Head of Duolingo Academy (Leadership Development)

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.

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About the role...

Duolingo is launching Duolingo Academy a signature company-wide learning program focused first on leadership development. Were seeking a Head of Duolingo Academy to design the strategy build and deliver highimpact learning experiences for our leaders (with an initial emphasis on managers of managers) and scale a cohesive capability-building system that strengthens leader impact across the company. This high-visibility role partners closely with People leadership and senior executives to translate company priorities and values into practical measurable learning that grows with Duolingo. This role is based in Pittsburgh PA or New York NY.

:brain: You will...

• Define the vision strategy and operating model for Duolingo Academy starting with leadership development (managers of managers) and expanding into adjacent capability areas over time.
• Design deliver and iterate on a portfolio of leadership programs frameworks (e.g. toolkits guides rubrics) and learning journeys (e.g. live virtual asynchronous) aligned to business priorities and Duolingos values and ensuring consistency and a high-quality learning experience at scale.
• Design and oversee coaching expert-led and cohort-based learning programs (e.g. executive coaching internal/external experts communities of practice) to deepen leader capability and support individualized development.
• Establish clear success metrics and measurement practices (e.g. participant NPS outcome metrics) review data and feedback regularly and continuously improve programs based on impact.
• Partner with and serve as a trusted advisor to People leadership function heads and cross-functional stakeholders to align Duolingo Academy with talent strategies (e.g. performance career ladders) and company priorities.
• Leverage Duolingos existing leadership offerings and integrate complementary learning pathways to create a cohesive end-to-end leader development experience.
• Pilot scale and communicate Duolingo Academy programs and outcomes to executives and refine the roadmap and resourcing plan as Duolingo Academy proves impact and evolves with the organization.

:check: You have...

• Extensive experience designing and delivering leadership development or capability-building programs with a strong grasp of adult learning program design principles and the science of teaching.
• A background as a successful leader and operator (ideally in Engineering Product or Design) in addition to leadership coaching and development (not traditional L&D).
• Demonstrated ability to assess leadership needs translate them into practical and sticky learning experiences and facilitate engaging sessions for senior audiences.
• A track record of building scalable learning systems and content (frameworks toolkits assets) and measuring impact using data and feedback.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and partner with senior leaders across functions in dynamic high-growth environments.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity simplifying the complex and shipping high-quality work on tight timelines with a hands-on builders mindset.
• The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh PA or New York NY.

:star: Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience establishing a flagship company-wide learning program and scaling it from V1 to a durable high-impact function.
• Expertise connecting leadership development to broader capability building (e.g. manager effectiveness decision-making communication AI fluency).
• Familiarity integrating leadership programs with performance systems and career ladder enablement to manage organizational change at scale.