operations Manager

Role Overview

• Grindr needs a business-first operator who can bridge the gap between commercial strategy and operations, ensuring we have the capabilities and operational discipline to execute on our ambitious goals.
• This individual will partner with various functions across Grindr from Product to Finance, or People to Legal, while also centralizing Business Operations work streams, freeing up our executives from day-to-day ops and ensuring that our teams operate as more than the sum of their parts.
• This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is excited by the prospect of building the global Gayborhood by productizing new use cases, expanding into adjacent businesses, and delivering strong financial results for shareholders – while ensuring that Grindr runs like a well-oiled machine through rapid growth.
• Translate Grindr’s commercial strategy into a clear operational strategy, ensuring our approach to operations and organizational capabilities enable execution at scale.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and operational partner to our executive team
• Lead initiatives that improve how the company operates
• raising accountability, alignment, and management discipline.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to design and launch new business capabilities from the ground up, transforming strategic priorities into scalable processes, tools, and structures
• Build out our BizOps function to streamline processes, create ownership, and increase executive leverage.
• Drive operational planning, performance tracking, and cross-functional initiatives that ensure the company runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks, decentralization issues, and execution gaps.

Requirements

• Proven track record as a business-oriented leader with 4-10 years of experience in a combination strategic and operational roles
• Experience in scaling fast-growing companies, ideally in consumer tech or media.
• Strong generalist business acumen
• comfortable with financials, commercial strategy, and operational decision-making.
• Strategic thinker with a bias toward action. You’re comfortable moving from analysis to execution in ambiguous settings
• Ability to synthesize and communicate complex topics, clearly and concisely
• Excellent communication, influence, and leadership skills; able to align executives and inspire teams.
• A passion for Grindr’s mission and a deep respect for LGBTQ+ culture and community.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
• Family Formation Up to $200,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.
• Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.
• Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.
• Gender-Affirming Care: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
• Time Off & Rest: Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.
• Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch