Senior Program Lead - Brand Campaigns

Duolingo; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 152,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is hiring a Staff Program Manager based in New York City to lead complex, cross‑functional programs end‑to‑end across Product, Engineering, Creative and Brand. You will design plans, manage dependencies, surface risks early, and scale processes to ship high‑impact work on time.

Expect close collaboration with senior partners and a bench of freelance PMs to scale impact. You will drive cadence, coordinate multi‑workstream campaigns with internal teams and external partners, and ensure

Qualifications

• Experience leading high‑impact, cross‑functional programs end‑to‑end.
• Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and dependencies.
• Excellent communication and facilitation; influence without authority.
• Ability to create structure in ambiguity and scale execution.
• Data‑driven mindset with clear success metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end planning and execution of complex, cross‑functional programs.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans and timelines; manage risks and dependencies.
• Run operating rituals that drive decisions and surface blockers.
• Align stakeholders across internal teams and external partners on goals and trade‑offs.
• Create lightweight processes, templates, and tools adopted by teams.
• Track performance with analytics to inform future planning.
• Coach teams on program management best practices.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Structure in ambiguity

Data-informed mindset

Project/task management tools

Agency/freelancer management

Tools

Asana

Jira

Google Workspace

Job description

Duolingo is hiring a Staff Program Manager based in New York City to lead complex, cross‑functional programs end‑to‑end across Product, Engineering, Creative and Brand. You will design plans, manage dependencies, surface risks early, and scale processes to ship high‑impact work on time.

Expect close collaboration with senior partners and a bench of freelance PMs to scale impact. You will drive cadence, coordinate multi‑workstream campaigns with internal teams and external partners, and ensure