CareerPlan

Performance Marketing Lead

New York, NYFull-time$163k–$245k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10

Core

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

Role type

Senior Performance Marketing Lead (Paid User Growth)

Builds

New user acquisition campaigns and creative testing at scale for mobile apps

Domain

Mobile user acquisition, global marketing, education technology

Required skills

Paid user acquisition strategy, team leadership, multichannel campaign management, incrementality testing, saturation analysis, LTV/ROAS modeling, mobile attribution, iOS privacy frameworks (SKAN), agency management, creative testing at scale

Preferred skills

Experience with top subscription-based mobile apps, China market acquisition, multi-product growth, UGC/creator network scaling

Technologies

Google UAC, Meta, TikTok, AppLovin, programmatic platforms, SKAN

Responsibilities

Set strategy for acquiring new users who stay and learn; lead and develop a team of performance marketers; run user acquisition across platforms and channels; measure user growth spend impact using testing and retention metrics; build creative testing with agencies and creators; manage agency and ad tech partners; flex spend with organic calendar and product launches; partner with Product and Engineering on measurement and onboarding; provide recommendations to marketing leadership on spend allocation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership