Solution Consultant
Coursera
Launched in 2012 by two Stanford professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, Coursera is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 168 million registered learners. Our mission is to provide universal access to world-class learning. We partner with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations and Professional Certificates degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in 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:
At Coursera, our Enterprise team expands global access to world-class education by partnering with enterprises, governments, and universities. We serve 2,500+ organizations across Coursera for Campus, Coursera for Business, and Coursera for Government. We’re looking for a dynamic Solutions Consultant to engage with learning leaders, understand their needs, and deliver impactful solutions using Coursera’s platform and content. This individual contributor role works cross-functionally to support implementation, drive adoption, and serve as a trusted advisor throughout the customer journey.
You'll also act as a subject matter expert on skill development and industry trends, influence product and content strategy, and represent Coursera externally through speaking engagements. This is a great role for someone passionate about learning, skilled at consultative engagement, and excited to contribute in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead discovery sessions with strategic customers (executives at global enterprise companies) to understand their business/organizational goals, challenges, and skill development needs and develop and present proposals, business cases, and other materials to demonstrate the value of Coursera solutions to clients. (At least 30% travel expected).
- Design and deliver innovative learning solutions with Coursera’s content and product capabilities that align with customer needs, emerging skill demand for that industry/role, and best practice in learning program design.
- Serve as thought leader for Coursera: generate new knowledge and best practices and conduct external workshops, conference presentations, webinars, and training sessions to share knowledge and promote Coursera’s offerings.
- Collaborate with other solutions consultants to build processes and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Solution Consulting organization
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Coursera’s Product, Data, Content, and Credentials, and Marketing teams to help improve and shape the direction of our content, product, and positioning.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in learning and development, consulting, advisory, and/or program design in education, workforce development, business transformation, or related industry.
- Demonstrated history of customer-facing work: strong executive presence and ability to communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to understand and solve complex business problems, and to develop and deliver solutions that meet client needs
- Demonstrated experience working with data to inform the design of solutions and inform strategic decision making
- Demonstrated knowledge of key trends and research informing the future of work and education
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated knowledge of the education/workforce/skills/business transformation space
- Experience in an education technology and/or SaaS company, especially working with revenue-generating teams
- Passion for education and technology, with a desire to contribute to the transformation of learning and development
- Entrepreneurial drive and comfort working in ambiguous, quickly changing environments
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Generative AI: Labor and the Future of Work
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful Mental Tools to Help You Master Tough Subjects
Compensation:
US Zone 1
This role is not available in Zone 1
US Zone 2
$110,880 - $138,600 USD
US Zone 3
$104,800 - $131,000 USD
The range(s) listed above is the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change.
Salary is just one component of Coursera’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for a bonus program and equity in the form of RSUs.
A number of factors are taken into account when determining pay, which includes: job level, location, training/education, business need, skill set and internal equity.
Current Zone Locations:
- Zone 1- San Francisco Metro, New York City Metro, or Seattle Metro
- Zone 2 - CA (outside of SF Bay Area), CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, NY/NJ (other than NYC), OR, RI, TX, VA, WA (other than Seattle)
- Zone 3 - All other US locations
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