Director of Product Management

Posted:
7/24/2024, 9:12:10 AM

Location(s):
Pittsburgh, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

Pay:
$101/hr or $210,080 total comp

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo is the world's most popular learning app. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math and Music skills.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

You'll be a key product leader in our outstanding Growth Area. The Growth Area focuses on attracting new users, retaining current users, and bringing users back to Duolingo. More users = more data (so we can teach better) and more paid subscribers (so we can invest in making the app even better, and keep the lights on!). The Growth Area’s goal is to make Duolingo so fun and delightful that our learners stick around to make real progress and tell their friends all about it!

You will:

  • Lead other product managers
  • Drive strategy for a product or product area
  • Drive product features through their entire creative cycle: ideation, specification, development, release, analysis, and iteration
  • Be responsible for hitting the key performance indicators you are entrusted with
  • Perform qualitative and quantitative research to discover feature ideas and validate them before development
  • Work closely with UI/UX designers to ensure an excellent user experience in our product
  • Work with engineers to help guide feature development
  • Perform quantitative analysis on features’ performance and find opportunities for optimization
  • Be responsible for building features that make learning on Duolingo more fun, like the streak, leaderboard, achievements, and new ones you'll invent.

You have:

  • A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education
  • Experience leading other product managers
  • Experience generating outstanding results as a product manager in a consumer application, product, or software role
  • Ability to utilize user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions
  • An instinct for creating simple and intuitive user experiences
  • Proven ability to learn fast
  • Demonstrated ability to be resourceful and innovative
  • Experience leading projects and teams
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Linguistics, or related field

Outstanding candidates will have:

  • Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or related field
  • Professional experience in areas highly related to our work as product managers at Duolingo, such as software engineering, design, data analysis or language learning.

We invest in and support our Duos! This role is eligible for a robust compensation package of base salary, equity, and Duolingo’s world-class benefits. The starting base salary range for this role is, $196,000 - $426,000. Actual salary may vary based on level, work experience, performance, and other factors evaluated during the hiring process.


We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.