Udemy
Senior Executive Business Partner
🇺🇸 Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $152K - $190K
💻 Human Resources
🗓️ July 16th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Udemy is hiring a Senior Executive Business Partner to provide administrative and strategic support to the CEO. The role involves managing complex calendars, coordinating special projects, partnering with leaders to enhance organizational effectiveness, and handling high-visibility or sensitive issues with discretion.
Highlights
- Provide administrative and project management support to the CEO, including managing calendars and executing special initiatives.
- Partner with leaders to understand priorities and develop processes to improve organizational efficiency.
- Coordinate department initiatives, team activities, and recognition programs to contribute to company culture.
- Prepare presentations, proposals, reports, and business correspondence using PowerPoint and Google Slides.
- Communicate clearly and professionally across multiple platforms, often on behalf of executives.
- Manage sensitive information with confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in high-pressure situations.
- Required skills include prioritization, time management, stakeholder relationship management, adaptability, and problem-solving.
- Must have 5+ years of experience supporting C-level executives or relevant administrative/project management background.
- Compensation range: $152,000 to $190,000 USD plus eligibility for equity.
- Work involves collaboration with internal and external Executive Business Partners and cross-functional teams.
Senior Executive Business Partner Full Description
Senior Executive Business Partner
San Francisco, CA
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered reskilling platform built to help people and teams grow. It’s personalized, practical, and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they’re picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you’re excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home.
Learn more about us on our company page.
Hybrid work
Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, Mexico City and Melbourne.
This hybrid position requires three days per week in the office at the nearest hub.
Learn more about us on our company page.
About your skills
- Prioritization & Time Management - Ability to juggle multiple tasks, manage complex calendars, and meet tight deadlines with minimal oversight.
- Stakeholder & Relationship Management- skilled at working with cross-functional teams and executives; understands how to build trust, manage up, and influence without authority.
- Communication Skills (Written & Verbal) - Clear, concise, and professional communication across multiple platforms (email, Slack, presentations, etc.), often on behalf of execs.
- Adaptability & Problem Solving- Quick to assess and pivot in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment; resourceful and solution-oriented when handling issues.
- Discretion & Judgment - Handles sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality; exercises excellent judgment in high-visibility or high-pressure situations.
About the role
We are hiring a resourceful and self-motivated Executive Business Partner to provide administrative and strategic support to our CEO. This position is ideal for a dynamic, resourceful, highly organized individual who takes ownership over the details and loves to get things done. The role requires a strong sense of urgency and the ability to work independently with sound judgment. This position will require strong administrative and project management skills and experience seeing projects through the full life cycle. The ideal candidate has successfully supported a C-level executive in a previous role and wants to form long-term professional relationships with high-performing, fast-moving, entrepreneurial leaders.
What you’ll do
- Partner with leaders to understand their priorities and build processes to make their organizations more effective
- Oversee development and execution for special projects and initiatives identified by the CEO .
- Be a culture-contributor: coordinate department initiatives, lead, highlight, and celebrate essential team and career moments. Show impeccable judgment when it comes to high-visibility or sensitive issues
- Able to act with urgency and calm even in high-stress situations
- You have a low-ego attitude – ready and excited to conquer any task.
- Plan agendas, provide high-quality meeting notes, perform action follow-ups, execute logistics for regular senior leadership meetings and off-sites
- Assist with the preparation of presentations, proposals, reports, and other business correspondence
- Partner with internal and external EBPs in arranging events, meetings, correspondence, etc.
- Help with arranging team activities and recognition initiatives for team members on an ongoing basis
What you’ll have
- 5+ years of proven experience as an executive assistant or other relevant administrative or project management experience
- Deep experience building PowerPoint/Google presentations
- Strong writing skills - you're comfortable setting and accepting direction over email/Slack (either 1:1 or with a large group)
- Strong relationship builder - you have a track record of taking the time to get to know your key stakeholders, understand their needs and working styles and you know how to coordinate people to get things done
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize and perform a variety of tasks with little supervision, a strong sense of urgency, and a positive can-do attitude
- A team-oriented individual with the ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff in the resolution of problems and the completion of tasks
- Strong organizational skills necessary to organize and manage a workload that involves tight deadlines, managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range
$152,000—$190,000 USD
Why work here?
You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our US Benefits, Ireland Benefits & Turkiye Benefits pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
Benefits outlined are provided as a general overview and may vary depending on the location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
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