CareerPlan

Senior Director of Performance Marketing

New York, NYFull-time$237k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead global paid user acquisition strategy, budget, and team across 100+ markets for Duolingo's language, chess, and math products.

Role type

Senior Director of Performance Marketing

Builds

Global paid acquisition portfolio across Google, Apple Search Ads, Meta, TikTok, AppLovin, DSPs, and China platforms

Domain

Mobile app user acquisition (UA) and performance marketing

Required skills

Performance marketing strategy, team leadership (5+ years managing managers), multichannel budget ownership, incrementality testing, saturation modeling, LTV/ROAS frameworks, mobile attribution (MMPs, SKAN), agency management, creative production scaling, executive ROI communication

Preferred skills

China/walled garden ecosystem UA experience, creator/UGC program scaling, multi-product acquisition management

Technologies

Google Ads, Apple Search Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, AppLovin, DSPs, MMPs, SKAN

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of performance marketers; own global paid acquisition budget and portfolio; set measurement standards for incrementality and ROI; translate channel performance into investment plans; build scalable creative production; manage agency and ad tech partners; flex spend with organic calendar and product launches

Seniority

Senior Director, hands-on IC with team leadership