Sales Development Representative, UAE

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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.

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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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