Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.
At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.
Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.
Job Overview:
As the Vice President of Product Management at Coursera, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the learner journey from onboarding through renewal. You will be responsible for creating a cohesive, engaging, and personalized user experience that encourages lifelong learning and builds a strong relationship between learners and the platform. Your leadership will drive key improvements in acquisition, conversion, engagement, and retention metrics. This role requires a visionary leader who can work cross-functionally to design and implement a platform that leverages AI to craft deeply personal learning experiences. You will directly manage a team of 12 Product Managers and need to influence key stakeholders across design, engineering, data, and enterprise functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and articulate a comprehensive long-term strategic vision that spans the entire learner journey, from initial website interaction through to renewal, ensuring a seamless, engaging, and personalized experience that fosters sustained learner loyalty.
- Create and execute innovative strategies for learner acquisition, conversion, and retention, utilizing data-driven insights to optimize the user experience across multiple touchpoints.
- Oversee the development and execution of a comprehensive product roadmap, fostering collaboration across product, marketing, engineering, design, and data teams.
- Lead and mentor a diverse team of Product Managers, cultivating a high-performance culture that emphasizes growth, promotion, and sustained career development.
- Drive the implementation of pricing, packaging, and monetization strategies to boost growth and profitability.
- Utilize market and consumer data to inform strategic product decisions, fostering regular feedback mechanisms from users and stakeholders to meet evolving needs.
- Oversee the product development lifecycle from ideation to market launch, ensuring successful adoption and iterative improvements based on post-launch analyses.
Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years of extensive experience in product management, with a proven track record of spearheading product-led growth initiatives and funnel optimization at a strategic level.
- A minimum of 10 years in leadership and management, with a demonstrated history of successfully leading and nurturing teams of product managers, as well as cross-functional teams, with a strong emphasis on fostering a positive, high-performance team culture. Proven leadership in scaling teams for maximum impact.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and identify actionable insights to improve funnel performance.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas and strategies to a variety of stakeholders, both in writing and in presentations. Mastery in influencing and mobilizing key decision-makers.
- Expertise in project management methodologies, with experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from ideation to launch. Proven experience in efficiently allocating resources for optimal outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute on strategic initiatives that have driven significant business growth and customer acquisition through funnel optimization and product enhancements.
- Strong product mindset, with a focus on understanding customer needs and using data to design and iterate on product features that drive growth and optimization within the funnel. A strong understanding of product development lifecycles and technology platforms is essential.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, data, engineering, or mathematics, or equivalent work experience in a technical role.
Desired Outcomes:
- Inspire learner engagement and motivation, fostering enduring loyalty to Coursera and supporting learners on their personalized educational journeys
- Establish Coursera as a leader in personalized learning experiences through the strategic application of AI.
- Drive significant improvements in paid conversion, retention, and engagement metrics.
- Maintain consistent progress and innovation across all user-facing platforms, fostering a seamless and impactful learning experience.
Leadership Competencies:
- Influential Leadership: Demonstrates effective influence across cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, data, and marketing, to drive collaboration and achieve strategic objectives.
- Business Acumen: Possesses a strong business orientation with a deep understanding of marketplaces, discovery, and search dynamics, enabling the development of competitive and innovative product strategies.
- Innovation: Fosters a culture of innovation by encouraging creative thinking and implementing cutting-edge solutions to enhance the learner experience and product offerings.
- Talent Development: Exhibits a proven track record of developing talent and building a high-performance team culture, with a history of cultivating internal promotions and supporting career development success. Demonstrates adaptability in navigating rapid change and guiding teams through dynamic environments.
Compensation
$275,000 - $325,000 USD
The range listed above is the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change.
Salary is just one component of Coursera’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for a bonus program and equity in the form of RSU’s. A number of factors are taken into account when determining pay, which includes: job level, location, training/education, business need, skill set and internal equity.
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