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Coursera is hiring a Partner Engagement Manager. This role involves leading partner-facing campaigns to drive adoption of Coursera's platform tools and support strategic business changes, while coordinating with internal teams to deliver clear, impactful communications and enhance partner engagement.

Highlights

Design and manage go-to-partner engagement campaigns focusing on tool adoption, business shifts, and partner programs.
Create strategic messaging, visual assets, and enablement materials for internal and external audiences.
Partner with Product Marketing, Global Communications, Product Management, and field teams to align campaign objectives.
Utilize platforms such as Salesforce and HubSpot to manage campaign delivery, targeting, and performance tracking.
Track and analyze campaign performance to refine engagement strategies and improve partner experience.
Requires 6+ years in communications, partner or product marketing, or client engagement within tech, B2B, or consulting sectors.
Must have exceptional written and visual communication skills and experience managing complex campaigns.
Preferred proficiency with Salesforce, HubSpot, Confluence, Google Slides, and familiarity with generative AI tools.
MBA preferred, especially with a focus on change management or strategic communications.
Targeted base salary range for Canada candidates is $90,000 to $113,000, with possible variable pay, equity, and benefits.

Partner Engagement Manager Full Description

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 175 million registered learners as of March 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading universities and industry leaders 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:

Coursera is expanding our Partner Success team with a Partner Engagement Manager to lead bold, high-impact campaigns that inspire our global network of university and industry partners to adopt new tools, embrace change, and stay deeply engaged. In this role, you’ll help shape how partners experience some of Coursera’s most important product and business transformations, applying change management principles and a deep understanding of partner needs to drive clarity, confidence and action.

As a key driver of go-to-partner engagement and communications, you’ll craft strategic messaging and visually compelling assets that turn complexity into clarity. Your work will support product adoption, business shifts and partner engagement at scale. You’ll collaborate with Product Marketing, Global Communications, and field teams to bring these moments to life in ways that feel clear, human and actionable.

This is a high-visibility individual contributor role that blends strategy, storytelling and execution. Success will require sharp thinking, outstanding writing and slide design skills, strong project management and the ability to align stakeholders across global teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Partner-Facing Campaigns

Design and project manage go-to-partner engagement campaigns that:
1. Help partners adopt new tools and capabilities on the Coursera platform
2. Support partners through strategic business shifts, such as changes to monetization models or content operations
3. Strengthen trust and alignment through partner engagement programs like councils, feedback surveys, and conferences
Develop messaging, visuals, enablement assets, and campaign toolkits for internal and external audiences
Serve as a strategic partner to field teams, supporting 1:1 outreach with clear materials and guidance

Cross-Functional Execution

Coordinate with Product Marketing, Global Communications, Product Management, Services, Account Managers and other internal teams to align on campaign goals and content
Deliver campaigns across multiple channels and segments, using email, webinars, and internal enablement platforms
Manage campaign timelines and feedback loops to ensure timely delivery and continuous iteration
Own the systems and workflows (e.g. Salesforce, HubSpot) that power campaign targeting, delivery and performance tracking

Measurement and Continuous Improvement

Track campaign performance and engagement metrics to assess impact and inform future strategy
Gather insights from partners and internal stakeholders to improve clarity, tone, targeting, and overall experience
Contribute to the refinement of Coursera’s go-to-partner systems and campaign calendar

Basic Qualifications:

6+ years experience leading communications for strategic change initiatives or business transformation programs, partner or product marketing, customer or client engagement in a tech, B2B, or consulting environment
Exceptional written and visual communication skills, with a knack for simplifying complex ideas into clear, engaging messages and designing compelling, professional slide decks for executive and external audiences
Proven success managing cross-functional campaigns with measurable business outcomes; ability to think strategically while managing detailed execution across multiple campaigns
Willingness to work across global time zones

Preferred Qualifications:

Proficiency with communication and marketing tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot, Confluence, Google Slides)
Experience using generative AI or agent-based tools to enhance clarity, speed, and scale in communications with a curiosity to explore new ways they can amplify impact
Familiarity with platform product adoption and lifecycle communications; experience working with strategic partnerships or education institutions a plus
MBA preferred, ideally with a focus in change management and/or strategic communications

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

Coursera offers competitive pay and equitable compensation practices. Our job titles may span more than one career level. The targeted hiring base salary range for this role is between $90,000 and $113,000 for all Canada candidates. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to prior work experiences, training/education, transferable skills, business needs, and geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for variable pay, equity, and benefits.

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Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at accommodations@coursera.org.

For California Candidates, please review our CCPA Applicant Notice here.

For our Global Candidates, please review our GDPR Recruitment Notice here.

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Original Job Description

Job Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

Partner-Facing Campaigns

Design and project manage go-to-partner engagement campaigns that:
1. Help partners adopt new tools and capabilities on the Coursera platform
2. Support partners through strategic business shifts, such as changes to monetization models or content operations
3. Strengthen trust and alignment through partner engagement programs like councils, feedback surveys, and conferences
Develop messaging, visuals, enablement assets, and campaign toolkits for internal and external audiences
Serve as a strategic partner to field teams, supporting 1:1 outreach with clear materials and guidance

Cross-Functional Execution

Coordinate with Product Marketing, Global Communications, Product Management, Services, Account Managers and other internal teams to align on campaign goals and content
Deliver campaigns across multiple channels and segments, using email, webinars, and internal enablement platforms
Manage campaign timelines and feedback loops to ensure timely delivery and continuous iteration
Own the systems and workflows (e.g. Salesforce, HubSpot) that power campaign targeting, delivery and performance tracking

Measurement and Continuous Improvement

Track campaign performance and engagement metrics to assess impact and inform future strategy
Gather insights from partners and internal stakeholders to improve clarity, tone, targeting, and overall experience
Contribute to the refinement of Coursera’s go-to-partner systems and campaign calendar

Basic Qualifications:

6+ years experience leading communications for strategic change initiatives or business transformation programs, partner or product marketing, customer or client engagement in a tech, B2B, or consulting environment
Exceptional written and visual communication skills, with a knack for simplifying complex ideas into clear, engaging messages and designing compelling, professional slide decks for executive and external audiences
Proven success managing cross-functional campaigns with measurable business outcomes; ability to think strategically while managing detailed execution across multiple campaigns
Willingness to work across global time zones

Preferred Qualifications:

Proficiency with communication and marketing tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot, Confluence, Google Slides)
Experience using generative AI or agent-based tools to enhance clarity, speed, and scale in communications with a curiosity to explore new ways they can amplify impact
Familiarity with platform product adoption and lifecycle communications; experience working with strategic partnerships or education institutions a plus
MBA preferred, ideally with a focus in change management and/or strategic communications

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

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If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at accommodations@coursera.org.

For California Candidates, please review our CCPA Applicant Notice here.

For our Global Candidates, please review our GDPR Recruitment Notice here.

#LI-Remote

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