The opportunity
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!
What you'll do
Define and drive the roadmap for high-impact, cross-functional initiatives in: the Growth pillar and beyond, aligning engineering and product leadership around a shared vision, sequencing the work, and holding teams accountable to outcomes.
Lead organizational change management as engineering teams adopt new ways of: working — building alignment, communicating progress to executives and ICs alike, and helping teams internalize new processes and tooling.
Lead the delivery of strategic, high-impact cross-functional initiatives from: conceptualization to launch, operating with significant autonomy across multiple workstreams.
Partner with engineering, product, data science, QA, and executive leadership: to ensure communication and alignment; serve as the connective tissue between Duolingo strategy and day-to-day execution.
Leverage deep technical expertise to develop detailed plans with key: milestones and goals, identify and mitigate risks, resolve dependencies, remove blockers, and ensure timely and smooth launches.
Drive decisions when difficult tradeoffs must be made, including those with: cross-organizational or company-level impact; model how to navigate hard problems with analytical rigor and a calm, decisive presence.
What they're looking for
- Identify systemic issues impacting delivery efficiency company-wide and take: swift, collaborative action to resolve them.
- Guide and develop other TPMs and engineering leads, scaling best practices: across teams and continuously improving how the organization operates.
- Proven experience as a TPM, Engineering Lead, or Engineering Manager.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience.
