General Manager, India

Duolingo; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Job summary

Duolingo seeks a seasoned India leader to own strategy and build the business from Bangalore, bridging India with global teams. You’ll set direction, rally a cross-functional on-ground team, and translate market insights into local priorities that move core metrics.

You’ll work closely with product and growth teams to tailor the global platform for Indian users, drive user growth and monetization, and lead with influence across time zones while staying hands-on when needed.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in product, growth, or market leadership at global tech companies.
• Track record across US and India, credible with leadership abroad and on the ground.
• Strong product sense for global products adapted to Indian markets.
• Exceptional communication and influence without authority across time zones.
• Experience building and leading cross-functional India-focused teams.
• Passion for language education and growing Duolingo in India.

Responsibilities

• Own India strategy and priorities; be accountable for measurable results.
• Build and lead an India-based cross-functional team and culture.
• Bridge India insights to global leadership; translate priorities locally.
• Collaborate with product teams to tailor India-specific product improvements.
• Influence global teams to support India's needs and growth.

Skills

Product leadership

Growth strategy

Global markets experience

Excellent communication

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical mindset

Job 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.

India is one of Duolingo's most important growth markets. We've operated there for a while, but believe it has much more potential than we've realized so far. We're looking for a seasoned leader to own Duolingo's trajectory in India and build our business in the market. In addition to being a strategic, resourceful, high-influence generalist, we want someone with excellent product sense, built through leading or partnering closely with product teams at global consumer tech companies. You'll set the strategy, build and rally our team on the ground, and serve as India's bridge to our global teams and leaders.

Your success will be measured on Duolingo's core metrics: user growth and monetization. Like most leaders at Duolingo, you'll work in a matrix. Team members report into their functions, and you'll lead them as one cross-functional team focused on India. Instead of managing a market P&L, you'll spend your time on things that move these core metrics.

This role is based in our Bangalore office and reports to the Asia Business Lead. We welcome candidates already in India as well as those willing to relocate.

• Be responsible for India's strategy and priorities, and accountable for results
• Build and lead an India-based cross-functional team, as well as the culture and operating cadence that hold it together
• Be the voice of India: bridge what's actually true in market and what our global leadership and teams understand about it, and translate company priorities into work that makes sense locally
• Work closely with product teams to shape India-specific product and course improvements
• Influence and align global, cross-functional teams to support the needs of India

You have...

• 15+ years of experience in product, growth, or market leadership roles at global, high-growth technology companies
• A track record across both the US and India, credible with leadership abroad and effective on the ground
• Excellent product sense, particularly for how global products get adapted for markets like India
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence without authority, and an understanding of how different stakeholders think
• Experience working effectively with colleagues across different time zones and locations
• A bias toward acting on what you see rather than waiting for someone else to prioritize it
• Analytical and strategic, but also scrappy and willing to roll up your sleeves
• Passion for language education, for building Duolingo's business in India, and appetite for a multi-year bet

Exceptional candidates will have…

• Built a country team from near zero, including its culture and its credibility inside the company
• Adapted an international product for users in developing markets, especially India
• Fluency in one or more Indian languages beyond English

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!

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