Director of Product Management, Music

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 the key product leader in our outstanding Music Area, driving Duolingo's next wave of DAU and revenue growth. Still in its nascency, the Music Area operates like a startup within the company: we're a lean team of entrepreneurial builders that prototype new experiences daily. We are on the path to product market fit through building delightful and gamified music playing experiences - something you'll partner with your cross-functional peers to help create. You'll be responsible for driving our overall growth, learning, and monetization strategy, and impact the lives of millions of learners.

About the role...

  You will...

• Lead other product managers


• Drive strategy for the Music Area


• Drive product features through their entire creative cycle: ideation, specification, development, release, analysis, and iteration


• 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 hitting the key performance indicators you are entrusted with


• Be responsible for building AI-first learning features using generative AI

  You have...

• A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education


• Experience leading other product managers at a high-performing software company


• Experience generating outstanding results as a product manager, especially in 0-1 environments


• 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

  Exceptional 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, language learning, or brand management.