Employee Experience & Events Manager

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

What’s so interesting about this role?

Grindr (NYSE: GRND) is seeking an outstanding Employee Experience & Events Manager to elevate the workplace experience and ensure that our employees feel engaged, connected, celebrated, and supported. This role will drive a culture of connection and belonging by executing high-impact employee events, overseeing office operations, and managing recognition programs that make Grindr an exceptional place to work.

What’s the job?  

In this role, you will own company-wide events, office management for our San Francisco and Palo Alto locations, and will develop / lead the execution of our employee experience strategy in coordination with our Head of People Operations. This position balances hands-on execution with strategic oversight, ensuring that every employee touchpoint – from onboarding to anniversaries to major company events, is thoughtfully designed and flawlessly executed.

Employee Experience

• Develop and implement a company-wide Employee Experience Playbook that defines what it feels like to work at Grindr.

• Implement and manage employee recognition programs, including birthdays, work anniversaries, milestone celebrations, and special gifts.

• Guide and support office managers across multiple locations, ensuring a consistent and high-quality workplace experience.

• Oversee swag programs, ensuring selection, procurement, and distribution of different swag types in alignment with company branding and employee needs.

Company & Employee Events

• Own the planning, coordination, and execution of company-wide events, including company and team-wide retreats, offsites, and all-hands gatherings.

• Manage special occasion & local in-office events (e.g., happy hours, team-building activities, themed office events). Responsible for hosting the SF & PA in-office events.

• Work cross-functionally to ensure seamless execution of events, from ideation to vendor coordination, logistics, and post-event feedback.

What we'll love about you  

• 5 – 7 years of experience in employee experience, event planning, or workplace operations.

• 4 – 5 years of direct event planning experience, ideally in a corporate or tech environment.

• 1 - 2 years of people management experience. 

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects across events, office logistics, and recognition programs.

• A people-centric approach with a passion for building inclusive, engaging workplace cultures.

• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail and an ability to anticipate needs before they arise.

• Strong communication and vendor management skills.

We’ll really swoon if you have any of: 

• A track record of scaling event operations and handling logistics for large-scale corporate events.

• Strong negotiating skills

• A passion for building budgets

• Prior experience managing office operations budgets.

• A knack for creative, out-of-the-box event planning.

What you'll love about us

• 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 13.5 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. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality 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, 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’re building a team of talented, passionate, and open-minded people who want to disrupt the dating app space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us.

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer

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