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Staff Product Manager, Search

Coursera - United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-09

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Coursera and Udemy have merged to create a comprehensive skills platform serving 300+ million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers. In this Staff Product Manager role, you will own the strategic vision for Coursera's search experience across the product suite, working with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, research, data science, ML, and university partnerships. You will set the direction for next-generation search capabilities that help users discover the right learning content through compelling, hyper-relevant, and personalized experiences. Key responsibilities include owning conversational search across Coursera, improving search result accuracy through IR/ML advances and LLMs, and driving experimentation to understand market trends and user behaviors. You'll define and track KPIs to measure conversion and merchandising effectiveness, utilize competitor analysis to identify revenue growth opportunities, and work closely with marketing and product teams to align conversion strategies with business objectives. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of product management experience with direct responsibility for consumer-facing products and revenue impact, plus 2+ years working on search, personalization, or recommendation features. You should have a proven track record delivering complex product initiatives from ideation to launch, expertise with A/B testing and multivariate experimentation, and demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams. Preferred qualifications include 4+ years at a large ecommerce company, 0-to-1 product launch experience, and a technical or relevant bachelor's degree. You are hands-on, obsessed with the learner journey, and opinionated about how AI can make discovery effortless for a global, multilingual audience. You bring an owner mindset—biased toward action, a great collaborator, a master simplifier—and hold a high bar across contributions, people, and products.

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