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Coursera is seeking a Senior Product Manager for its Notification Platform, responsible for driving engagement through effective communication strategies across various channels.

Responsibilities: Lead the strategy and execution for the Notification Platform, collaborate with cross-functional teams, define notification standards, and improve performance metrics.

Skills: 4+ years of product management experience, strong technical fluency, experience with messaging technologies, and data-driven decision-making skills.

Qualifications: Experience with messaging infrastructure tools like Braze or Salesforce Marketing Cloud and familiarity with legal requirements such as GDPR.

Location: This is a remote position for candidates in the USA or Canada.

Compensation: $113000 - $142000 / Annually

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.

Company Overview linked in Greenhouse: 

Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, 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 148 million registered learners as of March 31, 2024. Coursera partners with over 325 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to up-skill and re-skill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.

Job Overview:

As the Senior Product Manager for Coursera’s Notification Platform, you will lead the strategy and execution of how we communicate with learners across email, push, and in-app channels. This role is part of the Engagement team at Coursera and is critical to driving engagement and retention for learners throughout their journey.

You’ll work cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Data Science, and Core Product teams to build a unified, scalable, and compliant notification system. Your work will ensure that learners receive timely, relevant, and high-quality messaging—from transactional confirmations to behavioral nudges and lifecycle campaigns. This is a highly visible, systems-oriented role that combines product craft, platform thinking, and user empathy to support both our consumer and enterprise businesses.

Responsibilities:

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for Coursera’s Notification Platform (email, push, in-app messaging).
• Work with product teams across Coursera to define when and how transactional messages are triggered across core user flows.
• Collaborate with marketing and lifecycle teams to support campaign delivery and personalization.
• Collaborate with design on standardizing notification templates (e.g. emails) 
• Define and maintain notification standards, templates, and governance to ensure consistency, clarity, and brand alignment.
• Monitor and improve performance metrics such as deliverability, engagement, latency, and unsubscribe rates.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of product management experience, including ownership of a platform or internal tooling product.
• Experience working with messaging technologies (e.g., email systems, push notifications, or in-app messaging).
• Strong technical fluency; able to work closely with engineering on system design and integration.
• Proven ability to define strategy, manage roadmaps, and execute cross-functional projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with data-driven decision-making and A/B testing.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with messaging infrastructure tools (e.g., Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Amplitude).Familiarity with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, CAN-SPAM).Track record of defining governance standards across distributed product teams.Experience working on consumer-facing products. 

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

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• Learning How to Learn
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Compensation

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 [ $113,000 - $142,000] 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. 

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 [email protected].

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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