Head of Influencers & Community Growth

Duolingo; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 196,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Competitive salary

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a Head of Community & Influencers to lead influencer, creator, and community growth across all Duolingo verticals, turning brand love into scalable word-of-mouth and advocacy.

In this leadership role, you’ll define the influencer strategy, build partnerships, and partner with product and marketing to design systems that drive top-of-funnel growth. You’ll lead a high-performing team and report to the Head of Brand Marketing.

Qualifications

• Experience driving measurable business outcomes across the creator & community industry.
• Built or led a product at scale in the creator economy.
• Proven success building multi-platform advocacy programs with measurable ROI and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Own influencer, creator, and community flywheel from strategy to execution and scale it into a measurable growth engine.
• Architect partnerships across celebrities, influencers, and creators from deal flow to negotiation and results, optimizing for ROI.
• Design and launch a tiered loyalty and rewards program that turns engaged learners into a growth channel.
• Collaborate with product teams to increase in-app shareability and surface community-driven content.
• Build attribution and measurement infrastructure linking community activity to business outcomes.
• Lead, develop, and build a high-performing team that executes at startup speed across the org.

Skills

Influencer marketing

Community management

Product ownership

Analytics

Job description

Duolingo is seeking a Head of Community & Influencers to lead influencer, creator, and community growth across all Duolingo verticals, turning brand love into scalable word-of-mouth and advocacy.

In this leadership role, you’ll define the influencer strategy, build partnerships, and partner with product and marketing to design systems that drive top-of-funnel growth. You’ll lead a high-performing team and report to the Head of Brand Marketing.