Duolingo · 6 hours ago
Staff Technical Program Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expDuolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. The Staff Technical Program Manager will lead strategic, high-impact cross-functional initiatives and complex technical programs, ensuring alignment and collaboration across various teams while driving effective project delivery.
EducationE-LearningLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Lead the delivery of strategic, high-impact cross-functional initiatives from conceptualization to launch
Lead complex, high-stakes technical programs within the Duolingo English Test (DET) domain, partnering with engineering, product, data science, legal, security, and external stakeholders to translate regulatory, compliance, and business requirements into clear technical plans and durable execution
Operate at the Staff level with significant autonomy, driving strategy across multiple workstreams, providing steady leadership through ambiguity and external scrutiny, and upleveling how DET programs are planned, communicated, and delivered
Partner with functions across the company—such as engineering, QA, product management, and executive leadership—to ensure communication and alignment across teams and to further collaboration across functions
Leverage deep technical expertise to develop detailed plans with key milestones and goals, identify and mitigate risks, solve for dependencies, remove impediments, and ensure timely and smooth project launches
Identify issues impacting delivery efficiency company-wide and quickly take action to resolve them, working collaboratively with leadership and other relevant partners
Drive decisions when difficult tradeoffs must be made, including those with cross-organizational or company-level impact; serve as role model for navigating problems with analytical approach and calming demeanor
Guide and train others on standard processes, scaling guidelines across teams, and improving how product and engineering organizations operate, even when you are not involved day to day
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience as TPM, Engineering Lead, or Manager
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
Experience working on commercial software products and their underlying infrastructure, with an understanding of client-service architecture
Consistent track record to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical partners at different levels of the organization
Proven ability to build and implement detailed plans accounting for ambiguity, dependencies, and technical complexity in an agile environment
Flexibility to adjust plans based on new information without losing a beat and while keeping morale high
Outstanding leadership and influence in a matrix environment, including influencing senior leaders without direct authority
Ability to operate effectively even with only high-level direction, setting strategy and direction across multiple teams or workstreams
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment
Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and guide others
Preferred
10+ years of software engineering, systems engineering or similar experience, in addition to project/program management experience
Deep experience with AWS
Experience working with teams and technical projects distributed across the globe
Experience running projects that include machine learning and large datasets
Experience articulating business questions, and using available data to find answers that translate into business recommendations
Company
Duolingo
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$183.3MKey Investors
Durable Capital Partners,General AtlanticGeneral AtlanticCapitalG
2021-07-28IPO
2020-11-18Series H· $35M
2020-04-14Series G· $10M
Leadership Team
Luis von Ahn
CEO, co-Founder & Board Member
Severin Hacker
CTO & Cofounder
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