Director, New Product Development

About Us

At Udemy, we’re on a mission to improve lives through the power of learning. We’re a leading global learning company and one of the world’s largest education platforms, with more than 57 million learners. Our goal is to provide flexible, effective skill development to empower organizations and individuals.

Talented people are everywhere, and the right opportunity can be hard to come by. That’s why we’re focused on revolutionizing learning, using our skills and expertise to help others develop theirs and reach their full potential. Individually, we bring our unique perspective to reimagine the way we share knowledge. Together, we can improve lives by making learning more accessible for our learners, our instructors, and businesses around the world.

Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and the US. Learn more on our company page.

About This Role

In 2021, Udemy launched a new business unit - now called the Leadership Academy - to support our customers in building the leadership behaviors required to meet their organizational goals. To accelerate that launch, we purchased a cohort learning company with a deep set of customer relationships, a strong online cohort learning platform and a catalog of nearly 80 courses. Now we’re looking for a Director of New Product Development for the Udemy Leadership Academy who will be responsible for designing, developing and launching new leadership learning products. You’ll help us develop course content plus manage the current (and future) version of the platform. You’ll oversee research on buyer needs, customer leadership challenges and learner preferences for the Leadership Academy which will be the foundational starting point for decision-making. We’ll measure performance by the timeliness, sales, adoption, and customer impact of the new product. Ultimately, Udemy seeks to achieve $100M in sales in the leadership business by 2028.

What you'll be doing:

• Collaborating with the Leadership Academy commercial team and cohort operations team on product development and launch
• Designing learning programs (2-4 in the first year) to take to market that are grounded in research on the leadership behaviors required to meet a particular organizational goal (e.g. digital transformation, employee engagement, employee performance)
• Conducting cost-benefit analysis of product choices for the Leadership Academy platform
• Collaborating across the Udemy Content, Product, Design, and Engineering teams to execute on the development of a new cohort learning platform
• Establishing and updating pricing for all products and services
• Developing a future state vision for the cohort learning platform, that includes integration of Leadership Academy to the broader Udemy platform

What you’ll have:

The ideal candidate will have experience in developing and launching B2B learning products. We’d also like to see someone with experience:

• Bringing focus to a business facing a broad range of business opportunities
• Thinking creatively about new ways to deliver organizational and learner outcomes through high impact learning experiences
• Delivering against frequent milestones for product development and launch
• Using customer insights to make decisions about product positioning and features
• Building strong narratives to describe a particular point of view on critical customer leadership challenges
• Engaging, managing, and leading a team of learning designers, product managers, product designers, and engineers

We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!

Life at Udemy

We aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy:

• We’re committed to creating world-class employee experiences and are proud of the recognition of this by Great Place to Work. Learn more about our certification here and find out what it's like to work at Udemy on our blog.
• Our reason to exist is to revolutionize learning – that calls for taking risks and learning from failures. Whether it’s our hackathons (a company-wide effort to envision new possibilities for our product) or sharing our prototypes, we see experimentation as a crucial step on the path to success.
• We’re invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we’re a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we’re better for it.
• Learning is what we do – inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend.

Of course, the best thing about being part of Udemy is knowing your work makes a difference for people and organizations around the world. You’ve got the skills; why not use them to help others develop theirs?

At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our Benefits Start With U

Our benefits package at Udemy “starts with U” and is grounded in mission-driven benefits that intentionally align with our core values. Here’s a sneak peek at just a few highlighted benefits if you’re a full-time Udemate based in the United States:

• Holidays: Twelve paid holidays throughout the year
• Retirement: Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) plan with an employer contribution
• Vacation: Flexible vacation for salaried Udemates and fifteen days per year for hourly
• Whole U: Fully paid memberships for meditation/mindfulness, therapy/coaching visits, financial planning, virtual family care, reproductive health, breastmilk shipping, and caregiving support
• Learning: Free access to Udemy and Udemy Business plus a yearly stipend to spend on professional development
• Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and disability coverage
• Parental Benefits: Financial assistance for fertility (including egg-freezing), adoption, and surrogacy expenses; twelve weeks of paid family bonding for birth, surrogacy, adoption, and foster placement (plus up to six to ten weeks of paid disability leave for birthing parents) as well as a two-week “ease-back” program that enables parents to return part-time at full pay
• Charitable Giving: Corporate charitable match for eligible nonprofits and charities
• Transgender Benefits: Expanded medical coverage for gender-affirming care
• HSA/FSA/Commuter: Pre-tax savings/spending plans, including HSA employer contributions

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The hiring range for this position is $186,000 - $348,000. Actual compensation is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for benefits and equity in addition to annual bonus.

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