Full-Time

Growth Product Marketing Lead

Match Group

Match Group

1,001-5,000 employees

Global dating platforms with subscription model

Compensation Overview

$175k - $195k/yr

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

San Francisco, CA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Los Angeles, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role; 3 days on-site per week; locations: New York, LA, or San Francisco.

Category
Growth & Marketing (2)
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Required Skills
LLM
SEO
A/B Testing
Requirements
  • 6-8+ years of experience working in product marketing and leading full-funnel growth and go-to-market strategies, preferably in B2C and mobile apps.
  • You are consumer obsessed, lead with curiosity, and have formed methods for understanding the user journey and speaking to consumer needs across touchpoints.
  • You’re familiar with both tried & true and still-developing growth levers (including ASO, CRM, and AI search) and shaping them to maximize impact.
  • An analytical thinker and problem solver with a fluency in experimentation and ability to transfer that across key markets.
Responsibilities
  • Own the go-to-market strategy for new product features, develop feature positioning, messaging, and branding that will resonate with our audiences and differentiate our offerings in the market.
  • Collaborate across global teams to crystallize learning plans, translate strategies into marketing, and drive/measure impact.
  • Help define user needs and prioritize/deliver features that solve for them.
  • Own organic growth strategies for Tinder globally, standing up channels and optimizing across the user journey and branded product touch points.
  • Recommend and form A/B tests and other experimental campaigns to refine ASO, CRM, LLM, app funnel tactics and improve return on investment.
  • Establish KPIs for all programs, create results forecasts, track performance, and maintain project documentation.
  • Develop and execute a robust ASO strategy alongside our agency partners to improve app visibility and conversion rates in the app stores in key markets.
  • Bridge the gap between ASO strategy, in-app CRM, and our product roadmap by working across PMM, International and Localization teams to create mass-market relevance.
  • Own storytelling and discovery on App & Play Stores to drive accurate, timely feature awareness and improve Tinder’s share of voice.
  • Propose and develop new lifecycle CRM tactics in partnership with the Engagement team, including testing channels, messages, and audience segments to drive user success, engagement, and feature adoption.
  • Maintain a bridge between paid and owned strategies by collaborating with Media teams on product-related initiatives and forming holistic hypotheses.
  • Operationalize Tinder’s AI SEO strategy, and lead the application of learnings across the organization.
  • Own category exploration for new GTM strategies & product experiences that can unlock growth and bring in new users.
Desired Qualifications
  • A highly collaborative teammate, capable of partnering across CRM, Marketing, Comms, Product, Design, Research, Analytics, Globalization, Strategy, Business Development, and Match Group portfolio teams to convert awareness to action and deepen product understanding and retention among users.
  • An eye to detail and a love for good design and user-centric experiences, balancing moving quickly and optimizations with what messaging and creative will be most inspirational and on brand.

Match Group runs a family of online dating and social-discovery services. It operates a B2C model built on freemium access, with premium subscriptions and in-app purchases that unlock features like better visibility, advanced search filters, and unlimited interactions, plus an advertising channel. Its apps use a swipe-style interface and real-time, location-based discovery, supported by proprietary matchmaking algorithms and a closed-loop data ecosystem to improve experiences across brands. It emphasizes safety tools such as Face Check. The company differentiates itself by owning a large portfolio of brands (including Tinder, Hinge, and Match) and leveraging cross-brand data and technology to optimize experiences, expand into new markets, and acquire emerging platforms. Its goal is to help people form romantic relationships, friendships, and social connections at a global scale while generating recurring revenue through subscriptions and ads.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas

Founded

1986

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Tinder registrations grew year over year for the first time in two years.
  • Hinge paying users increased 15% to two million in Q1 2026.
  • Match Group raised its quarterly dividend to $0.20 and maintained $959 million buybacks.

What critics are saying

  • Payers fell 5% to 13.5 million in Q1 2026, weakening monetization.
  • The AI turnaround depends on leadership execution before product gains fade.
  • Sniffies investment exposes Match to Apple policy enforcement and niche-app integration risk.

What makes Match Group unique

  • Match Group owns Tinder, Hinge, Match.com, and OkCupid across nearly 50 brands.
  • Spencer Rascoff began a February 2025 AI-led turnaround using avatar-driven customer insight.
  • Q1 2026 revenue reached $863.9 million, with 40% adjusted EBITDA margins.

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Company News

Yahoo Finance
Apr 13th, 2026
Match Group reports Q4 revenue of $878M, up 2.1% year-on-year, but misses full-year guidance

Match Group reported Q4 revenues of $878 million, up 2.1% year-on-year, exceeding analyst expectations by 0.7%. The owner of dating apps including Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid delivered mixed results, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter beating expectations but full-year revenue guidance missing significantly. The company reported 13.84 million users, down 5.2% year-on-year, marking the weakest full-year guidance update among consumer subscription stocks tracked. CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company is one year into a three-phase transformation focused on user outcomes. Despite the mixed results, Match Group's stock has risen 9.7% since reporting earnings and currently trades at $31.70. Among peers, Roku posted the strongest Q4 performance with revenues of $1.39 billion, up 16.1% year-on-year.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 25th, 2026
Match Group stock drops 14.6% as payers decline and ARPU falls 21% annually

Match Group's stock has fallen 14.6% to $30.66 over the past six months, underperforming the flat S&P 500. The company faces three key challenges that make it an unattractive investment. First, its subscriber base declined 4.7% annually over two years to 13.84 million, indicating struggles with customer acquisition. Second, average revenue per user fell 21% annually, suggesting eroding platform value when combined with declining payers. Third, Wall Street analysts project stagnant revenue growth over the next 12 months. Despite trading at a reasonable 8.3× forward EV/EBITDA valuation following the drawdown, analysts believe better opportunities exist elsewhere in software and edge computing sectors. The company likely needs to enhance existing offerings or develop new products to reverse these negative trends.

Business Insider
Mar 14th, 2026
Match Group manager now oversees 24 employees, up from 3, as firms cut middle management layers

Match Group manager Chine Mmegwa now oversees 24 employees, up from three before November, reflecting a trend towards "megamanagers" in corporate America. Companies including Meta, Citigroup and Amazon have reduced middle-management ranks to streamline operations. The average number of direct reports per manager rose to 12.1 in 2024 from 10.9 the previous year, according to Gallup. Middle-manager job postings fell 12.3% in 2025. Match Group cut its workforce by 13% in early 2024, removing management layers to increase speed. Whilst decisions now move faster, Mmegwa works 10 additional hours weekly managing a larger, geographically dispersed team. Leadership consultants warn that whilst leaner structures can reduce bottlenecks, managers may become reactive rather than strategic. Workers risk disengagement if managers lack time for mentorship and appreciation.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 6th, 2026
Match Group Q3 earnings miss estimates despite 61% profit jump and Hinge's 27% revenue growth

Match Group reported third-quarter 2025 earnings of 82 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 9.89%, though up 60.8% year over year. Revenues of $914.3 million increased 2.1% year over year but missed estimates by 0.08%. Total payers decreased 4.5% year over year to 14.5 million, whilst revenues per payer rose 6.9% to $20.58. Hinge drove growth with revenues up 27% year over year to $184.7 million. Tinder revenues declined 2.5% to $490.6 million, with payers down 6.9% to 9.3 million. Shares have added 0.6% since the earnings report, outperforming the S&P 500. The company has raised $295 million total across three funding rounds in 14 months.

TechCrunch
Mar 5th, 2026
Match Group eliminates COO role, cuts Hosseini after 18 years amid Gen Z struggles

Match Group has eliminated its Chief Operating Officer role, resulting in Hesam Hosseini's departure after 18 years with the company. Hosseini had been COO since 1 April 2025, following a promotion, and previously served as CEO of Evergreen & Emerging Brands. The move follows earlier leadership changes under CEO Spencer Rascoff, including the departure of President Gary Swidler and layoffs aimed at saving $100 million annually. The decision comes as the dating app industry faces burned-out users and declining popularity amongst Gen Z. Match Group recently reported first-quarter revenue of $878 million, beating estimates, but its full-year forecast of $3.41 billion to $3.54 billion fell short of Wall Street's $3.59 billion expectation. Tinder is planning its first-ever product event this month to showcase new features and future plans.