Senior Product Manager, Notifications

Duolingo; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 183.000 - 247.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Duolingo is seeking a Product Lead within our Notifications Team to own strategy and execution for a high-impact growth area. You’ll define opportunities, shape roadmaps, and ship features that improve opt-in, reach, and engagement across channels including email and other formats.

You’ll work with engineers, data scientists, designers, and writers to run fast experiments, translate learnings into product strategy, and guide launches from concept to iteration with a focus on personalized,

Qualifikationen

• Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product.
• Experience owning product strategy and execution for notifications, incl. opportunities and launches.
• Experience improving notification performance across types, opt-in, reach, or channel strategy.
• Experience working on personalized or ML-driven messaging systems, incl. targeting, ranking, or experimentation.
• Strong product instincts and analytics, using experiments and data to decide.
• Experience roadmapping to improve existing notification systems and create new surfaces.
• Ability to drive alignment in ambiguous spaces without direction.
• Experience cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, designers, writers, and ML/AI partners.

Aufgaben

• Own product strategy and execution for a major notifications surface, from opportunities to shipping and iteration.
• Drive the roadmap across new notification types, opt-in, reach, and email/other channels.
• Lead features through ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, and analysis.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, designers, and writers to create engaging experiences.
• Use experimentation and product intuition to uncover opportunities and translate learnings into strategy.
• Improve core metrics like conversion and CTR while balancing reach and user experience guardrails.
• Explore new formats, channels, and UX patterns for personalized notifications.
• Partner with leadership to shape direction of a top-growth team at Duolingo.

Kenntnisse

Product management

Notifications experience

Roadmapping

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytics

Experimentation

Stakeholder alignment

ML/AI partnerships

Personalization

Channel strategy

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent

Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

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!

Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions. Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature.

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

About The Role

Come and be a product lead within our Notifications Team, one of Duolingo’s highest-impact Growth teams. Notifications are already among the most important drivers of top-line impact at the company, and we’re investing further in this area as a major lever for driving retention and engagement.

You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to make our notifications more effective, more engaging, and more valuable to learners. You’ll help identify new notification types, improve opt-in and reach, and explore how channels like email and other alternatives can play a stronger role in bringing learners back.

This is a highly cross-functional role spanning product, engineering, data science, ML/AI, design, and product writing. You’ll work closely with partners across disciplines to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits.

You will

• Own product strategy and execution for a major notifications surface, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions
• Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams including new notification types, opt-in and reach, email, and alternative channels
• Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration
• Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more effective and engaging notifications experiences
• Use experimentation and product intuition to uncover new opportunities, validate ideas quickly, and translate learnings into product strategy
• Improve core team metrics such as conversion, click-through rate, and opt-in, while balancing user reach and experience guardrails
• Explore how new formats, channels, and UX patterns can make notifications more personalized, engaging, and effective for different learners
• Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact

You have

• Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product
• Significant experience working on notifications or adjacent lifecycle surfaces, with a strong understanding of what makes outreach timely, effective, and valuable to users
• Experience owning product strategy and execution for notifications, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration
• Experience improving notification performance across areas such as new notification types, opt-in, reach, targeting, or channel strategy
• Strong judgment for how to make notifications more engaging and effective while balancing user experience and long-term reachability
• Experience working on personalized or ML-driven messaging systems, including targeting, ranking, experimentation, or template generation
• Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions
• Experience building and executing on roadmaps that improve existing notification systems while also creating new surfaces and capabilities
• Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, designers, writers, and ML/AI partners
• Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent

Exceptional candidates will have

• Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent
• Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games)
• Experience working on notification-related channels beyond push, such as email, Live Activities, or other alternative channels, and a point of view on the role each can play in driving engagement

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

$182,800—$247,300 USD

Benefits

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Accommodations

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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