Head of Talent Management & Rewards
Head of Talent Management & Rewards
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Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Its a big mission and thats where you come in!
At Duolingo youll join a team that cares about educating our users experimenting with big ideas making fact-based decisions and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds while doing work thats both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About the role...
Join Duolingo as our Head of Talent Management & Rewards and help us build grow and retain the world-class team thats changing how the world learns.
This is a unique opportunity to lead the newly integrated talent management structure aligning talent and rewards strategy with the companys evolving business and AI-driven transformation. This role will be responsible for unifying performance development and rewards practices to support a cohesive agile and forward-looking people strategy. The role requires an experienced strategic HR leader who can connect enterprise-wide initiatives to individual growth and business performance outcomes.
This is a high-visibility high-impact role reporting to the Head of People and based in Pittsburgh PA. Youll serve as a key advisor to our function heads and shape the employee experience across the talent management lifecycle.
You will...
- Lead the Talent Management & Rewards pillar integrating strategy across performance development and rewards.
- Manage and develop a high-performing team that includes many of our internal talent density-driving teams like Talent Partners Total Rewards and the Talent Programs PMO
- Define and evolve a cohesive talent philosophy that scales with our business and stays grounded in our principles.
- Partner with leaders across Duolingo to design talent systems that are rigorous intuitive and drive measurable results.
- Build with data. Continuously measure impact tell clear stories and iterate.
- Champion inclusion transparency and equitable practices across all talent and rewards programs.
- Represent the function in executive forums and company-wide initiatives while also supporting board-level conversations with strategic insights and materials that showcase the impact of our people programs.
You have...
- 15 years of progressive experience in talent management total rewards and org developmentideally in a tech-forward or global environment
- A proven track record of leading through change and scaling talent systems in high-growth dynamic environments.
- Experience managing senior leaders across multiple domains and uniting them behind a cohesive strategy.
- A builders mindset able to define a vision ship V1s and refine through feedback and iteration.
- Clear concise communication skills grounded in data and impact you know how to Show Dont Tell.
- A high bar for excellence and a reputation for shipping work thats intuitive delightful and polished.
- A love of learning and a belief in developing people for the long term.
Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience integrating Total Rewards and Talent Management into a single cohesive strategy.
- Experience working in a product-led or design-forward organization.
- Familiarity with AI tools and how to use them to automate and improve People processes.
- A deep appreciation for Duolingos quirky mission-driven culture and ideas for how to make it even better.
If youre excited to build the systems and experiences that grow great careers and want to shape the future of how People work gets done wed love to hear from you.
We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to skills experience education and internal equity.
Take a peek at how we care for our employees holistic well-being with our benefitshere.
We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation please contact.
Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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