Staff Product Manager, Core App Experience

Duolingo; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 204,000 - 306,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a Staff Product Manager for the Core App Experience to own app-wide systems and surfaces that keep the experience coherent for all users. You will partner with engineering and design to simplify foundations and craft frameworks that scale with the product.

You will lead with a high bar for quality, turning broad mandates into a strategic roadmap and delivering both long-term investments and impactful near-term launches that serve 58M+ daily users and half a billion learners

Qualifications

• Built systems and frameworks that improve quality at a major mobile product company.
• Turn broad mandate into a high-ROI roadmap with near-term launches and long-term investments.
• Extremely high bar for quality and the product sense to match.

Responsibilities

• Own core mechanics, surfaces, and functionality in the app, like user accounts, home messages, and session end.
• Improve product quality with quick interventions that address acute pain points.
• Build systems and frameworks that balance the needs for an A+ app experience with individual product teams’ goals.

Skills

PM experience

Roadmap development

High ROI thinking

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!

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...

As a Staff Product Manager for our Core App Experience team, you will be responsible for the app-wide systems, states, and shared surfaces that make the app feel coherent for all users. You will partner with peers in engineering and product design to simplify foundational experiences and build frameworks and patterns that make the app easier to use, adapt, and extend.

This role will appeal to you if you enjoy:

• Building systems that make the app experience better for 58M+ daily users
• Balancing investing for the long-term with launches that make the experience better today
• Working with PMs across the company to understand their needs, while still holding a high bar for the overall app experience
• Bringing clarity and impact to an ambiguous problem space

You will...

• Own core mechanics, surfaces, and functionality in the app, like user accounts, home messages, and session end
• Improve product quality with quick interventions that address acute pain points
• Build systems and frameworks that balance the needs for an A+ app experience with individual product teams’ goals

You have...

• Built systems and frameworks that improve quality at a major mobile product company
• Experience turning a broad mandate into a high-ROI roadmap with a mix of near-term launches and long-term investments
• An extremely high bar for quality and the product sense to match
• The drive to fix problems you see, even if they don’t fit neatly into your scope

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: $204,000 — $306,000 USD

Benefits:

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Accommodations:

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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