Performance Marketing Lead

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. About the role... We’re looking for a Performance Marketing Lead to own and drive Duolingo’s global user acquisition campaigns across 100+ markets. In this hands-on role, you’ll be directly responsible for running and optimizing mobile acquisition at scale, supporting an eight-figure annual budget in close partnership with our agency partners and internal teams. This is a unique opportunity to do high-impact, executional work on one of the world’s most beloved and innovative brands, reaching millions of learners worldwide. 🧠 You will... Own day-to-day execution of global performance marketing campaigns, with a primary focus on mobile user acquisition and growth. Strategically run and optimize mobile install campaigns across major platforms—such as Google UAC and AppLovin—focusing on high-quality installs, efficient spend, and sustainable global growth. Manage and hold accountable Duolingo’s performance marketing agency partners, ensuring alignment on goals, pacing, and quality of execution. Leverage deep, data-driven insights to guide decisions, constantly improving key KPIs like CPI, retention, and monetization metrics. Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across Marketing Analytics, Creative, Engineering, and Finance to align efforts and maximize impact. Champion a culture of experimentation, continuously testing new channels, creative approac