Match Group

Senior Manager, Talent and Culture

Match Group

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $143,000 - $172,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead the learning and development strategy for Tinder, identifying priority skills and building targeted solutions that support growth across functions.
  • Partner with Tinder People Business Partners and leaders in Product, Design, Engineering, Marketing, and beyond to co-create learning programs tailored to the brand’s needs.
  • Design and deliver leadership development programs for people leaders.
  • Facilitate team effectiveness sessions (e.g., DiSC, design thinking) and leadership offsites that strengthen team dynamics and trust.
  • Create scalable, self-serve learning toolkits that meet teams where they are - fast, flexible, and tied to business goals.
  • Partner with People Business Partners and leaders to identify capability gaps and develop solutions to address them.
  • Revamp and evolve Tinder’s internal career pathways and job ladders, ensuring alignment with organizational structure, role expectations, and growth opportunities.
  • Partner with Tinder HRBPs and leaders to embed career frameworks into development conversations and talent reviews.
  • Provide manager training that increases transparency into career progression, pay practices, and market benchmarks.
  • Embed Tinder’s values into talent programs, onboarding, leadership development, and recognition efforts.
  • Partner ERG leaders to build inclusive experiences that reflect Tinder’s diverse community.
  • Support cultural rituals like Tinder Huddles and offsites that foster connection, belonging, and shared purpose.
  • Lead engagement survey action planning efforts in partnership with Tinder leadership and Match Group resources.
  • Localize and deliver Match Group corporate talent programs to meet the needs of Tinder’s culture and org structure.
  • Identify Tinder-developed programs with the potential to scale across Match Group brands and facilitate knowledge sharing.
  • Apply change management best practices to drive adoption of new talent programs across global and cross-functional teams.
  • Use feedback from engagement surveys, talent reviews, and pulse data to evolve programs and measure effectiveness.
  • Track and report on program impact, using data to inform decisions and shape future strategy.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or Talent Management.
  • Strong track record of building and facilitating talent programs that engage people leaders and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience working across corporate and brand or business unit structures.
  • Ability to localize enterprise talent initiatives to fit the needs of a distinct brand culture and org model.
  • Familiarity with performance management cycles and engagement survey design or follow-through.
  • Cultural fluency and the ability to translate values into actionable programs.
  • Exceptional communication, facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Builder’s mindset — comfortable iterating in ambiguity and scaling what works.
  • Nice to haves: Experience in tech or high-growth environments; Familiarity with systems like Workday, Litmos or similar HRIS/LMS platforms; Certification in leadership or team development tools (e.g., DiSC, Enneagram); Proficiency with authoring tools like Articulate or similar for digital learning content creation.