Product Manager, Coursera
Hands on Learning
$116-146k
+ This role may also be eligible for variable pay and equity
Online learning platform
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Online learning platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$116-146k
+ This role may also be eligible for variable pay and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong PM fundamentals (ability to drive product strategy, strong background in data analysis, strong project execution, highly effective cross-functional collaborator)
- Experience in a role where detailed and often complex technical execution was required to get features to market
- Experience with product management, including developing and prioritizing product backlogs
- Demonstrated history of collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering, design, marketing)
- Background in conducting user research and making data-driven product decisions
- Proficiency in developing and communicating product strategies and requirements
- Experience coordinating go-to-market plans and feature rollouts
Desirable
- Prior experience either volunteering in the education sector in some capacity or working in the education sector directly
- Prior exposure to developing products with GenAI
- Advanced knowledge of product management frameworks like RICE
- Hands-on experience with data visualization tools and A/B testing
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and basic database concepts.Experience using market analysis tools such as Crunchbase
- Strong advocacy for user-centric design and experience working with UX designers
- Proven ability to identify and implement process improvements
What the job involves
- As an IC3 Product Manager II at Coursera, you will drive product innovation by identifying opportunities to enhance user experience and team efficiency
- You will manage product strategies, prioritize features, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with our broader product vision
- Your focus will be on user-centric design, data-driven decisions, and the smooth coordination of new feature rollouts
- You will play a key role in fostering a collaborative environment, advocating for continuous improvement, and ensuring our product offerings remain competitive
- This position is crucial for driving the success and evolution of Coursera’s products within the team
- Creating and maintaining authentic, immersive learning environments that grant millions of learners globally access to industry-standard tools
- Devising new and innovative learning experiences that leverage Generative AI to help learners bridge theory to practice and drive engagement
- Communicating effectively and cogently with all relevant internal and external stakeholders via PRDs, Slack, quarterly and annual roadmaps, Jira tickets, or by whatever means necessary to ensure alignment
- Managing tight cross-functional relationships with marketing, leadership, data science, design, engineering, partnership managers, sales, and more
- Lead product innovation initiatives to improve user experience and team efficiency
- Own the product backlog, prioritizing features to align with user needs and business objectives
- Develop and deliver comprehensive product strategies and requirements for key features
- Collaborate closely with engineering, design, and marketing teams to drive seamless product execution
- Conduct user research and analyze feedback to advocate for user-centric design and inform decision-making
- Create and oversee go-to-market plans for new features to ensure successful rollouts
Our take
Coursera was founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng in 2012 with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world. It partners with universities and other educational institutions to deliver online courses to 40 million students, covering subjects like technology, business, science, and even autonomous cars.
Coursera sees itself as helping people get ready for the next wave of technological advancement. It is preparing individuals, companies, and governments to meet that challenge head-on and turn this disruption into opportunity. To help achieve this, it also has specific product offerings for the corporate market, as well as for governments and nonprofits.
The model of online courses that anyone can attend is very scalable, making Coursera appealing to investors, especially when the online education market is expected to be worth $20bn+ by 2023. Further, it received B Corp certification in February 2021, propelling its efforts to reduce barriers to high quality education.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2020
$130m
SERIES F
Apr 2019
$103m
SERIES E
Total funding: $443.1m
Company benefits
- Coursera covers the cost of tuition so you can earn a free master’s degree and develop new skills. That’s on top of free, lifelong access to courses and certificates on the platform
- We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Plus, free access to counseling and mental health services
- Get up to 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave when you grow your family and bring a new child into your life
- We host Make-a-thon events twice a year to promote community and innovation. During Make-a-thon, you’ll dedicate time to attend workshops, work on passion projects, and pursue ideas outside of your day-to-day work
- Take paid time off when you need it. We have time off policies that promote flexibility so you can tailor your work schedule when life calls
- Our flexibility extends to where you work. You can choose to work from home, work from one of our offices, or try a combination of the two
- Employees earn company stock, so you can own what we build together and share in our success
Company values
- Betterment - We work with persistence to improve ourselves, our teams, and our products
- Boldness - We strive for greatness by facing challenges with courage and determination
- Deep honesty - We are truthful and sincere with learners, partners, and our fellow teammates
- Solidarity - We go the extra mile for each other as we work to transform lives through learning
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Articles
Leadership
Andrew Ng
(Chairman)CEO of Landing AI (helping companies adopt AI). Also a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford.
People progressing
Joined as an Enterprise Implementation Manager. Promoted three times to Senior Manager within four years. Less than 2 years later, they were promoted to Director of Professional Services.
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