Director, Cybersecurity & Compliance

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

What’s so interesting about this role?

As we enter our second year as a public company, Grindr is building on the success we’ve had over our 15-year history in connecting, supporting, and improving the lives of the LGBTQ+ community globally.

As the Director of Cybersecurity at Grindr, your primary focus would be to safeguard the platform's integrity, user data, and privacy while fostering a secure environment for the LGBTQ+ community. Grindr, as a leading social platform for millions of users worldwide, has a unique responsibility to protect its user base from potential threats, given the sensitive nature of the data exchanged on the platform. A successful candidate will bring a strong background in cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and privacy advocacy, ensuring that Grindr remains not only a safe space but also a leader in digital safety for its community.

What’s the job?

• Implementing and maintaining a cybersecurity program that aligns with business objectives as well as industry-leading frameworks and best practices.
• Leading a team focused on maintaining a risk management program for the company that covers cybersecurity and other critical operations of the business.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining a robust vulnerability and patch management program that covers all company data assets.
• Ensure that emerging threats are understood and assessed for potential impact and loss of function to our business operations.
• Maintain compliance with multiple regulations and frameworks such as SOX and NIST-Cybersecurity framework, specifically.
• Lead efficient and proactive communications with stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment on cybersecurity efforts and priorities.
• Collaborate with external auditors and stakeholders to ensure alignment with large compliance efforts.
• Managing an enterprise budget for cybersecurity tools and resources including forecasting and planning.
• You will help to foster diverse thoughts and ideas among your team. Becoming a key part of Grindr’s engineering culture of diversity.

What We'll Love About You

• You have at least 7+ years of experience in leading or managing a program + teams of engineers and enjoy a player-coach role. You can coach and mentor other engineers on best engineering practices as well as their careers!
• Demonstrated knowledge of security technologies, threat analysis, incident response, and security architecture.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR.
• Strong understanding of business operations and risk management principles.
• Ability to work with product partners to build user-facing safety features, enhance safety protocols, and develop automated tools that address Trust & Safety needs.
• Demonstrates ability to identify safety gaps in new products and define scalable solutions that protect users.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, AWS & GCP preferred.
• Deep knowledge of modern deployment pipelines and experience with implementing security controls into the SDLC, GitHub Actions, and Terraform modules are preferred.
• You have been working closely with various levels of business stakeholders, from the C-Suite, VP level, and down, and understand value alignment.
• You have excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills with the ability to define and communicate the “big picture” to key stakeholders at various levels.
• You enjoy working in an in-office environment and collaborating face-to-face with engineers at least 2 days per week.

We'll Really Swoon If You Have

• Experience working within the social networking or dating industry would be a plus.
• Knowledge of Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Chef, Cloudformation, and/or other configuration management tools.
• Experience leading employees through security training and awareness.

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.

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