Product Manager, MBA Intern

Duolingo
Pittsburgh, PA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in product management and a background in education or language learning.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with product management experience and a desire to impact global education through tech
    — “desire to make the world a better place through technology and education”
  • Professionals with a background in data analysis and a strong instinct for intuitive user experiences
    — “An instinct for creating simple and intuitive user experiences”

Things to consider

  • This role requires 12 weeks of consecutive availability, which may not align with part-time or non-linear schedules.
    — “12 weeks of consecutive availability”

How to stand out

  • Highlight past experience in leading projects that influenced user experience or business strategy.
    — “Experience leading projects and teams”
  • Showcase your ability to analyze data and use it to shape product decisions with specific examples.
    — “Ability to utilize knowledge of user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions”
  • Emphasize your background in education, language learning, or related fields to align with the mission focus.
    — “Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.”
  • Include examples of how you’ve contributed to product roadmaps or market research in past roles.
    — “Conduct research, analyze market trends and data and develop a product roadmap”
  • Demonstrate your ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams like designers and engineers.
    — “Work closely with UI/UX designers to ensure an excellent user experience”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • lead feature development
  • conduct research
  • work with UI/UX designers
  • guide feature development
  • analyze feature performance
Typical background
product managementsoftware engineeringdata analysis

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementFeature DevelopmentMarket Trend AnalysisProduct Roadmap DevelopmentUser Experience DesignQuantitative AnalysisProject Leadership

Preferred

Language LearningBrand Management

Stack & domain

Product ManagementUser ExperienceData AnalysisLanguage LearningBrand ManagementLeadershipInnovationResourcefulnessProblem-solvingTeamworkEducationTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Duolingo via Greenhouse

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. 

Read our blog to learn more.

🧠  You will...

Lead a specific feature of the app, seeing it through the entire product development cycle: ideation, specification, development, release, analysis, and iteration

Conduct research, analyze market trends and data and develop a product roadmap for a key component of Duolingo’s business (past projects include: teaching Asian languages better, exploring strategy for emerging markets, and product improvements to attract more offline learners) 

Work closely with UI/UX designers to ensure an excellent user experience

Work with engineers to help guide feature development

Perform quantitative analysis on features’ performance and find opportunities for optimization

✅  You have...

Currently pursuing an MBA or related Master’s degree graduating December 2027 or Spring 2028

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Psychology, Design, Computer Science, or related field

3+ years of professional experience as a PM or in highly related areas, such as software engineering, design, data analysis, language learning, or brand management. 

Ability to utilize knowledge of user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions

An instinct for creating simple and intuitive user experiences

Proven ability to learn fast

Demonstrated ability to be resourceful and innovative

Experience leading projects and teams

A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education

12 weeks of consecutive availability

👀 What you can expect…

Dedicated mentorship and coaching from experienced PMs.

A chance to own a real project that impacts millions of learners worldwide.

Intern-specific events, programming, and opportunities to connect with senior leaders.

Exposure to the full product development lifecycle from idea to launch.

A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as a product manager and make meaningful connections with your colleagues

❤️ Why you’ll love working here…

Relocation assistance

Language learning opportunities

Daily catered in-house lunches and breakfast

Company-wide Hackathon

PTO and company holidays

Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo!

Hourly Range for this internship is:$63—$65 USD

Source: Duolingo careers (Greenhouse)

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