Duolingo
Director of Product Management, Growth
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead and manage a team of product managers within the Growth Area.
- Drive product strategy and oversee feature development from ideation to iteration.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to validate and optimize features.
- Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers and engineers to create intuitive user experiences.
- Focus on features that increase user engagement, such as streaks, leaderboards, and achievements.
- Use data analysis and user insights to inform product decisions.
- Require a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Linguistics, or equivalent.
- Experience leading teams and delivering results in consumer applications or products.
- Advanced degrees and professional experience in software engineering, design, data analysis, or language learning are a plus.
- Salary range between $240,000 and $360,000 USD, excluding equity and benefits.
Director of Product Management, Growth 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 even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do â and thatâs where you come in!
Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions. Backed by strong analytical skills and product sense, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingoâs next beloved feature.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About the role...
You'll be a key product leader in our outstanding Growth Area. The Growth Area is responsible for growing Duolingoâs userbase by making Duolingo so fun and delightful that our learners stick around to make real progress and tell their friends all about it!
:brain: 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 featuresâ 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.
:check: 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 apply 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
- Bachelorâs Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Linguistics, or equivalent
:star: Exceptional candidates will have...
- Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent
- 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 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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