What’s so interesting about this role?

Commercial agreements are what makes Grindr (NYSE: GRND) work and what enables our continued growth as the Global Gayborhood on Your Phone. We enter into or renew hundreds of contracts each year touching every part of our expanding business.

We're looking for an outstanding lawyer to lead this critical area of our legal portfolio and serve as a trusted partner and advisor to our internal clients, including executives. In addition to owning the day-to-day strategizing, negotiating, and drafting of agreements to advance our business, you will also build and enhance our contract review processes, in part by incorporating AI and other legal tech tools. You may also have opportunities to expand your portfolio over time to include one or more other areas of our legal work, beyond commercial agreements. You will be joining a lean, fast paced team where every member is valued and drives our mission forward.

What’s the job?

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including vendor contracts, SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, marketing deals, MSAs, NDAs, data protection, and service-level agreements.

• Collaborate with business teams and senior leadership to structure agreements, assess risk, and execute on contracts

• Develop, optimize and implement contract templates, playbooks, standard clauses, approval workflows and AI/legal tech to improve operations efficiency and scalability

• Report to our VP of Legal, and manage outside counsel as needed

What we'll love about you

• JD degree from an accredited law school; admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience practicing law, with at least four years focused on commercial contracts and at least two years of in-house experience at a consumer technology company

• Strong understanding of commercial contracts, intellectual property law, data privacy privacy, and data protection regulations

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

• Practical and client-centric orientation and negotiation style

• Comfortable contributing hand-on to daily execution and managing multiple priorities in a lean, high-performing environment

• Ability to build strong relationships with internal cross-functional partners

What you'll love about us

• Mission and Impact: 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

With more than 14 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. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us.

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