Head of Privacy

About the Team:

Grindr is seeking a strategic, hands-on privacy executive to lead our Privacy function. You will own and mature our privacy program and ensure responsible use of AI across our products and company overall. In addition to managing a growing team, you’ll be a trusted advisor and daily contributor to high-impact decisions.

This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco OR Los Angeles office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About the Job:

• Lead and evolve our privacy program, including operationalizing privacy by design and default, to enable Grindr’s continued growth through privacy-protective innovation, partnering closely with our Product, Engineer, Ads, and other teams

• Guide the company to ensure compliance with and manage risk under global privacy, data security, and AI regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act, U.S. state AI laws), including training, auditing and reporting

• Partner with our Data and Cybersecurity team leaders to manage and enhance our data governance program

• Support privacy-related litigation and manage our response to data subject requests, privacy incidents, and regulatory inquiries

• Conduct risk assessment related to data processing and lead incident response protocols related to data breach or privacy incidents

• Report to our VP of Legal and serve as a member of Grindr’s Legal, Privacy and Global Affairs leadership team

• Manage and mentor our privacy team while also contributing to day-to-day privacy work

• Represent Grindr externally and drive internal company-wide education and awareness efforts on privacy and AI topics

Role Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including as a Head of Privacy or Chief Privacy Officer, Deputy CPO, or Senior Privacy Counsel

• Significant experience counseling on privacy and data protection at a product-driven technology company, serving at least millions of users

• Deep knowledge of global privacy laws and emerging AI regulations, including familiarity with the legal landscape around algorithmic transparency and automated decision-making

• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and ability to provide clear, pragmatic guidance in ambiguous or fast-moving situations

• Comfortable leading strategy and contributing hands-on execution in a fast-moving, dynamic, high-performing environment

• JD required from an accredited law school and active bar membership

You May Thrive in this Role if You:

• Have experience building privacy programs from the ground up

• Have first-hand experience with privacy regulatory investigations, incident response management, breach reporting and managing a global privacy program.

• Previously worked in-house at a global company, preferably in the technology sector.

Benefits and Perks:

• Mission and Impact: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.

• Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.

• Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.

• Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.

• Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.

• Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

About Grindr:

Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 14.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. In 2015 we introduced Grindr for Equality, our in-house non-profit which has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.

Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we’re setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, exploring the depths of AI, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1.

Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a track record of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we aim to build a workforce of talented, passionate, and open-minded individuals from different backgrounds, with different abilities, identities, and mindsets. Come be a part of this exciting journey to disrupt the consumer technology space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture!

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer.

To learn more about how we handle the personal data of applicants, visit our Employee and Candidate Privacy Policy.