This is a hybrid role based in our LA, SFBA, NY or Washington, DC offices and will require you to be in office Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What’s so interesting about this role?
The Managing Director, Grindr for Equality, leads Grindr’s social impact initiative that has been working since 2015 to significantly accelerate progress in health and human rights for the LGBTQ+ community globally. Under the Managing Director’s leadership, over the next few years Grindr for Equality will 10X its impact in advancing the fights to: eradicate HIV; end the criminalization and persecution of LGBTQ+ people; further marriage equality; and make a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.
As the premier platform connecting gay, bi, trans, and queer people, the Grindr app offers unique and powerful capabilities to educate, empower, organize, activate, and research the LGBTQ+ community in almost every country in the world, starting with our 13+ million monthly active users, a large majority of whom are outside the U.S. As an integrated member of Grindr’s leadership team and in close collaboration with our product team, the Managing Director both leverages and helps shape the app’s capacity to advance health and human rights priorities.
The Managing Director and their team will also oversee Grindr for Equality’s partnerships with the many LGBTQ+ non-governmental organizations we support on the ground in every region of the world doing critical safety, health, and human rights work, as well as with public health authorities.
What’s the job?
- Own and ensure execution of Grindr for Equality’s strategies to significantly accelerate progress on health and human rights priorities for the LGBTQ+ community globally.
- Serve as a key member of Grindr’s executive leadership team, reporting to the Head of Global Affairs and working collaboratively with Grindr’s CEO, Board members, and other executive leaders.
- Lead the Grindr for Equality team, maintaining operational excellence while mentoring and building the team’s capacity.
- Collaborate with our product team in expanding the Grindr platform’s capabilities to advance health and human rights priorities through educating, empowering, organizing, and activating our community of users.
- Oversee Grindr for Equality’s partnerships with the many LGBTQ+ non-governmental organizations we directly support on the ground in every region of the world doing critical safety, health, and human rights work, as well as with national and regional public health authorities.
- Support Grindr for Equality’s role as a critical liaison bringing into the company key information from our partner organizations on developments affecting our users around the world, particularly in regions and countries that are most dangerous for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Serve as an ambassador for Grindr for Equality to key external and internal stakeholders in the U.S. and globally.
What we’ll love about you
- 15+ years’ experience working in–and 5+ years leading–high-performing public health or human / civil rights organizations in the non-profit, government, or for-profit sectors, with significant experience serving international populations.
- A demonstrated track record of successfully leading teams to achieve major advancements in health and/or human rights priorities at scale.
- Strong relationships within NGOs and/or public health authorities working on LGBTQ-related issues, both within the U.S. and internationally.
- Hands-on and execution-focused, with an innate hunger to drive ambitious and concrete results.
- Deeply passionate about advancing health and human rights for the LGBTQ+ community globally, and are committed to making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.
- Collegial and enjoy working collaboratively with your fellow executives and your team members, teaching and learning from your colleagues as we built great things together.
We’ll really swoon if you have
- Experience using large digital platforms to help educate, empower, organize, and activate millions of people to advance social impact priorities.
- Experience working in the Global South.
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, New York, and Washington, D.C. 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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