Senior Product Manager, Ads

About the Team

Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see.

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for Grindr’s consumer ads business, with a focus on building ads experiences that improve monetization without compromising user trust or product quality.

• Serve as the product SME and primary product partner for ads, working closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Ads Sales, and senior leadership to define priorities and drive execution.

• Build and scale a stronger rewarded ads portfolio, identifying where ads can create value for users and where existing experiences need to be improved, reduced, or rethought.

• Translate business goals, advertiser needs, and user experience signals into clear product bets, sequencing, and success metrics.

• Partner with technical teams on ads platform, ad formats, delivery systems, and measurement — with working familiarity with programmatic advertising, mobile ad mediation, and the broader ad delivery ecosystem.

• Use data, experimentation, and market insight to evaluate ads performance, diagnose issues, and identify opportunities that directly impact Grindr’s bottom line.

• Diagnose supply quality issues and optimize publisher‑side ad logic, with the ability to design and test novel monetization approaches on top of existing mediation infrastructure.

• 8+ years of Product Management experience, including meaningful ownership of consumer‑facing ads, ads monetization, rewarded ads, or adjacent monetization products.

• Strong consumer product judgment, with a track record of building experiences that balance user needs, business outcomes, and technical constraints.

• Experience partnering with technical teams on ads platforms, ad formats, measurement, delivery, or monetization infrastructure.

• Demonstrated ability to define strategy, build roadmaps, and execute through ambiguity as a senior IC across multiple cross‑functional partners.

• Strong data fluency, including comfort using metrics, experimentation, and performance analysis to make product decisions.

• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and operating as the product point of contact for a complex, business‑critical domain.

• Are AI‑native or rapidly becoming so - you actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them.

• Have built or scaled ads products at a consumer company where user experience, marketplace dynamics, and revenue outcomes all mattered.

• Have experience with rewarded ads, self‑serve ads, third‑party advertiser workflows, or ads products that connect advertiser demand to consumer‑facing product surfaces.

• Are energized by being the person who turns a messy, high‑impact business area into a clear product strategy with a real execution path.

• Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.

• Family Formation Up to $300,000 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.

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