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The Problem We’re Solving<\/h2>\n
Most people who try to learn a language quit. Not because they’re lazy, but because traditional apps optimize for streaks and gamification instead of actual conversation skills.<\/p>\n
We’re building something different: a language learning experience that gets people speaking from day one and keeps them coming back because they’re actually having conversations, not just completing lessons.<\/p>\n
The Opportunity<\/h2>\n
You’ll own the core product experience for Jumpspeak\u2014the app that hundreds of thousands of learners use to gain real conversational confidence in new languages. This isn’t about managing a team or attending strategy offsites. This is about shipping features that directly impact whether someone can order coffee in Paris or negotiate a deal in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n
You’ll work directly with our CEO and small product team to shape what language learning should feel like. Not through 50-slide decks, but through rapid experimentation, user interviews, and data.<\/p>\n
What You’ll Actually Do<\/h2>\n
Own the Product<\/strong> (not just a feature)<\/p>\n\n- You are the DRI for our mobile app experience end-to-end\u2014onboarding, lesson design, conversation practice, retention mechanics<\/li>\n
- Define what success looks like, then build and iterate until you hit it<\/li>\n
- Make the hard tradeoffs between what users say they want and what data shows they need<\/li>\n
- Ship weekly, not quarterly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Solve Real Retention Problems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Figure out why learners stop showing up and fix it (hint: it’s not gamification)<\/li>\n
- Design learning experiences that create genuine progress, not just dopamine hits<\/li>\n
- Balance pedagogical effectiveness with engagement\u2014you can’t teach someone who’s not there<\/li>\n
- Run experiments on lesson structure, difficulty curves, conversation formats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Go Deep on User Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Spend serious time talking to users\u2014the ones who love us, the ones who churned, the ones stuck on lesson 5<\/li>\n
- Understand what makes someone willing to feel stupid while learning a language<\/li>\n
- Design for moments of breakthrough (“I just had my first real conversation!”)<\/li>\n
- Know your user segments cold: why does a 40-year-old professional learn differently than a 22-year-old traveler?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Work Cross-Functionally (But Stay in the Driver’s Seat)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Partner with engineers to scope what’s possible vs. optimal<\/li>\n
- Collaborate with our Head of Creative Strategy to align product experience with acquisition messaging<\/li>\n
- Work with content\/pedagogy team on lesson design\u2014you own the experience, they own the curriculum<\/li>\n
- Ship features that growth can actually leverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Use Data, Don’t Hide Behind It<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Analyze cohort retention, feature adoption, session depth metrics daily<\/li>\n
- Run A\/B tests on everything\u2014lesson length, conversation formats, UI patterns<\/li>\n
- Know when to trust the data and when to trust your judgment<\/li>\n
- Build simple dashboards that show what’s working (and what’s dying)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Think International From Day One<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Consider how features work across languages, cultures, learning motivations<\/li>\n
- Design for markets we haven’t entered yet<\/li>\n
- Understand that “conversation practice” means different things in Tokyo vs. Madrid<\/li>\n
- Work with localization to make experiences feel native, not translated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You Should Apply If<\/h2>\n
You Have:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- 5-8 years in product management, with at least 3 years shipping consumer mobile products<\/li>\n
- Track record of measurably improving retention or engagement metrics (tell us the numbers)<\/li>\n
- Experience at a consumer subscription app or freemium product (you understand the funnel)<\/li>\n
- Comfort writing specs, running experiments, and working in Figma\/analytics tools yourself<\/li>\n
- Technical knowledge and experience to communicate and understand fully what the engineering team requires<\/li>\n
- Experience using some Figma or other design tools to effectively communicate what you need<\/li>\n
- Shipped features used by 100k+ people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bonus Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- You’ve learned a language (successfully or unsuccessfully\u2014both teach you something)<\/li>\n
- EdTech or learning product experience<\/li>\n
- Worked on international products or marketplace dynamics<\/li>\n
- Experience with AI\/conversational interfaces<\/li>\n
- Background in linguistics, education, or behavioral psychology<\/li>\n
- You’ve built for both engagement AND learning outcomes (these often conflict)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You Are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Comfortable with ambiguity\u2014we’re still figuring out what works<\/li>\n
- Opinionated but not dogmatic\u2014strong convictions, loosely held<\/li>\n
- Willing to be wrong quickly so you can be right eventually<\/li>\n
- User-obsessed but data-informed (not data-paralyzed)<\/li>\n
- Low ego about whose idea ships, high ego about quality<\/li>\n
- Energized by shipping, not by talking about shipping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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