Senior Product Design Manager

EngineersOfAI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is seeking a Senior Product Design Manager to lead a talented team in Pittsburgh or New York City. In this role, you will set quality standards and drive the strategy for a critical product area, ensuring high-quality learner experiences.

The ideal candidate has over 8 years in product design and proven management experience. Responsibilities include developing the team, collaborating cross-functionally, and maintaining high design standards.

This role offers competitive salary with supplemental equity compensation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product design with proven people management experience.
• Experience building and scaling high-performing design teams.
• Comfortable with data-informed design and success metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse design team delivering high-quality work.
• Develop team skills through feedback and coaching.
• Set strategy in collaboration with Product and Engineering leaders.
• Maintain high standards for design craft and usability.

Skills

Team leadership

Product design

Communication skills

Data-informed design

Recruiting diverse talent

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 even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Design Manager to lead and grow a high-performing team shaping delightful, effective experiences used by millions of learners. You’ll manage designers, set quality and craft standards, partner closely with product and engineering, and drive strategy and execution for a critical product area. This role reports into the Head of Design for Growth and sits within Duolingo’s Design team.

You will...

• Grow and lead a talented, diverse, inclusive team of product designers and design leaders who consistently deliver high‑quality work and learner‑focused outcomes.
• Develop your team’s skills and careers, giving clear, actionable feedback and coaching toward greater scope and impact.
• Partner deeply with Product and Engineering leaders to set strategy, plan effectively, and hit product and business metrics.
• Uphold and elevate a high bar for design craft and usability across end‑to‑end experiences, from visual design to interaction details and animation.
• Use data and experimentation to inform decisions, measure outcomes, and iterate for impact.
• Work directly with executives and our CEO in building excellent products.
• Champion a creative, learner‑first culture that balances bold bets with rigorous, data‑driven improvements.

You have...

• 8+ years in product design with proven people management experience at a comparable tech company.
• A track record of building, scaling, and developing high‑performing design teams and recruiting diverse talent.
• Experience partnering with PM and Engineering to define strategy, plan roadmaps, and deliver measurable results.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate product rationale and design feedback clearly to executives and cross‑functional partners.
• A strong grasp of data‑informed design; comfortable setting success metrics and reviewing experiments.
• Fluency in modern design tools and practices; able to give incisive, craft‑level feedback even when not the hands‑on designer.
• The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA, or New York City, NY.

Exceptional candidates will have...

• A portfolio that showcases exceptional outcomes and craft through the work of their teams.
• Experience owning large end‑to‑end projects, while also being able to deliver at speed.
• Demonstrated organizational savvy with strong relationships across functions and levels.
• A love for the craft and a care for their people.

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!