Head of Product – Language Learning Platform
Role Overview
Take ownership of an advanced immersion language learning software suite. Combine user empathy with business objectives to drive a highly efficient, user-driven product development process. Collaborate across creative, engineering, and marketing teams to craft effective messaging and features for both beginners and power users.
This is a rare opportunity to shape a beloved product at its early growth stage, directly impacting the future of language learning technology.
Success in this role requires the ability to:
- Understand and activate both beginner and power users according to their unique needs
- Balance features and development for both user segments to maximize retention and satisfaction
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as product owner through all stages: market research, ideation, development, conversion, onboarding, activation, and long-term retention
- Act as the bridge between creative, engineering, marketing, and users
- Apply creativity and market insight to guide design and engineering in creating impactful features
- Design onboarding and engagement flows to convert free users to subscribers and improve user retention
- Contribute directly to UI design, copywriting, and advertising as needed
- Distinguish and address the different needs between beginners and advanced users, balancing development resources accordingly
- Develop nuanced, phased product approaches to gradually align market expectations with product vision
- Control development resources to prevent scope creep and maintain focused product objectives
- Prioritize rapid MVP launches to gather user data and iterate quickly
- Foster a culture of innovation within the team—including hiring, mentoring, and building a new generation of product leaders
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Proven ability to combine market research, customer insight, instincts, and technical constraints into a unified product vision
- Track record of implementing activation and retention strategies
- Proficiency in design/wireframing tools (e.g., Figma) and project management software
- Experience managing budgets and timelines in fast-paced environments
- Demonstrated leadership in consumer software product teams
- Deep passion for language learning
- High proficiency in a language significantly different from your native language (a plus)
Why Join
- Directly shape a rapidly growing, innovative product with global reach
- High-trust, risk-tolerant community encouraging experimentation and creativity
- Collaborate with ambitious, multidisciplinary executors and creatives
Perks & Work Culture
- Remote-first: Work from anywhere in the eastern hemisphere for optimal overlap with an APAC-based team
- Generous PTO: 36 flexible vacation/sick days per year
- Flexible Schedule: No set hours—work results matter most; minimum 40-hour week with APAC team overlap for meetings