Dr. Max Izenberg

Dr. Max Izenberg is is the Director of Consumer Research at Match Group, where he drives consumer research and insights across brand, product, strategy, and trust and safety. His work focuses on advancing the company’s understanding of user behavior, relationship dynamics, and the evolving dating landscape, market opportunities, and translating complex human insights into strategies that inform innovation across Match Group’s portfolio.

A social scientist by training, Max holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an MSc in Health Policy from the London School of Economics. Prior to Match Group, he worked at RAND and across non-profits and NGOs focused on social connection, sexual health, and safety, bringing a rigorous, interdisciplinary lens to understanding how people form relationships, build social networks, and combat loneliness.