Consumer Strategy & Growth Lead

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Coursera + Udemy</strong></p> <p>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 <a href="https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-and-udemy-are-now-one-company-creating-the-worlds-most-comprehensive-skills-platform/" target="_blank">blog</a>.</p> <p><strong>Why join us now?</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Shape what comes next</strong></p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Job Overview</strong></p> <p>The Category Growth team serves as the Consumer portfolio growth engine within Category Management, improving category-level business performance across revenue, paid conversion, retention, and lifetime value by identifying the highest-value growth opportunities and driving cross-functional execution.</p> <p>As a Consumer Strategy & Growth Lead, you will independently own high-priority business opportunities from diagnosis through measurable business outcomes. You'll analyze portfolio performance, prioritize the highest-impact opportunities, develop integrated growth strategies, and lead cross-functional teams across Product, Marketing, Content, Data, Finance, and Partner organizations to execute with rigor, remove blockers, and deliver measurable business impact.</p> <p>This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys solving complex business problems, and is equally comfortable moving from deep analytical work to executive strategy discussions and hands-on cross-functional execution. As business priorities evolve, you will be expected to flex across initiatives, build repeatable operating mechanisms, and drive impact wherever the greatest opportunities exist.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own complex, high-priority Consumer business opportunities from diagnosis through execution, driving measurable improvements in revenue, paid conversion, retention, and LTV.</li> <li>Analyze portfolio performance to identify root causes, quantify opportunities, prioritize investments, and develop integrated growth strategies.</li> <li>Lead cross-functional initiatives across Product, Marketing, Content, Data, Finance, and Partner teams by influencing without direct authority and driving alignment around business priorities.</li> <li>Design and execute experiments, operating mechanisms, and performance reviews that accelerate learning and improve decision-making.</li> <li>Prioritize growth opportunities using business impact, implementation effort, timing, confidence, and strategic fit to maximize portfolio performance.</li> <li>Serve as a portfolio-level business owner, balancing short-term revenue opportunities with long-term category growth and learner value.</li> </ul> <p