Salary Range: 211500 to 230000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Our Mission

Launched in 2012, Tinder® revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years. This rapid growth demonstrates its ability to fulfill a fundamental human need: real connection. Today, the app has been downloaded over 630 million times, leading to over 97 billion matches, serving approximately 50 million users per month in 190 countries and 45+ languages - a scale unmatched by any other app in the category. In 2024, Tinder won four Effie Awards for its first-ever global brand campaign, “It Starts with a Swipe”™"

Our Values

One Team, One Dream

We work hand-in-hand, building Tinder for our members. We succeed together when we work collaboratively across functions, teams, and time zones, and think outside the box to achieve our company vision and mission.

Own It

We take accountability and strive to make a positive impact in all aspects of our business, through ownership, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.

Never Stop Learning

We cultivate a culture where it’s safe to take risks. We seek out input, share honest feedback, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes in order to continue improving.

Spark Solutions

We’re problem solvers, focusing on how to best move forward when faced with obstacles. We don’t dwell on the past or on the issues at hand, but instead look at how to stay agile and overcome hurdles to achieve our goals.

Embrace Our Differences

We are intentional about building a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members. By leveraging different perspectives and other ways of thinking, we build better experiences for our members and our team.

As the Principal Technical Program Manager for Tinder’s Tools & Data pillar, you will lead Product, Design, and Engineering teams in executing against Tinder’s Tools & Data Roadmap, which includes Tinder’s experimentation platform, data analytics platform, design system, and CRM platform, as well as accessibility and privacy, compliance, and cybersecurity.

As a key strategic leader, you’ll leverage your experience to define and build operational excellence across the team. You will also serve as the expert for the Product Development Lifecycle as we continuously innovate, refine, and optimize our Tools & Data portfolio to enable our cross-functional teams to anticipate and serve the evolving needs of our expansive global members.

Where you’ll work: This is a hybrid role and requires in-office collaboration three days per week. This position is located in Los Angeles, CA. We also have offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto.

In this role, You Will:

Partner with the Product, Design, Analytics, and Engineering teams in our Tools & Data Pillar to establish a shared vision, ensure continuous planning, and effectively execute against the Product Roadmap.
Lead and serve as the change agent for operational best practices. Build and implement continuous improvement processes and frameworks that drive operational excellence for both the Tools & Data Pillar and the Engineering organization as a whole.
Provide strategic leadership and thinking to the cross-functional team, using your technical understanding of Tinder, as well as your expertise in areas like A/B testing, data pipelines, services, and management, color and typography tokens, and push, email, segmentation, targeting, air traffic control, etc to help translate business objectives into technical problems, solutions, and programs aligned to company strategy.
Own strategic alignment and engagement with key team members, including creating plans, managing risks, refining communication models, and optimizing the team operating model to ensure successful delivery of projects that benefit the business and deliver value to our users.
Be the subject matter expert of Tinder’s Product Development Lifecycle Process (PDLC) and support the team through education, rollout, and iteration.
Identify, build, and optimize reporting mechanisms to track and monitor progress against the roadmap as well as overall team effectiveness.
Lead with empathy while communicating clearly and directly, build trust and leverage your ability to have direct conversations that are solution-oriented to move the team and products forward.

You’ll Need:

8-10 years of experience leading software product teams and operations
Experience with experimentation platforms and A/B testing, data analytics platforms, design systems, and CRM platforms, as well as accessibility and privacy, compliance, and cybersecurity–including developing training and support documentation to help drive employee adoption.
Experience building PDLC and SDLC processes for technical organizations.
Proven-ability to build strong relationships and influence across multifunctional organizations in a fast-paced environment where thoughtfulness, an entrepreneurial mindset, persistent execution, an ability to navigate ambiguity, and relationships drive success.
Deep experience building roadmaps (including identifying trade-offs), dependency maps, release plans, and project plans.
Expertise in agile methodologies and deep understanding of software development best practices.
Extensive experience delivering high-visibility, major cross-functional and complex technical initiatives on a large-scale platform.
Empathic leadership style that fosters a culture of continuous improvement and empowers innovative ideas across the entire team.
Exposure to advanced product and program management techniques like User Story Mapping, Journey Mapping, Design Sprints, and Design Thinking.
Understanding of system design and the ability to meaningfully contribute in technical discussions. TPMs are not expected to write or read code, but are expected to understand system flows, block architectures, APIs and such.
Deep understanding of collaboration management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Google Suite, Figma, and Miro.

As a full-time employee, you’ll enjoy:

Unlimited PTO (with no waiting period), 10 annual Wellness Days
Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matched up to $15,000 annually
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
100% paid parental leave (including for non-birthing parents), family forming benefits, and Milk Stork, which provides access to breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and employee relocation
Investment in your development: mentorship through our MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual $3,000 stipend for your professional development
Investment in your wellness: access to mental health support via Modern Health, and Insight Timer; paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy
Free subscription to Tinder Gold

Commitment to Inclusion

At Tinder, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it. We strive to build a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members around the world, and we value unique perspectives and backgrounds. Even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications, we invite you to apply and show us how your skills could transfer. Tinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we welcome people of all sexes, gender identities, races, ethnicities, disabilities, and other lived experiences. Learn more here: https://www.lifeattinder.com/dei

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition Partner directly.

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