Staff Program Manager Brand Campaigns

We're hiring a Staff Program Manager to lead complex, multi-quarter programs that cut across teams and functions at Duolingo. You'll operate with significant autonomy to turn strategy into clear, scalable execution, align senior stakeholders, and build the systems that help teams ship impactful work on time.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of multiple complex, cross-functional programs from inception through launch, reporting and retro.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans and timelines; proactively identify risks, manage dependencies, and drive mitigation plans to protect delivery and quality.
• Run effective operating rituals that drive decisions, surface blockers, and create clear next steps for all partners.
• Align stakeholders across internal teams and external partners around goals, scope, and trade-offs; communicate crisp status and recommendations to leadership.
• Create and improve lightweight processes, templates, and tools that teams actually adopt.
• Track performance against program goals; partner with analytics/insights to synthesize learnings and feed them into future planning and operating models.
• Coach teams on program management best practices and uplevel execution across adjacent workstreams.
• Manage and hire a bench of freelance program managers.
• Partner closely with Brand/Marketing to orchestrate multi-workstream campaign operations.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in program/project management leading high-impact, cross-functional programs end-to-end in consumer tech or a comparable fast-paced environment.
• Proven mastery of integrated campaign planning and timelining; strong ability to manage multiple concurrent programs, dependencies, and change with clarity and calm.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; you simplify complexity, drive decisions, and influence across levels without authority.
• Demonstrated strength creating structure in ambiguity and designing systems/rituals that scale execution without unnecessary overhead.
• Data-informed mindset; you define success metrics and use results to shape next steps and recommendations.
• Deep proficiency with project/task management and tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, Google Workspace) and a documentation-first approach.
• Experience orchestrating cross-channel marketing or product launch workflows in partnership with Brand/Creative and external partners; comfort navigating trade-offs to protect quality and timelines.

Nice to Have:

• People management experience, including hiring, developing, and performance-managing program managers.
• Experience coordinating multi-market or multi-team launches with localization and/or external partner coordination.
• A track record building lightweight decision frameworks, retro processes, and operating cadences that stick across teams.
• Background working across multiple tracks of program management.
• Depth managing agencies and a freelance bench for integrated brand campaigns.
• Experience upleveling adjacent workstreams through coaching, templates, and tooling.

Benefits:

• Salary Range: $152,000-$228,000 USD
• Base salary supplemented by equity compensation