Strategy & Growth Operations Manager

Duolingo; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is hiring a Manager, Strategy and Business Operations in Pittsburgh. The role blends strategy with execution to turn insights into scalable systems, partnering with Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to align on top priorities.

The position follows a hybrid model with four days in the office per week and a focus on shaping Duolingo’s path toward a long-term, 100-year company. You will work with cross-functional leaders to define opportunities, establish metrics, and drive

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in strategy, business operations, consulting, product, or a related field.
• Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop actionable strategies: collaborate with cross-functional leaders to combine market understanding, user insights, and product vision into strategies that teams will pursue to achieve Duolingo's mission.
• Sprint to assess opportunities & markets: identify and assess compelling opportunities for Duolingo. This spans problem-space definition, hypothesis generation, industry research, execution and iteration.
• Lead with data, structure, and judgment: establish success metrics, build clear frameworks, and make trade-offs across competing priorities.
• Partner cross-functionally: work closely with product, engineering, design, marketing, partnerships, data science, and finance.
• Learn and grow: rapidly gain new skills, methods, and industry learnings as you deliver world-class strategy work alongside talented colleagues across disciplines.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Strategy development

Job description

Duolingo is hiring a Manager, Strategy and Business Operations in Pittsburgh. The role blends strategy with execution to turn insights into scalable systems, partnering with Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to align on top priorities.

The position follows a hybrid model with four days in the office per week and a focus on shaping Duolingo’s path toward a long-term, 100-year company. You will work with cross-functional leaders to define opportunities, establish metrics, and drive