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The role:
We are looking for a Content Product Manager to join our Product Strategy team. Reporting to the Director of Research & Product Strategy, you will lead content strategy for our Assessment & Analytics portfolio, with a primary focus on the product Formative. Youll develop & maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap for content investments that advances both product vision & impact.
In addition, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape learning science-aligned platform enhancements, ensuring that product & content development efforts align with district needs & reflect best practices in assessment design & data-driven instructional support.
Youll be responsible for generating original assessment & analytics content ideas grounded in data & a deep understanding of educator & student needs, as well as for proactively driving those ideas from concept through execution. A major early initiative will include leading the continued development of a cross-disciplinary item bank spanning ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. Youll also partner across teams to ensure that your recommended strategies are integrated, research-backed, & well-supported, helping the product serve a full range of classroom & district assessment needs.
Why youll love this role:
Responsibility: Define & drive our companys assessment & analytics content roadmap, with a focus on Formative
Duties:
- Set a vision for a prioritized roadmap that reflects the varied ways educators use the platformfrom quick formative checks to district-level common assessments.
- Align roadmap decisions with customer needs, platform capabilities, & broader business goals, including support for a wide range of assessment use cases, from formative checks embedded in daily instruction to higher-stakes, district-wide common assessments.
- Shape how content & analytics work together to support instructional decision-making at the classroom & district level.
Responsibility: Monitor & interpret key data to inform strategy
Duties:
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- Track market trends, emerging research in learning science, & customer usage patterns.
- Use both qualitative & quantitative data to identify needs & opportunities within the Formative ecosystem.
- Cross-Functional Leadership
Responsibility: Ensure effective collaboration across teams to execute strategy
Duties:
- Partner with other members of the Research & Development division (including other content & platform product managers, learning designers, researchers, & designers) to ensure your roadmap is well understood & executed on time.
- Advise on assessment- & analytics-related projects & initiatives led by other content & platform product managers
- Collaborate with Marketing to communicate upcoming releases & their value to educators & to customer-facing staff.
- Act as a subject-matter expert & responsive collaborator on assessment- & analytics-related initiatives.
Why youre a great fit:
- 3+ years of experience in curriculum, content strategy, or product management at an educational publishing or technology company (or equivalent experience)
- Required skills:
- Strategic thinking & the ability to prioritize competing ideas
- Subject matter expertise in K-12 assessment & analytics, including familiarity with balanced assessment systems
- Strong written & verbal communication skills
- Comfort interpreting & acting on qualitative & quantitative data.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Required education: Bachelors in Education or a related field (advanced degree a plus)
- Preferences:
- Experience working with Pendo, Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence), Tableau, & Heap
- Familiarity with content authoring tools or interoperability standards such as QTI
- Experience collaborating with data scientists to design AI-driven content or product features
- Ability to work across subject areas & adapt assessment strategies to the needs of different disciplines.
Base Compensation: $85,000 - $100,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options & benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience.
Why youll love working at Newsela:
- Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums & to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, & more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, & soul.
- Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
- Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you & your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, & more!
- Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
- Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st), & Sabbatical Leave offered at tenure.
- Professional Development: Newsela offers an annual learning & development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, & educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role & career aspirations at Newsela.
- Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education & improves the lives of students & teachers.
About Newsela:
Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources & makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers & 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, & attached to activities & reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction & students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform & multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.
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