Director of Learning Design, New Subjects
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Job Location:
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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...
As Director of Learning Design for New Subjects you will set the pedagogical vision and execution strategy for Duolingos Math Music and Chess products driving learning impact curriculum quality and innovation at global scale. Youll lead a team of multi-disciplinary learning designers and partner with product leadership to ship delightful effective learning in the Duolingo style. This job is based in either Pittsburgh or New York.
You will...
- Ship effective learning at scale: partner with Product Design and Engineering to translate pedagogy into inapp experiences that are fun and motivating
- Lead and develop a worldclass team of learning designers leveling up their craft velocity and effectiveness
- Drive an experimentled practice: help design outcomefocused A/B tests align on success metrics and assist with analyzing learning and engagement impact
- Establish content quality systems (guidelines rubrics review workflows) that ensure consistency and a high-quality bar across subjects
- Lead through example by using AI to improve your craft and encouraging your team to do the same
- Explore the future of New Subjects: develop and validate roadmaps for new skills modes and curricula that extend Duolingos impact
You have...
- Depth in learning design: extensive experience (typically 10 years) designing curricula or learning products with proven impact at consumer scale
- People leadership: 5 years leading multidisciplinary teams; experience managing managers and establishing highbar standards
- Product sense: an instinct for creating simple delightful and intuitive user experiences
- Operational rigor: proficiency in content operations QA processes and tooling to maintain quality at scale
- Outstanding communication: clear kind and persuasive across audiences including executive and crossfunctional
Exceptional candidates will have...
- Graduate degree in Learning Science Education Cognitive Science HCI or a relevant subject field (e.g. Mathematics Education Music Theory/Ed Gamebased Learning)
- A track record of partnering with product design and engineering to ship lovable effective features on mobile
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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- Crisis Management
- Marketing
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- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps!
