# VP of Product, Growth and Monetization

**Company:** [Duolingo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/duolingo)
**Location:** Pittsburgh, PA
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $368k – $613k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Product Management, Growth Strategy, Monetization, A/B Testing, Experimentation, Subscription Products, Freemium Products, Analytics, Product Strategy, Revenue Growth, Daily Active Users, In-App Purchases, Advertising
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads Duolingo’s largest product organization across growth and monetization, owning DAUs and revenue through experimentation, operating rigor, and senior-leader development. Requires executive consumer-product experience, measurable impact at scale, and hybrid work in Pittsburgh or New York.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own Daily Active Users (DAUs) and revenue, delivering both against forecast.
- Manage pillar leads overseeing Growth and Monetization, an organization of approximately 20 product managers.
- Coach and develop senior product leaders and raise the bar for product talent.
- Lead through organizational change, including reorganizations, new operating models, and faster execution.
- Partner with Engineering and Design leadership to make tradeoffs and ship quickly.
- Establish product operating mechanisms, including north star metrics, planning and review rituals, and rigorous A/B testing.
- Allocate resources across Growth and Monetization, balancing continuous optimization with larger strategic initiatives.
- Represent Growth and Monetization at the executive level, communicating progress, risks, and plans.

## Requirements
- Executive product leadership experience in consumer technology.
- Multi-year, measurable impact on DAUs or revenue at scale.
- Strong judgment and operational rigor, with a record of meeting forecasts while protecting user experience.
- Experience managing managers of managers and developing strong product leaders.
- Experience leading organizational change.
- Ability to align Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Marketing around clear priorities.
- Deep expertise in growth and monetization for freemium and subscription products.
- Strong experimentation background.
- Ability to work from or relocate to New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid 4+1 schedule.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Results growing a leading consumer application through DAU or revenue growth.
- Success balancing user growth and revenue expansion without degrading user experience.
- Experience presenting product strategy and results to executive and board-level audiences.
- Experience developing product leaders who later led product organizations.
- Familiarity with advertising, subscriptions, and in-app purchase ecosystems, including experimentation at scale.

## Compensation
- Base salary: $367,500–$612,500 USD annually.
- Equity compensation supplements the base salary.

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