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.
As a mission-driven company, Coursera is dedicated to transforming lives through learning. We seek curious, user-obsessed, and bold problem solvers to reimagine the future of global education. Our Learning Experience team sits at the heart of that mission—building the core product experiences and instructional content that power how learners consume knowledge and achieve their goals.
We’re looking for a Manager of Product Management to lead a team focused on instructional content infrastructure and learner experience. You will shape and scale the foundational systems and content modalities that power every learning journey on Coursera—from text, video, and subtitles to new interactive and AI-augmented experiences. Your leadership will directly influence learner engagament and retention.
In this role, you’ll manage and coach a small team of Product Managers, guide cross-functional strategy, and execute across platform capabilities that support high-quality, globally accessible instructional content.
You will report into the VP of Product for Learning Content Experience
Key Responsibilities:
Product Leadership & Vision
- Define the strategy and roadmap for instructional content infrastructure, with a focus on scalability, localization, and accessibility in partnership with Engineering, Design, Research, and Data Science.
- Drive innovation in content formats and delivery, including emerging AI-powered instructional modalities, to deepen learner engagement and retention across web and mobile platforms.
People Management
- Manage and mentor a small team of PMs, supporting their growth through clear development goals, regular feedback, and career pathing.
- Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, and learner-first thinking, encouraging product excellence, ruthless prioritization, and strategic alignment across teams.
Execution & Results
- Translate complex product strategies into actionable roadmaps and deliverables that drive core success metrics like engagement and retention.
- Leverage AI where appropriate to enhance both the product experience and internal authoring/operations tooling.
Basic Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in product management, including 1–2+ years managing or mentoring PMs or leading through influence.
- Demonstrated success delivering infrastructure-heavy or platform-scale features that impact user experience or engagement.
- Track record of executing cross-functional product initiatives with Engineering, Design, and Research.
- Proficiency in developing strategy, aligning stakeholders, and translating vision into roadmap.
- Experience working with AI technologies, content pipelines, or education/learning platforms preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading product teams in learning tech, content platforms, or media delivery systems.
- Strong product judgment with a deep understanding of user-centric design and funnel optimization.
- Comfort with ambiguity and 0-to-1 product development.
- Passion for accessibility, equity in education, and global learner impact.
- Experience with experimentation, user research, and data-informed iteration.
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Learning How To Learn
- Gen AI for Product Managers
- Data Analysis with Python
Compensation
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2
$222,500 - $178,000 USD
US Zone 3
$209,500 - $167,000 USD
The range(s) 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.
Current Zone Locations:
- Zone 1- San Francisco Metro, New York City Metro or Seattle Metro
- Zone 2 - CA (outside of SF Bay Area), CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, NY/NJ (other than NYC), OR, RI, TX, VA, WA (other than Seattle)
- Zone 3 - all other US locations
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