Coursera
Assistant Director, University
Partnerships (APAC)
GURGAON
PARTNERSHIPS & CONTENT STRATEGY – UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
FULL-TIME EXEMPT
Coursera is a leading online learning platform for
higher education, where 76 million learners from around the world come to learn
skills of the future. More than 200 of the world’s top universities and
industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, Specializations,
certificates, and degree programs. Thousands of companies trust the company’s
enterprise platform Coursera for Business to transform their talent. Coursera for
Government equips government employees and citizens with in-demand skills to
build a competitive workforce. Coursera for Campus empowers any university to
offer high-quality, job-relevant online education to students, alumni, faculty,
and staff. Coursera is backed by leading investors that include Kleiner
Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, Learn Capital, and SEEK Group.
The University partnerships team is responsible to
source the best possible content and programs for our learners from 160+ of the
best universities worldwide. This requires us to build strong and long-lasting
relationships with our partners and to work closely with them to define and
execute their strategy.
As part of the team, you will build and manage a
portfolio of universities, working closely with them to build trusting
relationships, proactively understanding their context and concerns, and help
Coursera leverage such partnerships to achieve its goals.
Your work will demand that you can interface with a
range of stakeholders from senior-level leadership to instructors and program
managers. Central to your work is the ability to demonstrate and ensure
Coursera’s value to the institution while shaping a strategy for the
partnership that drives long-term engagement.
Your
Responsibilities:
Source
Content and Credentials: Source the content and credentials
including degrees, MasterTracks™, specializations, courses to be delivered on
Coursera platform and negotiate business and service terms associated with
partner relationships
Relationships:
Influence and inspire partners by engaging with university stakeholders at all
levels including: faculty, deans, administrators, and provosts
Revenues:
Grow revenues at a high rate by identifying, prioritizing, and executing on
opportunities to create shared value across all of Coursera channels that can
transform the lives of learners
Leadership:
Align cross-functional teams to efficiently deliver for partners by acting as
the primary Coursera contact, coordinating and inspiring teams to deliver success
Strategic
initiatives: Drive adoption of strategic initiatives
by developing campus-wide digital strategies, identify business opportunities,
and shape solutions
Distribution: Help drive enrollments in B2C and B2B channels by working with other teams on value proposition, positioning, pricing, cohort targets, and marketing of your portfolio’s content. Ad hoc
