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Senior Recruiter, Leadership

Duolingo · New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA · 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

We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter to help hire the leaders who will shape Duolingo’s next chapter. You’ll lead Senior Director and above searches across all functions, serving as a trusted partner to our leaders at every step, from shaping the role and mapping the market to assessing candidates and closing offers. Your work will directly impact how we fill our most critical roles and influence how we hire leaders more broadly. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience at technology companies, including 2+ years focused on leadership hiring (Director and above)
  • A track record of leading technical and non-technical leadership searches end-to-end, from sourcing to close
  • Strong business sense and the credibility to partner with, advise and influence C-level executives
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools in your recruiting work, and the curiosity to keep experimenting
  • The ability to work from our New York City office on a hybrid (4+1) schedule
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.

We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter to help hire the leaders who will shape Duolingo’s next chapter. You’ll lead Senior Director and above searches across all functions, serving as a trusted partner to our leaders at every step, from shaping the role and mapping the market to assessing candidates and closing offers. Your work will directly impact how we fill our most critical roles and influence how we hire leaders more broadly. As the first hire on our Leadership Recruiting team, you’ll report to our Senior Principal Recruiter, with potential to own specific...

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