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.
As Senior Manager, Renewals for the Americas, you'll lead a team of Renewals professionals driving high retention rates and recurring revenue growth across Coursera's Enterprise inside sales function. Reporting to the Vice President of Global Renewals, you'll serve as both an operational and people leader, sitting at the intersection of leadership, strategy, and execution. You'll work in close alignment with our Chief Revenue Officer's Go-To-Market strategy while scaling cross-functional partnerships with Sales, Customer Success, Legal, Deal Desk, and Sales Enablement. This pivotal role will challenge you to lead your team through dynamic growth and change while delivering predictable, sustainable revenue outcomes.
About your skills:Sales Management
Direct experience managing quota-carrying sales teams and driving revenue targets in renewals function.
Leadership and Management
Essential for guiding team through change, fostering culture, and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
People Development
Drive career pathing, mentorship, and continuous learning culture for team performance and retention.
What you'll be doing:- Lead, coach, and inspire a high-performing team of Renewals professionals through active coaching, 1:1 mentorship, career pathing, and performance management. Foster a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and operational excellence while championing change management initiatives and guiding the team through evolving business models, GTM integrations, and process enhancements.
- Own the renewal execution strategy across your assigned region or segment, ensuring consistent target attainment and customer retention metrics including GRR and NRR. Partner directly with Field Sales Leadership, Customer Success, and Account Executives to build alignment on strategic accounts, risk mitigation, and expansion opportunities while driving forecast accuracy and pipeline visibility for senior leadership reporting.
- Build strong collaborative relationships across Deal Desk and Legal to streamline contract structures, redlines, and commercial terms for shorter deal cycles. Coordinate with Customer Success and Professional Services to proactively identify churn risk and align on value realization strategies. Partner with Sales Enablement and People Partners to drive continuous onboarding improvement, skill development, and team engagement initiatives.
- Experience with 3+ years of direct people management in SaaS or B2B software renewals, account management, or inside sales, with a proven track record of managing and developing high-performing, quota-carrying teams.
- Background in SaaS recurring revenue models, subscription dynamics, and Go-To-Market strategy. Demonstrated history of operating effectively in fast-paced, high-growth, or changing organizational environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders and collaborate effectively across Legal, Deal Desk, Customer Success, and executive leadership. Experience with high empathy, high accountability leadership and a genuine commitment to people management, coaching, and team enablement.
Compensation:
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity.
This is a hybrid role in Udemy's Denver office.
The compensation range for this role in Denver is $132,600-$166,000.
Posting Date: October 19, 2028
Application Window:
We anticipate the application window will be open until November 19, 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of direct people management experience in SaaS or B2B software renewals, account management, or inside sales
- Proven track record managing and developing high-performing, quota-carrying teams
- Experience with SaaS recurring revenue models, subscription dynamics, and go-to-market strategy
- Experience operating effectively in fast-paced, high-growth, or changing organizational environments
- Ability to manage stakeholders and collaborate across Legal, Deal Desk, Customer Success, and executive leadership
- High-empathy, high-accountability leadership and commitment to people management, coaching, and team enablement
Coursera + Udemy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is commonly described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and strong mental health resources for employees and dependents. Feedback suggests wellbeing programs and counseling/coaching access are notable parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as generous, with flexible or open vacation policies enabling employees to take needed breaks. Feedback suggests this flexibility supports work-life balance across remote and hybrid setups.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation frequently includes meaningful equity components like RSUs and access to an ESPP. Feedback suggests stock programs are a recognized and valued part of overall rewards at both organizations.
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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.
