VP, Commercial Contracting & Legal Operations

Know where you belong! Match Group is a leading provider of dating products across the globe. Our portfolio includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, Plenty Of Fish , OkCupid, The League, HER, and others, each designed to spark meaningful connections for singles worldwide. Creating a sense of belonging doesn’t stop at our products - it’s the foundation of every team we hire.

When it comes to dating, the connection starts online, but the real magic happens once you meet in real life (IRL). We think the same is true for creating the best platforms, so we work together IRL 3 days/week.

Match Group Legal is consolidating commercial contracting into a single, dedicated function serving our portfolio of brands, including Tinder, Hinge, Match, Plenty of Fish, OkCupid, The League, HER, and others. We're looking for a strategic, hands‑on VP-level candidate to scale and lead this function: managing a small team of commercial contracting professionals, and vendor, SaaS/technology, and operations contracting matters across Match Group's global business, and reimagining what commercial contracting looks like with AI in the loop.

This is a rare opportunity to help design and effectively scale a function rather than inherit one – consolidating work that today is spread across multiple brands and managers, building the team, tools, and processes from the ground up, and partnering closely with Legal AI Enablement to make this one of the most AI-forward legal functions at Match Group.

• Own commercial contracting globally. Set the strategy for how Match Group drafts, negotiates, and manages procurement, vendor, and SaaS/technology agreements, balancing legal risk with the speed the business needs.

• Own the Legal Operations function. Lead the Legal Operations team responsible for our contract lifecycle management, billing, and legal‑tech tooling strategy and execution, including deciding how Legal Ops continues to uplevel the global Legal Team operation, putting AI and automation at the center of that strategy.

• Reimagine commercial contracting with AI in the loop. Actively rethink how contracting work gets done and execute against that strategy. Leverage the ownership of Legal Operations and partnership from Legal AI Enablement to identify where AI can accelerate and automate stages of review, drafting, negotiation support, and risk triage, and championing adoption across the team.

• Support central functions. Extend commercial contracting support beyond the brands to central teams including procurement, workplace experience, finance, real estate, and operations.

• Build scalable processes. Develop playbooks, templates, and governance that improve the speed, consistency, and clarity of commercial contracting support across every brand. Then, leverage AI and automated processes to scale against these knowledge bases and templates.

• Manage risk and escalation. Identify and elevate legal and business risk in vendor and procurement relationships, exercising judgment on when broader legal or business stakeholder alignment is warranted.

• Partner across the business. Serve as a senior point of contact for procurement, finance, and vendor management, building trusted relationships with stakeholders across Match Group.

• You have 15+ years of experience in commercial contracting, procurement, or vendor management functions, including significant negotiation and people‑management experience.

• You have substantial experience managing or leading a Legal Operations function, ideally for a global Legal Team. You understand the Legal Ops industry, common practices, and where Legal Ops trends are heading and you are excited to uplevel a Legal Ops team, especially by levearing AI and increased…