A guide to SkillSets for data-driven

organizations

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Where skills meet people.
What are SkillSets?
Powered by goal-based learning programs, each SkillSet connects employees
with the right skills and content to become competitive, data-driven
professionals prepared for real-world, on-the-job responsibilities.
The SkillSets in this guide focus on the critical skills that will help businesses
become data-driven from conversant to advanced levels. Skills include
Statistical Programming, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Databases,
Data Visualization, and associated sub-skills like AWS, Python, R, and
TensorFlow.
About the Data Science Academy from
Coursera
Embrace digital transformation at scale with the Data Science Academy from
Coursera, a one-stop-shop for deploying a high-quality data science and
analytics learning program.
Designed to develop learners at any level of data proficiency across all business
functions, the Data Science Academy features expert teaching from top
universities and companies, SkillSets that cultivate data-first teams, and
learning metrics that show actual skills developed.
JOB-BASED/JOB-READY SKILLS

DATA SCIENCE
ACADEMY

Roles
Machine Learning
Data Scientist Engineer Data Engineer Data Analyst

Become a data-driven
organization Data Science & Engineering Teams Product & Marketing Leaders & Executives
Teams
● Develop your employees’ Python-
SQL-Proficient
skill proficiency in critical Proficient
Functions
Data Analyst Data-Driven Data Leader
Data Scientist Designer
data and analytics skills.
NLP Specialized AWS-Proficient
● Features over 50 SkillSets ML Engineer
Data-Driven Data-Driven
Data Scientist
across 15 unique roles Marketer Sales Leader
Big Data TensorFlow-
Specialized Proficient Data-Driven
Data-Driven Leader
Reskill your talent for in-demand data and Data Engineer ML Engineer Product Mgr
analytics roles

Upskill data science and analytics team with

Everyone

cutting-edge tools

Drive data literacy and AI awareness

across the entire org
Data-Driven Decision-Maker AI-Aware Professional

*Pictured here is a subset of the SkillSets available in the Data Science Academy
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Data and AI literacy for
the whole org
Train employees to understand AI applications and make data-driven
decisions, and empower them to work better with data teams. These
SkillSets feature basic-level courses in data and AI awareness so that
anyone can get started.

SkillSets include:
Upskill data science and
engineering teams
The data that organizations have has
never been more critical. Upskill your
data teams with the latest tools and
methodologies, from Python and
TensorFlow to NLP and deep learning —
and deepskill your SMEs in cutting-edge
skills with Masters-level content.

SkillSets include:
Empower your BI front lines
with the latest tools
Data is everywhere in our modern SkillSets include:
world, from websites to social media
to emails and online consumer
behavior. Cleaning, mining, and
drawing insight from that data is
essential for companies to make
effective decisions that advance
business goals. Empower your BI front
lines with the latest tools and
methodologies with SkillSets that train
in Excel, SQL, inference, predictive
modeling, and more.
Accelerate GTM with the
right data skills
For other teams working with data to SkillSets include:
understand the business and identify
areas for improvement, data analysis,
visualization, and querying are
fundamental.

These SkillSets will help teams that

partner the most with data to better
communicate with the data team to
better drive insight and efficiency.
Reskill for in-demand data
and analytics roles
At Coursera, we can help you reskill talent for in-demand jobs, from data
scientists to ML engineers — using world-class content and credentials
delivered in a skills-first learning experience.

SkillSets include:
The Data Science Academy from
Coursera includes 50 SkillSets for 15+
in-demand roles and 30+ skill
proficiencies.

To learn more about the SkillSets in this Academy, contact your

Coursera representative or visit
www.coursera.org/business/data-science-academy.