Senior Product Manager, Supplemental ELA (Remote, US)

<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why You'll Love This Role:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will own the full product lifecycle of the Newsela Supplemental ELA product line, from opportunity evaluation and ideation, through to development, market launch and ongoing updates based on feedback. Ensures that ELA products meet Newsela’s strategic objectives and drive instructional outcomes, while adhering to budget, timeline, and quality constraints.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You'll Be Doing:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Product Strategy</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Maintain Strong Subject-Specific Market Pulse: </strong>Serves as the subject matter expert on market trends, customer needs, competitive offerings, and emerging instructional practices to identify opportunities for product growth, expansion, and differentiation.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Subject-Specific Strategy: </strong>Partners with internal and external stakeholders to inform and execute the Supplemental ELS strategy by identifying market opportunities, evaluating customer needs, assessing risks, and recommending product investments.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use qualitative and quantitative data to inform product direction and decisions, gathering information about district and user needs through interviews and customer visits as well as analytics services</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Define success metrics and monitor product performance, including customer adoption, engagement, retention, instructional outcomes, and business impact, using insights to inform future roadmap decisions.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Roadmap</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Prioritize Content and Instructional Design Roadmaps: </strong>Collaborates with Content, Product Marketing, and other key stakeholders to prioritize roadmap investments, state standards updates, and new product opportunities, ensuring alignment with customer needs, state adoption timelines, and business objectives<strong>.</strong></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Advocate for Platform Features: </strong>Partners with content and platform product teams to prioritize and advocate for subject-specific platform improvements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Budget &amp; Forecasting: </strong>Manages budgets and financial forecasts for subject-specific projects.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross-functional Collaboration &amp; Execution</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with internal instructional experts to ensure that solutions are pedagogically sound and can be implemented with integrity</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead cross-functional execution of ELA roadmap and special projects, working in conjunction with product operations to monitor progress and mitigate risks</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to product launch and ongoing support with sales and marketing to shape and develop deliverables that will drive success of the product in the marketplace.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive alignment and influence decision-making across stakeholders by communicating strategy, priorities, and progress in a clear and effective manner.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Partner with Supplemental and Platform product management to ensure that discipline area products are fully leveraging platform design and functionality</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Manage cross-functional relationships with PD and customer success to support customer needs, deepen product knowledge, and develop stakeholder and customer empathy within the curriculum team SME&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide consultative support to customers and field-facing staff, as necessary</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide mentorship, coaching, and direction to less experienced team members, including the potential to oversee or supervise team members as organizational needs evolve.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About You:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5-7 years of experience in product management in K-12 education,&nbsp; including direct experience in edtech, with a deep understanding of the ELA market.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated experience managing the lifecycle of digital educational products or features.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Proven experience partnering with and leading cross-functional teams, specifically across content, product, marketing, and sales.</strong></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience developing business cases for expanding the value of a product portfolio, including conducting market analysis, competitive positioning, and aligning with company strategic goals.</strong></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience engaging with K-12 administrators, teachers, and students to gather feedback and ensure product-market fit, incorporating research into product improvements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication and negotiation skills; Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive decision-making in a matrixed organization</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong data analysis and interpretation skills for analyzing trends, evaluating product performance and making data-driven decisions.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with K-12 ELA instructional trends and practices such as Science of Reading, Knowledge-building curricula, MTSS or ELD.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of budget management, financial forecasting, and analysis to ensure fiscal responsibility across multiple product lines.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Asana, or Trello for tracking project timelines and managing cross-team dependencies.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to work in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check as part of our pre-employment process.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Why you’ll love working at Newsela:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Health &amp; Wellness:</strong> Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Work From Home: </strong>We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Supporting ALL Families:</strong> Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Financial Wellbeing:</strong> Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Time Off: </strong>Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Professional Development:</strong><strong> </strong>Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Make A Difference:</strong> No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>About Newsela:</strong></span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#LI-Remote</span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.&nbsp;</span></p></div><div class="title">Base Compensation Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$110,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$127,000 USD</span></div></div></div>