Staff PM, AI-Driven Search & Discovery

Coursera; United States; On-site; USD 167,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Coursera is seeking a Senior Product Manager to define the strategic vision for our search experience across a diverse product suite. You will collaborate with engineering, design, data science, ML, and university partnerships teams to shape a roadmap that delivers a seamless, AI-driven learner journey for a global audience.

The role requires hands-on leadership, obsession with the learner journey, and the ability to translate user value into practical product decisions that scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience with direct responsibility over the success of a consumer-facing product and driving revenue.
• 2+ years of PM experience working on search, personalization, or recommendation features
• Proven track record of delivering complex and impactful product initiatives from ideation to launch
• Experience using quantitative (A/B testing and multivariate experimentation) and qualitative research methods to prioritize and validate ideas
• Demonstrated ability to influence and inspire cross-functional teams through communication and collaboration
• Direct experience in scaling platform-level capabilities that serve multiple use cases 4+ years in a product team at a large ecommerce company (preferred)
• 0-to-1 experience taking products from idea to launch, with proven results post-launch (preferred)
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or relevant field (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for next-generation capabilities that help users discover the right learning content by creating a compelling, hyper-relevant and personalized search experience
• Own conversational search across Coursera, working with other product teams to ensure a seamless and integrated AI experience for learners throughout the learner journey
• Improve the accuracy of search results through innovative tactics, leveraging advances in IR/ML, embeddings, and LLMs to improve query understanding, semantic and multilingual search, personalized ranking, and much more
• Employ rapid experimentation techniques to understand evolving market trends, user behaviors, and potential opportunities
• Utilize market trends and competitor analysis to identify opportunities for revenue growth and innovative ways to personalize the learner experience
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of conversion and merchandising efforts to make data-driven recommendations for continuous improvement
• Work closely with Marketing and other Product teams to align conversion strategies with overall business objectives and revenue targets

Skills

Product management

Search/personalization

A/B testing

Cross-functional leadership

Influence & collaboration

Scale platform capabilities

Idea-to-launch delivery

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical or relevant field

Job description

Coursera is seeking a Senior Product Manager to define the strategic vision for our search experience across a diverse product suite. You will collaborate with engineering, design, data science, ML, and university partnerships teams to shape a roadmap that delivers a seamless, AI-driven learner journey for a global audience.

The role requires hands-on leadership, obsession with the learner journey, and the ability to translate user value into practical product decisions that scale.