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About the role...
We’re looking for a Director, Internal Communications to build and lead an internal communications function that keeps Duos informed, aligned, and inspired. You will set the strategy and standards for how information flows at Duolingo, partner closely with senior leaders to communicate company priorities and change with clarity, and establish measurement so we can continuously improve reach and impact. This role sits within Global Communications and will work cross-functionally with People, Finance, Legal, IT, and executive offices. The scope and ownership areas reflect the current internal comms remit defined by the Comms org for 2026.
🧠 You will...
- Define and own Duolingo’s internal communications strategy, principles, and annual priorities; evolve systems and standards as the company scales.
- Lead planning and execution for cross-company forums and moments (e.g., Parliament, company-wide Q&As, ERG town halls), including message development, presenter preparation, FAQs, and follow-ups.
- Partner with senior leaders on company change communications (strategy shifts, org changes, program or policy updates), building clear cascades and manager toolkits that drive understanding and consistency.
- Establish internal communication standards and guidance on channels (Slack, memos, live forums), including templates, norms, and employee guardrails for public/social communication.
- Create measurement for internal comms effectiveness; analyze reach, clarity, and engagement to identify improvements and inform leadership.
- Build and lead a high-performing internal comms capability: set operating rhythms, define workflows with People/Chief of Staff teams, and manage vendors or contractors as needed.
- Prepare executives and spokespersons for internal moments with talking points, decks review for message clarity, and coaching.
- Partner with onboarding teams to ensure new hires understand how we communicate and where to find information.
- Anticipate issues and coordinate with Comms, Legal, People, and IT to ensure timely, accurate, and trusted internal updates.
✅ You have...
- 10+ years in communications with significant experience leading internal/employee communications at a fast-paced, product-led or tech company.
- Proven track record building or transforming internal comms strategies, systems, and standards at scale, with clear measurement of impact.
- Exceptional writing and editing skills; able to translate complex strategies into clear, concise messages and toolkits for executives and managers.
- Experience planning and running company-wide forums and change communications with cross-functional partners (People, Legal, Finance, IT).
- Strong executive presence and coaching ability; comfortable preparing senior leaders for high-visibility moments.
- Operational excellence: adept at standing up workflows, calendars, templates, and feedback loops that increase clarity and speed.
- High judgment, discretion, and issue management skills in a public company environment.
- Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA, or New York City.
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience standing up a new internal communications function and hiring/leading a small, high-impact team.
- Demonstrated success creating manager cascade programs with measurable understanding lift.
- Background partnering directly with a CEO/Founder and Chief People Officer on company-wide communications.
- Familiarity with Slack-at-scale and live forum production norms, with clear channel governance and templates.
- Experience building metrics frameworks for internal comms tied to trust, engagement, and clarity.
We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.
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What We Do
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
Duolingo is the world’s most popular way to learn a language. Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Some of our products include:
1. Duolingo: The free, fun, and effective way to learn a language!
2. DET (Duolingo English Test): A modern language proficiency tool designed for today's international students and institutions. It offers an English proficiency score, video interview, and writing sample in an accessible, efficient, and secure testing experience.
3. Duolingo Math: An app that can make math be fun. For everyone. Students can focus on elementary math, which covers classroom topics, or adults can focus on brain training, which strengthens mental math skills and covers more advanced topics.
4. Duolingo ABC: An educational learning app that offers immersive lessons to teach preschool to second grade kids reading fundamentals.
Founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide. The app has been awarded Apple's iPhone App of the Year and Android's Best of the Best.
Learning a new language used to be expensive; we believe it should be free. Over 1.2 billion people are learning a second language and most of them are learning English to improve their lives.
Learning a new language is hard; we believe it can be fun. We use bite-sized lessons that feel like playing a game to keep our learners motivated.
With over 500 million learners we have unprecedented data insights on how people learn. Our teams of language learning scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI experts use this data to constantly improve our effectiveness. We’re building a future in which the highest-quality education is accessible to all.
Duolingo has been named:
2022 Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators
2022 Fast Company 10 Most Innovative Education Company
2021 Forbes Best Startup Employers
2020, 2018, 2017, 2013 Most Innovative Company by Fast Company
2020 Best Machine Learning Startups for by Glassdoor
2018 Inc. Best Places to Work
2018 Entrepreneur Top Company Culture List
University Program Awards:
2022 Handshake Early Talent Award
2022 Untapped Top Internship Programs
2022 OneReq Internship Program Trailblazer Award
Why Work With Us
Our global team works together to make language learning fun, free, and effective for anyone who wants to learn, wherever they are. Best of all, you get to work alongside Duo (literally)!
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