About Coursera + Udemy
Coursera and Udemy are now one company, bringing together two mission-driven brands to create the world’s most powerful platform for turning learning into progress. Together, we help more than 300 million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers build the skills they need for a world being reshaped by AI. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog.
Why join us now?
AI is transforming how people learn, work, and grow, and the need for new skills has never been greater. Coursera brings trusted content and credentials from leading university and industry partners, while Udemy brings a dynamic skills marketplace and global network of real-world experts. By combining these strengths, we can connect more people and organizations to the skills they need, when they need them.
Shape what comes next
By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to reshape how the world learns and applies skills—and help millions of people participate in the new economy. Bring your ideas, expertise, and perspective to meaningful work that can make a difference at global scale.
Job Overview:
The Sales Development Team is a critical component of our growth plan. All inbound and outbound engagement with prospective customers starts with the SDR team. As an Outbound Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will be responsible for generating interest in Coursera by contacting prospects, presenting our solutions, and qualifying leads for our sales team. You will work closely with sales and marketing teams to ensure we operate as a seamless organization to build our pipeline of business.
The ideal individual will have experience with enterprise sales/partnerships and be interested in working for a social enterprise. Your knowledge of edtech, and enterprise learning combined with superior communication skills and analytical abilities, will shape Coursera’s campus business to help us provide more access to education globally.
Responsibilities:
- Build a pipeline of leads for the sales team by qualifying inbound inquiries and reaching out to high-potential prospects.
- Conduct effective discovery and qualification conversations with prospects through your deep understanding of our product value proposition and use cases.
- Develop creative strategies for engaging and nurturing prospects using content, email, phone, social media and other strategies
- Partner closely with members of the sales and marketing teams to coordinate engagement strategies and improving processes
- Use your frontline knowledge of customer needs to educate the broader team on learnings and opportunities.
Basic Qualifications:
- 1+ years of experience as a Sales Development Representative (SDR) or Business Development Representative (BDR)
- Demonstrated outbound prospecting experience including outreach to net-new businesses
- Proficiency with sales and/or marketing tools such as Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator or similar software
Preferred Qualifications:
- Comfort working in ambiguous, quickly-changing environments
- Excellent written and verbal communications and listening skills
- Experience with high volume request and excellent time management skills
- Previous experience in an outbound sales environment
Keep Learning
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
Sales Training: Building Your Sales Career
- Salesforce Fundamentals
Compensation
At Coursera, we offer competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level. Our total rewards package goes beyond salary, with comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.
This role is only available for hire in the UAE.
Posting Date
Posting Date: November 3, 2026
Application Window: November 3 - November 10, 2026
We anticipate the application window will be open until November 10 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
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Skills Required
- 1+ years of experience as a Sales Development Representative or Business Development Representative
- Outbound prospecting experience, including outreach to net-new businesses
- Proficiency with sales or marketing tools such as Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or similar software
- Comfort working in ambiguous, quickly changing environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills
- Experience handling high-volume requests and strong time management skills
- Previous experience in an outbound sales environment
Coursera + Udemy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is emphasized, often paired with mental-health resources such as Modern Health and Headspace. Wellness perks and remote-work support further reinforce access to care.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is presented as fully paid and substantial (e.g., around 12 weeks), with added fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support plus caregiver-concierge services in some plans. These offerings signal meaningful support for families alongside flexible time off.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total rewards commonly include restricted stock units and an employee stock-purchase plan in addition to base pay. Bonuses and equity are positioned as notable components of compensation.
Coursera + Udemy Insights
What We Do
About Coursera: Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Coursera partners with 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 — including AI-powered personalized guide and features, like Role Play and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. About Udemy: Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We offer hybrid work schedules and hybrid working so our people can make work fit their unique needs.
