Tribe Chat · 1 day ago
Bay Area Community Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expTribe is building the next-generation group chat platform and is seeking a Bay Area Community Manager to enhance community engagement in the region. The role involves launching and growing community tribes, managing partnerships, and ensuring high-quality interactions among members.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Launch and grow Bay Area Tribes
Recruit and onboard tribe members and hosts
Help power tribe programming: prompts, daily rituals, polls, intros, and lightweight moderation
Keep quality high: reduce spam, prevent 'dead chats,' and build culture + norms
Run a consistent community activation engine
Create a repeatable cadence of engagement:
Regular posts
Member spotlights
Simple challenges / questions
Polls and lightweight games
Plan and execute small, high-signal IRL meetups: coffees, happy hours, coworking sessions, tennis meetups, parent park hangs, etc
Build playbooks that make communities self-sustaining, not dependent on you
Recruit and manage ambassadors + partnerships
Build a local ambassador pipeline: students, creators, community builders, organizers
Partner with existing community nodes: coworking spaces, gyms, tennis clubs, founder hubs, universities, neighborhood groups
Coordinate cross-promo and 'bring your community to Tribe' collaborations
Be the voice of the Bay Area user to product
Collect structured feedback: what’s confusing, what’s missing, what causes drop-off
Share weekly insights with the product team (themes + examples + proposed fixes)
Help test new onboarding flows, features, and community tools with live groups
Own metrics and accountability
Track performance by Tribe and by host:
Activation rate, WAU/MAU, retention, posts/member, invite rate
Run experiments (and write down results): 'what moved engagement' and 'what didn’t'
Qualification
Required
1+ year in community, partnerships, events, growth, or similar “people + ops + storytelling” roles
Comfortable being out in the world: meeting hosts, visiting partner locations, running small events
Strong operational discipline: tracking, follow-ups, playbooks, weekly reporting
Familiarity with modern community platforms (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord/Slack/Reddit/etc.) and what makes them work
Preferred
Experience working at an early-stage startup
Experience running ambassador programs or creator partnerships
Basic comfort with analytics tools (Mixpanel/GA/Sheets) and experimentation
A strong Bay Area network in any “scene” (founders, parents, sports, students, creators)
Company
Tribe Chat
Tribe is a next-generation group chat platform where you can go deep on your interests with fascinating people.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase