Duolingo

Manager, Strategy and Business Operations

Duolingo$129K — $174K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience in strategy or business operations
  • Strong analytical skills and logical thinking
  • Proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders
  • Excitement for Duolingo's mission of education accessibility
  • Fast, flexible, and outcomes-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

  • Develop actionable strategies with cross-functional leaders
  • Identify and assess market opportunities for Duolingo
  • Establish success metrics and frameworks for projects
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, design, and marketing teams
  • Rapidly learn new skills and methods in strategy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Flexible work arrangements with hybrid model
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Equity compensation to align with company success
  • Support for work-life balance and employee well-being
Full Job Description
About the role...

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will balance speed and rigor to resolve ambiguity and turn one-off wins into scalable systems.

As a Strategy & Business Operations Manager at Duolingo, you will play a key role in shaping Duolingo's path towards becoming a 100-year company. You will partner closely with leaders across Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to create clarity and alignment that unlocks faster progress for Duolingo's top priorities.

This role is based in our Pittsburgh HQ. We use a hybrid work model of 4 days in the office per week.

You will...
  • Develop actionable strategies: collaborate with cross-functional leaders to combine market understanding, user insights, and product vision into strategies that teams will pursue to achieve Duolingo's mission
  • Sprint to assess opportunities & markets: identify and assess compelling opportunities for Duolingo. This spans problem-space definition, hypothesis generation, industry research, execution and iteration
  • Lead with data, structure, and judgment: establish success metrics, build clear frameworks, and make trade-offs across competing priorities
  • Partner cross-functionally: work closely with product, engineering, design, marketing, partnerships, data science, and finance
  • Learn and grow: rapidly gain new skills, methods, and industry learnings as you deliver world-class strategy work alongside talented colleagues across disciplines

You have...
  • Fast, flexible, and outcomes-oriented: able and excited to thrive with rapid cycles of analysis, decision, and action
  • Analytical chops and logical thinking: develops data and fact-based understanding of complex problems. Able to simplify findings to clear conclusions
  • Strong people skills, including a demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Early career: 3+ years of professional experience
  • Excitement for our mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available

☆ Exceptional candidates will have...
  • Experience in a strategy or biz ops function, strategy consulting, product management or strategic corporate development
  • Strong knowledge of and passion for the consumer tech industry
  • Experience with mobile apps and subscription-based services
  • Experience working with global / international teams
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects in a high-growth environment


The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!

Salary Range:

$129,200-$174,800 USD

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About Duolingo

Duolingo is a language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The company was founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. Duolingo offers courses in over 40 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Chinese. The platform is free to use, but users can pay for additional features. Duolingo has won numerous awards for its innovative approach to language learning.
Learn more about Duolingo
Size
400 employees
Market Cap
$2.7 billion
Industry
Founded
2011
NASDAQ

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