Kathryn Johnson
Chief of Staff @ Coursera
- Role
- Chief of Staff at Coursera
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kathryn Johnson
Strategic operations leader with experience driving cross-functional initiatives, building scalable systems, and aligning teams around business goals. I specialize in driving strategy, operations, and execution to grow education content partnerships and learning programs.As Chief of Staff to the Chief Content Officer at Coursera, I lead annual planning, quarterly goal setting, and execution plan development enabling a 100+ person team focused on new content development and partnership expansion. I oversee strategic programs across global content and partner initiatives, aligning with Product, Data, and Marketing teams to ensure content strategy scales to meet learner needs, business priorities, and partnership growth.Known for bringing structure to complexity, I connect the dots between people, tools, and processes to streamline decision-making and accelerate delivery. Skilled in Salesforce, Confluence, Looker, and Jira, I bring expertise in process improvement, stakeholder management, and executive communications—with a proven track record of translating strategy into measurable outcomes.
Experience
Chief of Staff
Jul 2025 — Present
Education
Clemson University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
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