Lead and execute company-level, cross-functional strategic initiatives (1-2 quarters). Create project plans, reporting, risk tracking, stakeholder alignment, and scalable templates. Drive NPI execution, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery and executive stakeholder satisfaction.
About Coursera
Coursera and Udemy are now one company, creating one of the world's most comprehensive skills development platforms for the AI era. This strengthens our ability to accelerate AI-powered innovation and shape how the world discovers and builds skills at a pivotal moment of change. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog .
Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to worldclass learning. Coursera partners with 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 - including AI-powered personalized guide and features, like Role Play and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks - enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp. Coursera recently combined with Udemy to create one of the world's most comprehensive skills development platforms.
Why Join Us
At Coursera, we're looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners ready to shape the future of education. You'll help build global programs and tools that power online learning for millions turning bold ideas into real impact. People who thrive here are customer-first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.
We're a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones - creating opportunities for teams to do their best work together. Our virtual hiring and onboarding experience makes it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere. If you're ready to make a global impact, help scale unique products across Coursera + Udemy, and grow your career, apply below.
Location: Coursera + Udemy lets you choose the best way to work, whether it's from home, an office, or a collaboration space. We're a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones - creating opportunities for teams to come together. If you're ready to make a global impact, help scale unique products across Coursera + Udemy, and grow your career, apply below.
Job Overview:
We are looking for a Strategic Project Manager to join our team. This role will drive the execution of Coursera's most critical, company-level strategic initiatives that span 1-2 quarters and multiple top-level functions. From day one, the Strategic Project Manager will have an immediate impact on our ability to execute these strategic priorities effectively and efficiently.
This role reports to the VP, Chief of Staff. Success will be measured through the following:
Objectives:
Responsibilities:
Execute strategic initiatives that meet specific selection criteria:
Design and maintain project management infrastructure:
Coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups to drive project success:
Build scalable project management capability:
Required qualifications:
Preferred qualifications:
Compensation:
This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:
US Pay Zones:
Posting Date: 8/3/2026
Application Window: We anticipate the application window will be open until August 7, 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
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For more information about how Coursera collects and uses your personal information, please see our Global Applicant Privacy Notice .
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If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our Fraudulent Activity Submission Form.
Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at [email protected].
Coursera and Udemy are now one company, creating one of the world's most comprehensive skills development platforms for the AI era. This strengthens our ability to accelerate AI-powered innovation and shape how the world discovers and builds skills at a pivotal moment of change. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog .
Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to worldclass learning. Coursera partners with 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 - including AI-powered personalized guide and features, like Role Play and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks - enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp. Coursera recently combined with Udemy to create one of the world's most comprehensive skills development platforms.
Why Join Us
At Coursera, we're looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners ready to shape the future of education. You'll help build global programs and tools that power online learning for millions turning bold ideas into real impact. People who thrive here are customer-first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.
We're a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones - creating opportunities for teams to do their best work together. Our virtual hiring and onboarding experience makes it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere. If you're ready to make a global impact, help scale unique products across Coursera + Udemy, and grow your career, apply below.
Location: Coursera + Udemy lets you choose the best way to work, whether it's from home, an office, or a collaboration space. We're a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones - creating opportunities for teams to come together. If you're ready to make a global impact, help scale unique products across Coursera + Udemy, and grow your career, apply below.
Job Overview:
We are looking for a Strategic Project Manager to join our team. This role will drive the execution of Coursera's most critical, company-level strategic initiatives that span 1-2 quarters and multiple top-level functions. From day one, the Strategic Project Manager will have an immediate impact on our ability to execute these strategic priorities effectively and efficiently.
This role reports to the VP, Chief of Staff. Success will be measured through the following:
- Strategic initiative completion (on time, high quality)
- Template/tool adoption and scaling
- Stakeholder satisfaction (especially the Executive Team)
Objectives:
- Drive execution excellence for a major new product introduction (NPI)
- Create and manage sophisticated project infrastructure for complex, cross-functional work
- Enable effective stakeholder coordination and communication across all levels
- Ensure systematic tracking, reporting, and risk management
- Build scalable templates and tools that enable organizational execution capability
Responsibilities:
Execute strategic initiatives that meet specific selection criteria:
- CEO and / or Executive Team priorities
- Multi-quarter transformations spanning 3+ functions
- Material to company metrics or business model
Design and maintain project management infrastructure:
- Detailed project plans and timelines
- Status reporting and dashboards
- Risk and dependency tracking
- Meeting management and documentation
Coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups to drive project success:
- Drive alignment on deliverables and timelines
- Ensure clear ownership and accountability
- Surface and resolve bottlenecks
- Maintain momentum toward objectives
Build scalable project management capability:
- Template creation and refinement
- Best practice documentation
- Knowledge transfer mechanisms
- Process improvement recommendations
Required qualifications:
- 8+ years of project/program management experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Track record of successfully managing company-level, complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Experience coordinating across senior stakeholders, including VPs+
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellence in project infrastructure creation and maintenance
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Proven ability to influence without authority
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in high-growth technology companies
- PMP certification or equivalent
- Experience with transformation or change initiatives
- Master's degree in a relevant field
Compensation:
This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:
- US Zone 1: $148,580 - $185,725
- US Zone 2: $142,120 - $177,650
- US Zone 3: $131,860 - $164,825
- US Zone 4: $122,740 - $153,425
US Pay Zones:
- US-Z1: Bay Area
- US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro
- US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
- US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI
Posting Date: 8/3/2026
Application Window: We anticipate the application window will be open until August 7, 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
#LI-NM1
For more information about how Coursera collects and uses your personal information, please see our Global Applicant Privacy Notice .
To protect against recruitment fraud, Coursera + Udemy recruiters only communicate via official coursera.org/udemy.com email addresses and never through personal accounts. We do not accept resumes via email or social media; please submit all applications directly through our careers page.
If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our Fraudulent Activity Submission Form.
Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at [email protected].
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