Business Operations Manager

1w1 week ago

Grindr

San Francisco, US · Full-time · $150,000 – $200,000

About this role

This hybrid role is based in SF or New York offices, requiring in-office Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's a rare chance to shape Grindr's future as a global community and Gayborhood vision. Build and lead the team powering growth, innovation, and cultural impact while partnering across functions for strategic opportunities.

Bridge commercial strategy and operations as a business-first operator, ensuring capabilities and discipline for ambitious goals. Partner with Product, Finance, People, and Legal to centralize Business Operations work streams. Free executives from day-to-day ops, making teams more than the sum of their parts.

Translate commercial strategy into operational strategy at scale, serving as strategic advisor to executives. Lead initiatives improving how the company operates with greater accountability and alignment. Dive into financial models, total addressable market calculations, and cross-functional quarterly planning processes.

Build 0 to 1 capabilities with founder-mode energy, designing scalable processes and tools. Drive BizOps to streamline processes, track performance, and resolve bottlenecks. Make outsized impact on a leading LGBTQ+ platform through productizing use cases and business expansion.

Requirements

Proven track record as a business-oriented leader with 4-10 years of experience in a combination of strategic and operational roles
Comfortable assessing strategy at 10,000 feet and deep in financial models calculating total addressable market
Experience running cross-functional quarterly planning processes
Ability to bridge commercial strategy and operations with operational discipline
Commercially minded operator thriving at the intersection of strategy, operations, business, and culture
Founder-mode energy for building 0 to 1 capabilities and processes

Responsibilities

Translate Grindr’s commercial strategy into a clear operational strategy enabling execution at scale
Serve as a strategic advisor and operational partner to the executive team
Lead initiatives that improve how the company operates, raising accountability, alignment, and management discipline
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to design and launch new business capabilities from the ground up
Build out the BizOps function to streamline processes, create ownership, and increase executive leverage
Drive operational planning, performance tracking, and cross-functional initiatives
Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks, decentralization issues, and execution gaps