VP of Product, Growth and Monetization
Leads Duolingo’s Growth and Monetization product organization, owning DAU and revenue outcomes through experimentation, operating rigor, and cross-functional execution. The role requires executive consumer-product leadership, experience managing managers, and deep expertise in freemium and subscription growth.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own Daily Active Users (DAUs) and revenue, delivering both against forecast.
- Manage pillar leads overseeing Growth and Monetization, an organization of roughly 20 product managers.
- Coach and develop senior product leaders and raise the bar for product talent.
- Partner with Engineering and Design leadership to make clear tradeoffs and ship quickly.
- Build product operating mechanisms, including north-star metrics, planning and review rituals, and rigorous A/B testing.
- Allocate resources across Growth and Monetization, balancing optimization with larger bets.
- Represent Growth and Monetization at the executive level, communicating progress, risks, and plans.
Requirements
- Executive product leadership experience in consumer technology, with measurable multi-year impact on DAUs or revenue at scale.
- High judgment and operational rigor, with a record of hitting forecasts while protecting user experience.
- Experience leading managers of managers and developing strong product leaders.
- Experience leading organizational change, including reorganizations and new operating models.
- Cross-functional experience aligning Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Marketing.
- Deep fluency in growth and monetization for freemium and subscription products, grounded in experimentation.
- 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 app through DAU or revenue growth.
- Success balancing user growth and revenue expansion without degrading user experience.
- Experience communicating product strategy and results to executive and board-level audiences.
- Experience developing product leaders who went on to run product organizations.
- Familiarity with ads, subscriptions, and in-app purchase ecosystems, including experimentation at scale.
Compensation
- Base salary range: $367,500–$612,500 USD.
- Equity compensation supplements base salary.
- Benefits are provided.
Skills
A/B Testing, Experimentation, Growth Product Management, Monetization, Freemium Products, Subscription Products, Product Strategy, North-Star Metrics, Data Analysis, Consumer Technology
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