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SDR & BDR

Sales Development Representative, UAE

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The posting

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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If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our Fraudulent Activity Submission Form.

Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at recruiting@coursera.org.

Taken from Coursera's own posting, last seen live on 3 Nov 2026.

The application

Your details and CV, then 8 questions (2 written).

Have readyCVCover letter (optional)LinkedIn (optional)
  1. 1.
    Are you legally authorized to work for any employer in this country?Written answer
  2. 2.
    Will you now or in the future require sponsorship of an employment visa?Written answer
  3. 3.
    Are you currently residing in this country?Yes or no
  4. 4.
    What city and state do you reside in?Short answer
  5. 5.
    Have you ever been employed by Coursera or Udemy?Pick any
  6. 6.
    COURSERA IS A U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO INQUIRE ABOUT CONFLICTS BEFORE WE CAN RECRUIT CURRENT OR FORMER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. IF THIS APPLIES TO YOU, WE REQUEST A LETTER FROM YOUR SUPERVISOR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INFORUpload · optional
  7. 7.
    Current TitleShort answer
  8. 8.
    Do you consent to your application information being shared between Coursera and Udemy for recruitment purposes?Yes or no

From Coursera's apply page, checked 2 Nov 2026.

About Coursera

Online courses, certificates and degrees from universities and companies, sold to enterprises as well as individual learners.

Pay schedule: Base salary with uncapped OTE and equity eligibility for account executives.

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