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Manager, Strategy and Business Operations

Duolingo · New York, NY · On-site

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About Duolingo

Learn languages by playing a game. It. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, NEA and USV.

About the role

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will balance speed and rigor to resolve ambiguity and turn one-off wins into scalable systems. As a Strategy & Business Operations Manager at Duolingo, you will play a key role in shaping Duolingo’s path towards becoming a 100-year company. You will partner closely with leaders across Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to create clarity and alignment that unlocks faster progress for Duolingo’s top priorities.

What they're looking for

  • Fast, flexible, and outcomes-oriented : able and excited to thrive with rapid cycles of analysis, decision, and action
  • Analytical chops and logical thinking : develops data and fact-based understanding of complex problems. Able to simplify findings to clear conclusions
  • Strong people skills , including a demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Relevant experience: 3+ years of professional experience, ideally in strategy, business operations, consulting, product, or a related field
  • Excitement for our mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available
More about this role

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!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

Read our blog to learn more.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will balance speed and rigor to resolve ambiguity and turn one-off wins into scalable systems.

As a Strategy & Business Operations Manager at Duolingo, you will play a key role in shaping Duolingo’s path towards becoming a 100-year company. You will partner closely with leaders across Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to create clarity and alignment that unlocks faster progress for Duolingo’s top priorities.

This role is based in our New York City office. We use a hybrid work model of...

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