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Senior Product Manager, Growth
Duolingo INC · 🇺🇸 New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 100 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Duolingo INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Associate Product Manager, Growth” (Data Scientists) in PA: $135k–$139k, median $137k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 100 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Come and be a product lead within our Growth Pillar. Growth is core to our mission at Duolingo; helping users find and build a habit with language learning is tied to our ability to make the product fun and engaging every single day. We work on a wide variety of features that build and strengthen habits, like streaks, quests, leaderboards, notifications, and are always inventing new features to address user needs. You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to improve our user retention, with an eye towards DAUs as our north star. Our app is extremely visual, so you’ll work closely with Product Design and Product Writing to make sure users understand and appreciate any new feature, and you’ll work closely with Engineering to understand how we bring it to life. We’re looking for someone who can work cross-functionally to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits. 🧠 You will... • Own product strategy and execution for a new growth team, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions • Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams, with DAUs as the north star • Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration • Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more retentive experiences   • Improve core team metrics such as retention (short and long term), L7, and relevant feature adoption / usage • Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact ✅ You have... • Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product • Significant experience working on growth or growth-adjacent product surfaces, ideally owning DAU/WAU or retention metrics • Experience owning product strategy and execution for a growth-related feature, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration • Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions • Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do • Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... • Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent • Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games)  • Strong judgment for how to balance short and long term retention, particularly in a freemium app with monetization (either IAPs or subscriptions) as a guardrail The offered sala