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Manager, Corporate Development

🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, PA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $128K - $207K

💻 Operations

🗓️ June 11th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Duolingo is hiring a Manager, Corporate Development. The role involves supporting all aspects of M&A transactions from sourcing to integration, conducting market research, building financial models, and collaborating with various teams to execute deals. Additionally, the manager will contribute to strategic projects influencing company direction.

Highlights

  • Manage M&A transactions lifecycle including sourcing, assessment, and integration.
  • Conduct market and competitive research.
  • Build financial models and perform valuation analyses.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, finance, and legal teams.
  • 2-4 years of experience in relevant fields like investment banking or venture capital.
  • Proficiency in financial modeling and market analysis.
  • Salary Range: $127,500—$207,000 USD.

Manager, Corporate Development Full Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s 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...

  You will...
  • Support the full lifecycle of M&A transactions—from sourcing and assessment to due diligence and integration
  • Conduct market and competitive research to find opportunities aligned with Duolingo’s strategic priorities
  • Build financial models and perform valuation analyses for potential acquisitions
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, finance, and legal teams during the evaluation and execution of deals
  • Prepare investment memos and strategic presentations for senior leadership and Board audiences
  • Assist in integration planning to ensure acquired businesses and teams are set up for success
  • Contribute to strategic projects beyond M&A that influence company-wide direction
 
  You have...

  • 2–4 years of relevant experience, such as in investment banking, management consulting, venture capital, or corporate development
  • Experience with financial modeling, valuation, and market analysis
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to summarize findings and collaborate across teams
  • A proactive and adaptable attitude, with comfort navigating ambiguous and evolving priorities
 
  Exceptional candidates will have...

  • Experience supporting or executing M&A transactions in the consumer tech
  • Familiarity with working closely alongside product and engineering teams
  • Exposure to fast-paced, cross-functional environments where strategic thinking and execution are closely linked
  • A demonstrated ability to connect company strategy with external market dynamics

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.

Salary Range: 
$127,500—$207,000 USD

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