Duolingo
Director of Product Design
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead and mentor a talented team of designers and design managers, fostering career growth and high-quality work.
- Collaborate closely with product and engineering leaders to align product planning and metrics.
- Design and scale the design organization, managing headcount budgeting and forecasting.
- Require over 10 years of experience in product design with people management, including managing managers.
- Proven expertise in recruiting, onboarding, and developing diverse design talent.
- Strong communication skills and experience influencing product strategy using data and metrics.
- Preferred portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design delivered by managed teams.
- Experience working at companies with high design standards and organizational leadership skills.
- Salary range between $240,000 and $360,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.
- Part of the Product Design division, supporting mobile apps, website, brand voice, email newsletters, and community events.
Director of Product Design Full Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Itâs a big mission, and thatâs where you come in!
At Duolingo, youâll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youâll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds â while doing work thatâs both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
Read our blog to learn more.
About the role
Design the teams that design Duolingo.
This role reports to the Head of Product Design, and as a Design Director, youâll be the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingoâfrom our mobile apps and website to the brand voice and email newsletters, and even community events. At Duolingo, we take pride in and agonize over crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone.
:brain: You will...
- Grow and lead a talented, diverse, and inclusive team of designers and leaders that consistently delivers high-quality products
- Mentor and develop the skills, talents, and careers of the designers and design managers on your team, coaching them to success and impact
- Collaborate closely with leaders in other functions (Product and Engineering) to ensure that product areas are both planning well and hitting their metrics
- Build a thriving culture where designers do high-quality work and uphold our outstanding product experience
- Design and scale the organization, partnering closely with Leadership and Talent Acquisition on headcount budgeting and forecasting
:check: You have...
- 10+ years of experience in product design as a people manager at a similar or later-stage tech company, including experience managing managers
- Experience sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding for your team, as well as spot promising design talent
- Consistent track record of effectively managing people, including developing talent on your teams and recruiting a diverse team that reflects our learners
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills that lead to effective and concrete output
- Experience defining and influencing product strategy
- An understanding and appreciation for the accurate application of data and metrics in product design
- Attention to detail and a focus on excellence
:star: Exceptional candidates will have...
- A portfolio of exceptional visual design and craft, as done by their teams
- Organizational savviness and the ability to build relationships with leaders of all functions
- Worked at a company with very high design standards
We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.
Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.
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 accommodations@duolingo.com.
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.
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