Grindr

Senior People Partner

Grindr

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los Angeles • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for employee relations — proactive and reactive — ensuring consistent, fair, and timely resolution of issues.
  • Support performance management cycles, including calibration, review quality, and manager feedback coaching.
  • Partner with leaders to identify performance trends and drive early interventions that promote growth and accountability.
  • Design, deliver, and coordinate manager enablement and training programs focused on people leadership, feedback, and development.
  • Partner with managers to strengthen leadership capability, navigate tough conversations, and support team engagement.
  • Champion adoption of career ladders by coaching managers and employees on goal setting, performance alignment, and development conversations.
  • Connect performance frameworks to ongoing growth and mobility discussions.
  • Lead policy design, updates, and change management in collaboration with Legal, People Ops, and subject matter experts.
  • Project manage rollout plans to ensure clarity, adoption, and alignment across teams.
  • Partner with leaders on team effectiveness initiatives, engagement survey follow-ups, and culture-building efforts.
  • Identify and advise on trends across the org to help improve inclusion, belonging, and employee experience.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of progressive HR experience, with deep grounding in generalist or HRBP work.
  • Demonstrated expertise in employee relations, performance management, and manager coaching.
  • Skilled communicator and relationship-builder — you earn trust quickly and influence thoughtfully.
  • Experience designing or rolling out people programs and policies in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong judgment, empathy, and discretion when handling sensitive issues.
  • A bias toward action, with comfort navigating ambiguity and scaling fast-moving environments.
  • Passion for creating inclusive, equitable people practices that reflect Grindr’s mission and community
Benefits
  • Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.
  • Family Formation Up to $200,000 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
employee relationsperformance managementmanager coachingpolicy designchange managementproject managementpeople programsgoal settingperformance alignmentteam effectiveness
Soft Skills
communicationrelationship-buildingtrustinfluencejudgmentempathydiscretionaction-orientednavigating ambiguityinclusive practices