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Duolingo is seeking a VP of Product, Growth and Monetization to lead one of the company's largest product organizations. This role owns two core metrics: Daily Active Users (DAUs) and revenue, and reports directly to the Chief Product Officer while joining the Senior Leadership Team.
You will manage a team of experienced pillar leads overseeing approximately 20 product managers across Growth and Monetization. Key responsibilities include owning DAU and revenue targets, coaching and developing senior product leaders, partnering with Engineering and Design leadership on resource allocation and execution, and building world-class product operating mechanisms including north star metrics, planning rituals, and rigorous A/B testing infrastructure.
The role requires balancing steady optimization with larger strategic bets, allocating resources across growth and monetization initiatives, and serving as the executive voice for both functions at the leadership level. You'll operate one of the highest-velocity experimentation engines in consumer tech, with a mandate to grow both metrics sustainably without compromising learner experience.
Required qualifications include executive product leadership experience in consumer tech with multi-year, measurable impact on DAUs or revenue at scale. You need high judgment and operational rigor with a proven track record of hitting forecasts while maintaining user experience. Experience leading managers of managers and developing strong product leaders is essential, along with cross-functional alignment skills across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Marketing.
Deep expertise in growth and monetization for freemium and subscription products, grounded in experimentation methodology, is critical. Exceptional candidates will have delivered stellar results growing leading consumer apps, balanced user growth with revenue expansion without degrading core experience, communicated product strategy to executive and board audiences, and developed product leaders who've advanced to run their own product organizations. Familiarity with ads, subscriptions, and in-app purchase ecosystems at scale is a plus.
The role is based in New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid (4+1) schedule, requiring ability to work from or relocate to one of these locations.
