Senior Localization Program Manager

About the role: Join Duolingo’s Localization team within Scaling Operations to turn complex, high-volume localization work into durable, low-touch systems that scale across our 30+ UI languages. You’ll own the end-to-end programs that bring promising product ideas into long-term, scalable operations, improving launch speed, quality, and efficiency. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and language partners, you will help build the systems that keep localization in lockstep with Duolingo’s growth. Drive automation and system improvements to scale from 0-to-1 and beyond, leveraging technology to make localized content production simpler, more repeatable, and more transparent Own the metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization Cultivate relationships with key partners (marketing, product, design, engineering) to develop a localization strategy and roadmap for your area; develop and socialize best practices and ways of working Establish workflows and tooling that increase localization throughput and quality across our system. You have Demonstrated experience crafting localization strategy and systems for new features and experiences, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering partners A track record of building and leading localization programs in a cross-functional consumer app environment Tech-savviness. You are proficient in managing and scaling workloads using technology, including AI, CMSs, and CAT tools Excellent communication skills; you influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders to drive decisions Comfort defining goals and metrics and translating insights into actionable engineering requirements and scalable workflow specifications Exceptional candidates will have Hands-on experience in localization quality frameworks and ecosystems Familiarity with internationalization engineering concepts such as Unicode handling and message format in consumer apps Experience supporting international product growth in emerging or high-complexity language markets

Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here .Accommodations 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 accommodations@duolingo.com .Equal Employment Opportunity 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. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .Salary Range $142,800 — $193,200 USDAI in Hiring Duolingo uses AI technology to assist in our hiring process. We want to be transparent about how we use this technology and your rights. We use Greenhouse Software's Talent Matching feature to assist with reviewing applications for the skills and experience we have decided are important for this role. How it works Talent Matching reviews your resume and responses to application questions to determine the extent to which your qualifications match the job requirements selected for this role. These requirements and their desired weighting are established by our recruiters in collaboration with hiring managers. All Talent Matching output is reviewed by our recruiting and hiring teams, who make the final decision on each application. Talent Matching does not automatically disposition any candidate or make hiring decisions. Voluntary Self Identification To fulfill our mission of developing the best education in the world and making it universally available, we seek exceptional talent for every role. We recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds. To help us evaluate our hiring process for equitability, we invite U.S. applicants to share their demographic information. Participation in this survey is voluntary and confidential. Participation will not affect any hiring decisions or outcomes.