Udemy

Senior SEO Manager

Udemy  •  $129k - $162k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  10 days ago
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Job Description

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 Marketing team connects the world to lifelong transformative learning and shapes global conversations on the future of education and work. Spanning Growth, Consumer Marketing, Enterprise Marketing, Brand & Creative, the team is focused on expanding Coursera’s reach, attracting new learners and enterprise customers, and building a lifecycle marketing system that supports learners throughout their careers.

As a Senior SEO Manager, you will contribute to organic growth by increasing Coursera’s visibility across search engines, AI-powered search experiences, and emerging discovery platforms. You will own and evolve SEO strategy for key areas of Coursera’s platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve discoverability, engagement, and conversion throughout the learner journey.

You will act as an SEO subject matter expert, partnering across Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Content to influence strategy and execution. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution, with an emphasis on scaling impact through content, technical improvements, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and execute SEO and organic discovery strategies across web, AI search, and emerging platforms for key areas of the Coursera platform
  • Prioritize and execute SEO roadmap, driving content, technical, and programmatic SEO initiatives with measurable impact
  • Partner with the SEO Content team, organic social, and paid media to optimize and scale discovery, aligned to user intent and business goals
  • Act as an SEO subject matter expert, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of best practices across marketing, product, and content work-streams
  • Lead technical SEO initiatives (indexing, site performance, structured data, crawl optimization) and measure impact, partner with Product and Engineering teams to incorporate SEO into platform development, site architecture, and user experience
  • Establish reporting to track visibility, traffic, engagement, and conversion, and communicate insights to stakeholders

Basic Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience managing SEO programs in-house for large-scale websites, marketplaces, or platforms
  • Experience leading technical SEO initiatives in partnership with engineering teams
  • Experience using SEO & data platforms (e.g., Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, Semrush, Looker, Tableau, Google Analytics) to analyze performance and identify opportunities
  • Demonstrated history of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving measurable impact through SEO initiatives

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience optimizing for additional discovery surfaces beyond web search (e.g., app stores, social platforms, or marketplaces)
  • Experience using AI-driven search tools and methods for analysis and optimization (e.g.: Profound, Promptwatch)
  • Experience driving SEO strategies for large content catalogs or programmatic page generation
  • Experience optimizing international or multi-language websites, including localization strategy and regional search considerations
  • Experience partnering with product, content, or growth teams to integrate SEO into roadmaps and workflows
  • Experience using data tools or languages (e.g., SQL, Python, BI tools) to support analysis and experimentation

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:

US Zone 3: $138,800 to $173,500

US Zone 4: $129,200 to $161,500

At Coursera, we offer competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level across four U.S. pay zones. 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.

US Pay Zones:

  • US-Z1: Bay Area
  • US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro
  • US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
  • US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI

Posting Date: 09/22/2026

Application Window:

We anticipate the application window will be open until 10/22/2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.

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Udemy

About Udemy

Udemy was founded in 2010 with a mission to improve lives through learning by democratizing access to skills development. Today, we've grown into one of the world's largest AI Powered Skills Acceleration Platform, with nearly 85 million learners worldwide and over 1.1 billion course enrollments.

Our global skills ecosystem connects learners with 85,000 expert instructors across more than 250,000 courses in 77 languages. From programming and data science to business strategy and creative skills, we offer hands-on learning experiences designed for immediate real-world application.

Udemy serves both individual learners advancing their careers and organizations building future-ready teams. Our AI-enhanced platform personalizes learning journeys, helping professionals master in-demand skills in today's rapidly evolving, skills-first economy. With over 17,000 business customers and growing demand for AI literacy across industries, we're transforming how the world learns and works.

Whether you're an individual looking to upskill, an instructor ready to share expertise with millions, or an enterprise building workforce agility, Udemy is where skills happen.

Industry
Education & Training
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Year Founded
2010
Website
udemy.com
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