The role:

• The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for accurate processing and coding of invoices and expense reports in a timely manner. You’ll be part of the team helping scale our accounting operations (processes and systems) as Newsela grows. 
• You’ll be responsible for monitoring the Accounts Payable inbox, processing vendor invoices, responding to A/P inquiries, managing employee expense reports, and monitoring credit card transactions and compliance
• In addition to AP and general accounting responsibilities, you’ll work with vendors to sign them up for e-payment to ensure timely delivery, as well as work through any other issues a vendor may have (ie. invoice not approved internally, routed to wrong approver, invoice not received). 

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You will have an opportunity to make a real impact by driving process improvement and system implementation efforts to streamline operations and improve the quality of the accounts payable process. 
• Working directly with FP&A, you’ll gain insight into the operations of the business and your impact on Newsela’s financial statements. 
• Your work will directly enable Newsela to grow and scale efficiently, and will ultimately help increase our ability to get engaging, culturally responsive learning content into K-12 schools and districts nationwide.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• With a minimum of 1 year of accounting experience, you are a problem-solving self-starter with a strong background in accounts payable. 
• Ideally, you have experience working with a high volume of invoices and are used to working at a rapidly growing company. 
• You’re well-versed in an array of accounting software including Bill.com,  Navan and Netsuite; bonus points if you’ve been part of a new software implementation process. 
• Additionally, you can masterfully navigate expenses, prepaids and accruals, and can seamlessly perform an accounts payable reconciliation for the monthly close process. 
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and are always looking to improve processes and help teammates.
  

Compensation:

Base salary:$48,000 - $53,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

 Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: 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.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and 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 and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• The Sr. FP&A Analyst (Corporate, G&A & R&D), will join a tight-knit FP&A team that is committed to building out a best-in-class operational and analytical function.
• Reporting to the Corporate FP&A Manager, you will support all Corporate FP&A activities ranging from revenue and expense planning, balance sheet and cash forecasting, investor reporting, corporate metrics, board reporting, and ad-hoc analysis to support the business.
• In addition, you will support the Manager on all day to day budget and expense management for the R&D and G&A organizations, and interface with those leaders to provide reporting and analysis as needed. 
• Finally, you will support the continuous improvement of monthly and quarterly reporting, perform administrative activities to support our FP&A system, and participate in process improvement initiatives to support our growth and efforts to scale as an FP&A team.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You’ll manage and enhance forecasting models to ensure we are managing expenses with a high degree of accuracy, and perform analysis to help guide the business on key decisions
• You will be a trusted advisor partnering across the organization, using your exceptional communication skills to translate complex financial concepts across a variety of audiences 
• You’ll help drive the refinement of a best-in class cloud FP&A system and the operational models that support it 
• You’ll have exposure to executive leadership, with the opportunity for growth in supporting other areas of the business 
• You will support the research and development teams that are building the products that fuel Newsela’s growth 
• You will have an invaluable opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of the K-12 education market

Why we’ll love you: 

• You have 2+ years of FP&A experience, with an interest in being part of a fast paced SaaS environment
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
• You have experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance (budgeting, consolidation, performance reporting and financial analysis)
• Additionally, you have advanced skills in Excel and experience using financial systems, preferably Adaptive Insights
• You are well-versed in financial modeling and budget management, with the ability to identify key variance drivers and create forecasting models to predict the future with accuracy 
• You are highly motivated, a team player, extremely detail-oriented and have a growth mindset 

Base compensation:$93,500 - $105,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Mid-Senior Level Data Engineering Services.

Scope of Services: 

• This Contractor will develop a thorough understanding of the various data sources, data pipelines, and enterprise data warehouse models. 
• Play a crucial role as we assess the existing tools and processes and help team with critical migrations like prefect 1 to prefect 2 as well as incorporating tools like Dbt to analytics engineering cycle.
• Help the team rapidly meet the business needs by connecting new data sources as needed as well as building new data warehouse models
• Maintain reliable data and analytics platform by bringing in best practices and tools for data quality checks, monitoring as well as helping troubleshoot and address production issues.

Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering
• Proficient in Python programming and hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines
• Experience using orchestration tools like Prefect, Airflow etc
• Working experience with column store Analytical Datastores like Snowflake/Redshift/Bigquery etc
• Hands-on experience in data modeling; including strong knowledge of SQL
• Experience with source control systems like GitHub
• Experience with a public cloud preferably AWS
• Detail-oriented, and take pride in the quality of your work 
• Experience working with a modern cloud-native data stack in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Dbt is a plus
• Experience with BI tools like Tableau is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Newsela is seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Senior-Level Product Design Services. 

 Scope of Services: 

• This Contractor will be responsible for crafting user-centric solutions for Newsela’s platform (across mobile, desktop, and tablet).
• As part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional team, your day to day will involve working closely with product managers, researchers, data analysts, and engineers at each step of the process to find the right problems to tackle, explore ideas for how to solve it and then refine it into a coherent solution and design strategy.
• You’ll play an active role in shaping the roadmap by understanding and advocating for the needs of our users.

Skills / Experience: 

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with complex user and business problems, understands feature requirements, and tech constraints, to create simple, engaging and scalable experiences.
• Your skill sets span from user research and testing to wireframes and user-flows to high fidelity and prototyping. You are curious, data-informed and unsatisfied with “good enough.” You are energized by solving complex problems and approach design holistically; users are at the center of your process and that is evident in your approach and solutions. You skillfully balance multiple projects to deliver materials on time and within scope, and know how to source input for stakeholders across the company to align with business goals and overall brand guidelines.
• You have demonstrated success in approaching patterns holistically and think about the larger experience.
• You have a strong understanding of web and mobile-web platform technologies, and you keep in mind accessibility. You know when to use broad stroke sketches, use a design system, or when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail.
• Experience working in Figma as both a design and prototyping tool.
• Understands the value and has worked with a Design System or has collaborated with one.
• Knowledge of Visual Design and attention to detail when it comes to pixel-perfect design, and documentation for hand-off to Engineers.
• You understand the value of working cross-functionally and have a collaborative mindset. You partner with Product Management, Engineering, UX Research, Data, Content, and Marketing to define problems, align on solutions, and ensure feasibility; through workshops to coordinate on process to soliciting feedback at all stages of the product life cycle.
• While not required, experience with Educational products or in education in general is a plus.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Lead-Level Data Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Contractor you will work alongside app developers and data stakeholders to create data system changes and to respond to data inquires
• You will Lead initiatives and problem definition scoping, design, and planning through epics and blueprints. 
• With your deep domain knowledge and radiation of that knowledge you will develop documentation, technical presentation, discussion, and incident reviews. 
• You will build and maintain data pipelines and DAG tooling 
• You will establish and maintain a data catalog with business-related metadata

Skills & Experience:

• Mastered proficiency in SQL, Python, and relational datastores (columnar and row databases)
• Proficiency in building and maintaining data pipelines and DAG tooling (Dagster, Airflow, etc)
• Advanced experience with event-based pipelines and CDC tooling
• Advanced experience in managing large-scale data migrations in relational datastores
• Advanced experience in optimizing SQL query performance
• Advanced experience with data testing strategies to ensure resulting datastores are aligned with expected business logic
• Experience with DBT orchestration and best practices
• Experience with enabling monitoring, health checks and alerting on data systems and pipelines
• Experience establishing and maintaining a data catalog with business-related metadata
• Experience building tools and automation to run data infrastructure
• Experience with writing and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure for data pipelines (AWS, GCP and Terraform) is a plus
• Experience in document, graph or schema-less datastores is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Lead-Level Data Reporting Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Contractor you will translate product data requests into insightful customer reporting metrics
• You will communicate with app developers and data stakeholders regarding data system changes and data inquiries
• You will lead initiative, define problems, and provide scoping to break down work for the team
• You will communicate with frontend engineers to create data visualization
• You will lead and work alongside customer-facing business intelligence, reporting, and data visualization teams
• You will conduct root-cause analyses relating to queries about data irregularities  and product metric definition requests 

Skills & Experience:

• Mastered proficiency in SQL, Python, and relational datastores
• Experience columnar relational databases is a plus
• Advanced experience in optimizing SQL query performance
• Experience leading and working on customer-facing business intelligence, reporting and data visualization teams
• Experience with maintaining custom, in house tooling is a plus
• Strong ability to conduct root-cause analyses relating to queries about data irregularities and product metric definitions requests 
• Experience with data testing strategies to ensure transformations and metrics are aligned with expected business logic
• Experience with DBT orchestration and best practices
• Experience with python web frameworks (Fast API, Flask)
• Experience with enabling application monitoring and health checks for systems within the team’s domain
• Experience with data pipelines and DAG tooling (Dagster, Airflow, etc) is a plus
• Experience with event-based pipelines and CDC tooling is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Senior-Level Site Reliability Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• Be on an on-call rotation to respond to incidents that impact Newsela.com availability and provide support for developers during internal and external incidents 
• Maintain and assist in extending our infrastructure with Terraform, Github Actions CI/CD, Prefect, and AWS services
• Build monitoring that alerts on symptoms rather than outages using Datadog, Sentry and CloudWatch
• Look for ways to turn repeatable manual actions into automations to reduce toil
• Improve operational processes (such as deployments, releases, migrations, etc) to make them run seamlessly with fault tolerance in mind 
• Design, build and maintain core cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP that enables scaling to support thousands of concurrent users
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack 
• Provide infrastructure and architectural planning support as an embedded team member within a domain of Newsela’s application developers 
• Plan the growth of Newsela’s infrastructure 
• Influence the product roadmap and work with engineering and product counterparts to influence improved resiliency and reliability of the Newsela product.
• Proactively work on efficiency and capacity planning to set clear requirements and reduce the system resource usage to make Newsela cheaper to run for all our customers.
• Identify parts of the system that do not scale, provide immediate palliative measures, and drive long-term resolution of these incidents.
• Identify Service Level Indicators (SLIs) that will align the team to meet the availability and latency objectives.
• For stable counterpart assignments, maintain awareness and actively influence stage group plans and priorities through participation in stage group meetings and async discussions. Act as a steward for reliability.

Skills / Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in site-reliability 
• You have advanced Terraform syntax and CI/CD configuration, pipelines, jobs
• You have managed DAG tooling and data pipelines (ex: Airflow, Dagster, Prefect)
• You have advanced knowledge and experience with maintaining data pipeline infrastructure and large scale data migrations 
• You have advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure services (AWS, GCP)
• You are well versed in container orchestration technologies: cluster provisioning and new services (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Background working with service catalog metrics and recording rules for alerts (Datadog, NewRelic, Sentry, Cloudwatch)
• Experience with log shipping pipelines and incident debugging visualizations
• Familiarity with operating system (Linux) configuration, package management, startup and troubleshooting and a comfortable with BASH/CLI scripting
• Familiarity with block and object storage configuration and debugging.
• Ability to identify significant projects that result in substantial improvements in reliability, cost savings and/or revenue.
• Ability to identify changes for the product architecture from the reliability, performance and availability perspectives with a data-driven approach.
• Lead initiatives and problem definition and scoping, design, and planning through epics and blueprints.
• You have deep domain knowledge and radiation of that knowledge through documentation, recorded demos, technical presentations, discussions, and incident reviews.
• You can perform and run blameless RCAs on incidents and outages aggressively looking for answers that will prevent the incident from ever happening again.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

The role: 

• Reporting to the Vice President of Content Production, the Sr. Manager of Learning Design will lead the development and implementation of high-quality, engaging, and pedagogically sound learning experiences for K-12 students.
• You will manage a team of instructional designers, content developers, and subject matter experts to create digital content that aligns with educational standards and supports differentiated learning pathways. 
• The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of K-12 education, in particular early literacy (within EdTech) and instructional design methodologies across multiple subject areas. 
• This role involves collaboration across product, content, technology, and marketing teams to ensure Newsela products are both impactful in the market and engaging to our users.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• Subject Matter Expertise and Leadership:
• Provide authoritative insight and thought partnership, particularly within the sphere of literacy, on strategic initiatives and projects.
• Define and maintain pedagogical frameworks that incorporate best practices in instructional design and learning science.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, marketing) to integrate learning design into product development and surface important research for the development of and communications about Newsela’s product features and content
• Instructional Design and Development:
• Oversee the creation and refinement of digital K-12 curriculum content, ensuring alignment with national and state standards (e.g., Common Core, NGSS).
• Lead the team in designing and developing interactive and engaging learning experiences (e.g., lessons, assessments, writing prompts and activities).
• Team Management:
• Manage and mentor a team of learning experience designers and content developers.
• Drive professional development initiatives that enhance the team’s knowledge of pedagogy, efficacy research, technology tools, and educational standards.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:
• Pair vetted research with user research and guidance from subject matter experts to create transparent guidelines and best practices for learning design.
• Ensure content is inclusive and accessible for diverse learners, including students with special needs and English Language Learners.
• Data-Driven Decision Making:
• Use data analytics to measure the usage and efficacy of learning design initiatives and iteratively improve content.
• Collaborate with research teams to test and validate learning interventions, ensuring the content is backed by educational research.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership:
• Stay current on trends in EdTech, K-12 education, and instructional technology to ensure the company remains at the forefront of innovation.
• Lead presentations and training sessions for internal and external stakeholders on learning design and educational best practices.
• Provide meaningful and thoughtful literacy support at scale to educators through your instructional guidelines, in presentations at conferences and in authored blog posts.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• Master’s degree or higher in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in instructional design, curriculum development, or learning experience design, with at least 3 years in a leadership role with management experience.
• Experience creating and enforcing guidelines, policies or ways of working for a team or organization.
• In-depth knowledge of K-12 education systems, early literacy and phonics, as well as curriculum standards (e.g., Common Core, NGSS).
• Experience managing a content development and/or instructional design team.
• Strong understanding of EdTech tools, digital learning platforms, and the integration of technology in the classroom.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience working with CMSs (Content Management Systems) 
• Analytical skills and ability to make data-informed decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience engaging with educators and administrators.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data-driven instructional design and using analytics to inform content decisions.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies in content or product development.
• Strong online presence as a thought leader in the literacy space.
• Experience working as a reading specialist, speech-language pathologist or other literacy specialist
• Experience working with English-language learners
• Spanish language skills

Compensation:

• Base salary: $90,000 - $105,800

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience.

The role: 

• As a member of our growing Finance team, the Senior Manager FP&A will lead our Sales & Marketing FP&A efforts and establish deep working relationships with Sales and Marketing senior leadership. 
• Build out and maintain all GTM reporting KPI, and support leadership by driving analysis and insights that will be used to make critical business decisions and drive business results. 
• Drive the annual GTM planning process, including setting territories and bookings targets, pipeline generation targets, quota creation and commission planning and expense targets.
• Partner with our Corporate FP&A team to manage the monthly close process for Sales & Marketing, and ensure accurate re-forecasting of both top-line and bottom-line metrics.
• Recommend and implement ongoing process improvements and documentation of standard operating procedures to ensure Newsela is set up for scale.
• Reporting to the Vice President, Financial Strategy & Operations, you will manage one direct report and partner closely with Corporate FP&A, Accounting, and HR, in addition to your Sales & Marketing business partners. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll enjoy partnering with sales and marketing teammates to drive toward achieving a shared goal.
• You’ll have an opportunity to think strategically and influence business outcomes.
• You’ll have the opportunity to dive into analytics to uncover opportunities for improved business performance.
• You will have significant exposure to the Finance leadership team, as well as Sales & Marketing leadership 
• Your work will help ensure the growth of a business that is transforming the way students learn through accessible, engaging learning content   

Why you’re a great fit:

• 7+ years of FP&A related experience, preferably working in a high growth B2B SaaS environment or similar experience, as well as people management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
• You’re well versed in subscription software business models and the metrics associated with them
• You have extensive experience analyzing pipeline and top of funnel performance
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to forge deep relationships and be seen as a trusted advisor by business partners
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
• Ability to demonstrate effective leadership in ambiguous and frequently changing situations
• Strong business acumen; understands business strategy, functions, markets and risks, clear lines of communication
• Must have experience with these Newsela software/programs:Adaptive Insights, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets. 

Base compensation: $137,300 - $155,000. 

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience.

About Newsela: 

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

The role: 

• The Billing Representative is responsible for performing tasks that will help us monitor our revenues. 
• The Billing Representative will be responsible for keeping track of money owed to us by customers, preparing invoices and updating records to ensure that we receive payment for services offered to clients. The goal is to contribute to the accurate preparation of invoices, accounts receivable management, and safeguard the company’s income.
• You must be accurate and reliable in handling accounts and documents. Being good at math and a high degree of organizational ability are essential due to the great amount of financial information. 
• Since you will be using technology to expedite your work, some degree of computer knowledge is also required.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You’ll process client invoices and ensure invoices are free of errors and processed in a timely manner
• You’ll assist the billing team with discrepancies on invoices
• You’ll respond to customer inquiries and resolves issues as needed
• You’ll keep accurate records in our system and makes updates to customer info as needed
• You'll reconcile deal information in our billing system with signed customer agreements
• You’ll follow up with delinquent accounts, make collection calls, draft collection emails and letters
• You'll provide A/R write-offs and communicate with clients with efficiency, professionalism and provide excellent customer service

Why you’re a great fit: 

• You have 2+ years of related experience AR/AP experience
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You are proficient in Excel 
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience with accounting software programs (Netsuite, etc.) preferred
• Degree in Accounting preferred

Compensation:

Base salary:$50,500 - $56,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• The FP&A Analyst will join a tight-knit FP&A team that is committed to building out a best-in-class operational and analytical function. 
• Reporting to the FP&A Manager, you will support all FP&A activities ranging from top-line and expense planning, capacity planning, analyzing and reporting against key metrics, board reporting, and ad-hoc analysis to support the business. 
• In addition, you will support the Manager on all day to day budget and expense management, assist in forecasting and maintaining top-line metrics, and interface with business leaders to provide reporting and analysis as needed. 
• You will prepare comprehensive financial reports, including variance analysis, financial trends, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to senior management.
• Finally, you will support the continuous improvement of monthly and quarterly and participate in process improvement initiatives to support our growth and efforts to scale as an FP&A team.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You will be a trusted advisor partnering across the organization, using your communication and analytical skills to deliver insights into the business that help drive results
• You’ll manage and enhance forecasting models to ensure we are striving for a high degree of accuracy, and perform analysis to help guide the business on key decisions
• You’ll have exposure to executive leadership in both finance and with business partners
• You will have an invaluable opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of the K-12 education market

Why you’re a great fit: 

• You have 1+ years of FP&A experience, with an interest in being part of a high-growth SaaS environment
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
• You have experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance (budgeting, consolidation, performance reporting and financial analysis)
• Additionally, you have advanced skills in Excel and experience using financial systems, preferably Adaptive Insights
• You are well-versed in financial modeling and budget management, with the ability to identify key variance drivers and enhance forecasting models to predict the future with accuracy 
• You are highly motivated, a team player, extremely detail-oriented and have a growth mindset 

Base compensation:$70,000 - $78,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

The role: 

• As a Mid-Market Sales Representative, you will be part of a regional sales team and the overall face of Newsela in the market.
• You’ll be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the school district level in addition to selling Newsela’s suite of products to bring engaging reading content to districts.
• In your day to day, you will do everything from pipeline management and forecasting  to designing lead generation campaigns and managing sales through the entire lifecycle.
• You will also become well-versed in your territory’s funding, state initiatives, demographics, and K-12 education landscape, which will help inform your overall sales strategy. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will get to represent the future of education, enhance how districts and teachers engage students, and provide time-saving approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of learners
• As an individual contributor who is part of a regional sales team, you will have the opportunity to own your territory, manage the entire lifecycle of a sale, and build new business relationships that bring Newsela’s solution to classrooms
• In addition to achieving your own revenue targets, you will get to work with an enthusiastic, cross-functional team to catapult Newsela’s growth as we scale our national sales organization

Why you’re a great fit: 

• You are a proven Sales Rep with 2+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling SaaS products or digital education solutions
• You are focused on generating New Business and Growth sales
• You have demonstrated expertise in networking, prospecting, and building pipeline
• You have knowledge of MEDDPICC sales methodology 
• You have experience forecasting SaaS business
• Candidates based in the Central time zone preferred. 

Compensation:

• Base salary: $100,000
• On-target commission (OTC): $110,000
• On-target earnings (OTE): $210,000

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

As a member of the Product Management team, you will have the opportunity to join a growing team that directly impacts our mission to deliver meaningful classroom learning to every student.  As an Associate Product Manager you will be responsible for building and improving the experience on Newsela. You will leverage your skills to identify opportunities, track performance and drive the largest impact. You will enhance the capabilities within the product and work cross-functionally to launch and maintain features that impact Newsela’s growth.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the vision, strategy, and roadmap of features for the Product Management team to drive Newsela’s business goals
• You will leverage research and data to understand the opportunities to create a meaningful and impactful experience for our users 
• You will define and deliver on short and long-term product goals 
• You will hold cross-functional teams accountable to deliver on time and within scope
• You will work with a highly technical team building some of the foundational systems integral to Newsela
• You will collaborate with a skilled team of Product Managers to bring features across the finish line

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 1+ years of experience in a Product Management function scaling new or existing products
• You have an in-depth technical background and are able to translate complex topics into digestible solutions
• You have experience in product strategy, roadmap planning, and execution
• You love data, creating metrics, establishing goals with a Data team, and prioritizing your roadmap accordingly 
• You know how to collaborate cross-functionally and take ownership of decision-making for your product
• You understand customer needs and how to partner with data, research and design to quantify and qualify your ideas

Base Compensation: $82,000 - $89,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

Why you’re a great fit: 

• You are a proven Sales Rep with 2+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling SaaS products or digital education solutions
• You have demonstrated expertise in networking, prospecting, building pipeline, forecasting accuracy, and closing
• You have knowledge of MEDDPICC or other sales methodology 
• You have experience forecasting SaaS business
• You have drive, self-awareness, and coachability 

The role: 

As a Sales Representative, you will be part of a regional sales team and the overall face of Newsela in the market. You’ll be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the school district level in addition to selling Newsela’s suite of products to bring engaging reading content to districts. In your day to day, you will do everything from pipeline management and forecasting  to designing lead generation campaigns and managing sales through the entire lifecycle. You will also become well-versed in your territory’s funding, state initiatives, demographics, and K-12 education landscape, which will help inform your overall sales strategy. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will get to represent the future of education, enhance how districts and teachers engage students, and provide time-saving approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of learners
• As an individual contributor who is part of a regional sales team, you will have the opportunity to own your territory, manage the entire lifecycle of a sale, and build new business relationships that bring Newsela’s solution to classrooms
• In addition to achieving your own revenue targets, you will get to work with an enthusiastic, cross-functional team to catapult Newsela’s growth as we scale our national sales organization

Compensation Range:$70,000 Base Salary + On-Target Commission. Total compensation for this role includes a base salary, variable component, incentive stock options, and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on the segment and actual experience.

The role: 

As a member of the Product Marketing team at Newsela, you’ll be an expert on the needs and challenges of our users and district customers, and you’ll use that expertise to inform our Newsela ELA product and go-to-market strategy and position Newsela as an essential solution for our customers and prospects. 

Reporting to the Director of Product Marketing, you’ll be responsible for differentiating Newsela ELA in the market through buyer and market insights, product requirements, marketing content, and sales enablement efforts. You’ll also partner with colleagues on the Product and Marketing teams to bring new products and features to market with launch and promotional plans that will resonate with our target audiences. 

You will: 

• Gather and synthesize user, buyer, competitor, and market insights and deliver them as product requirements to inform Newsela’s Product roadmap.
• Own planning and GTM execution for Newsela product and feature launches. 
• Develop and maintain product messaging and marketing materials that differentiate Newsela’s literacy solution in the market among buyers.
• Build and deliver enablement materials to ensure Newsela’s externally-facing teams are prepared to effectively deliver our value propositions to customers.
• Support go-to-market efforts to expand Newsela ELA’s reach in international markets. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll be part of an organization solving real challenges in K-12 education, and the highly visible internal and external materials you develop will have a direct and measurable impact on Newsela’s business. 
• Your work will shape the future of Newsela’s most essential products, which are loved by teachers in all 50 states and multiple countries, and you’ll work to ensure those same products resonate with district decision makers. 
• On any given day you could be collaborating with passionate teammates from Product Management and Design, Sales and Customer Success, Business Development, and of course, Marketing. 
• You will have the opportunity to share insights that improve the Newsela product and the user experience.
• Your work will directly impact engagement and usage of Newsela products in K-12 classrooms nationwide.

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have a bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field.
• You’re a collaborative marketer who has been in a B2B Product Marketing role for at least 5 years, ideally with some of that time in K-12 education.
• You have experience launching new products and features, developing product value propositions, and building and maintaining buyer personas.
• You’ve created marketing assets that run the gamut from sales enablement resources and competitive battlecards to webinars and product videos, and you love digging into marketing performance data to understand what content and formats resonate most with your target audiences. 
• You’re a natural communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and you can synthesize complex information into a compelling story. 
• You are organized and collaborative, capable of managing complex, interdependent projects and maintaining multiple workstreams.
• You have a user-centric approach and strong desire to deliver valuable experiences to users and make an impact in K-12 education.

Base compensation: $90,000 - $100,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

The role: 

As a member of the Product Management team, you will have the opportunity to join a growing team that directly impacts our mission to deliver meaningful classroom learning to every student. As Principal Product Manager you will be responsible for building and improving the experience on Newsela. You will leverage your skills to identify opportunities, track performance and drive the largest impact. You will enhance the capabilities within the product and work cross functionally to launch and maintain features that impact Newsela’s growth.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the vision, strategy, and roadmap of features for the Product Management team to drive Newsela’s business goals
• You will leverage research and data to understand the opportunities to create a meaningful and impactful experience for our users 
• You will define and deliver on short and long-term product goals
• You’ll build on your experience leading both successful and failed experimentations
• You will hold cross-functional teams accountable to deliver on time and within scope

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 5+ years of experience in a Product Management function scaling new or existing products
• You have experience in product strategy, roadmap planning, and execution
• You love data, creating metrics, establishing goals with a Data team, and prioritizing your roadmap accordingly 
• You can leverage your strong analytical skills to dig into data and identify the opportunities that drive the largest impact
• You know how to collaborate cross-functionally and take ownership of decision-making for your product
• You understand customer needs and how to partner with data, research and design to quantify and qualify your ideas

Base Compensation: $150,000 - $170,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

The role: 

• Reporting to the Manager of Accounting, the Accounts Receivable Billing Analyst is responsible for performing tasks that will help us monitor our revenues.
• You will be responsible for keeping track of money owed to us by customers, preparing invoices and updating records to ensure that we receive payment for services offered to clients. The goal is to contribute to the accurate preparation of invoices, accounts receivable management, and safeguard the company’s income.
• You must be accurate and reliable in handling accounts and documents.
• Since you will be using technology to expedite your work, some degree of computer knowledge is also required.

Why you’ll love this role:

• Process client invoices and ensure invoices are free of errors and processed in a timely manner
• Assist billing team with discrepancies on invoices
• Respond to customer inquiries and resolves issues as needed
• Keep accurate records in our system and makes updates to customer info as needed
• Reconcile deal information in Billing System with signed customer agreement
• Follow up with delinquent accounts, make collection calls, draft collection emails and letters
• Provide A/R write-offs and communicate with clients with efficiency, professionalism and provide excellent customer service

Why you’re a great fit:

• 2+ years of related experience required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Great at math and proficient in Excel 
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience in a SaaS industry with recurring revenue preferred
• Proficiency in accounting software programs, such as Netsuite, is preferred
• Accounting background preferred
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accountingpreferred, but not required

Compensation:

Base salary:$50,000 - $56,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• As a Curricular Solutions Architect you will be a member of Newsela’s Customer Solutions team, and will articulate bridges that connect Curriculum to Instruction by using Newsela’s engaging, authentic and differentiated content.
• You will build relationships with districts in your territory, each with distinct content and instructional needs.
• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Customer Solutions, you will also work closely with the field sales team.
• You'll apply your pedagogical expertise and consultative skills to architect curricular solutions that delight districts, teachers, and students by enabling engaging and aligned learning to take place in classrooms. 
• You’ll also champion client needs, requests and untapped opportunities, as identified by Sales, Marketing, Content, and Product leadership teams; this role will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable systems that satisfy market demands by better meeting clients needs in less time.
• By habit, you rely on data, research and industry best practices to inform your day to day, and on your creativity and ingenuity to ensure the final output is delightful to our users.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will engineer content opportunities of Newsela’s off-the-shelf products, custom content products, and curriculum design services
• You will expand Newsela’s Total Addressable Market by identifying strategic regional, state and district content priorities and needs
• You will identify and create synergies between existing content solutions and future opportunities
• You will identify specific district content opportunities such as RFPs and other key account specific work
• You will align content sales strategy with Newsela’s Product strategy
• You will create content investment business cases for prospective custom content opportunities

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 3+years of teaching experience 
• You have an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction or other related field
• You have experience designing quality instructional resources, preferably in a cross-curricular capacity across ELA, Social Studies and Science
• You have experience identifying instructional needs and building consensus on the just-right solution with multiple stakeholders 
• Candidates living inTexas are preferred.However, this role is open to applicants in theSouth Central regionof the US. 

Compensation:

Base salary:$95,000 - $100,000
On-target commission (OTC): $20,000
On-target earnings (OTE): $115,000 - $120,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• As a Curricular Solutions Architect you will be a member of Newsela’s Customer Solutions team, and will articulate bridges that connect Curriculum to Instruction by using Newsela’s engaging, authentic and differentiated content.
• You will build relationships with districts in your territory, each with distinct content and instructional needs.
• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Customer Solutions, you will also work closely with the field sales team.
• You'll apply your pedagogical expertise and consultative skills to architect curricular solutions that delight districts, teachers, and students by enabling engaging and aligned learning to take place in classrooms. 
• You’ll also champion client needs, requests and untapped opportunities, as identified by Sales, Marketing, Content, and Product leadership teams; this role will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable systems that satisfy market demands by better meeting clients needs in less time.
• By habit, you rely on data, research and industry best practices to inform your day to day, and on your creativity and ingenuity to ensure the final output is delightful to our users.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will engineer content opportunities of Newsela’s off-the-shelf products, custom content products, and curriculum design services
• You will expand Newsela’s Total Addressable Market by identifying strategic regional, state and district content priorities and needs
• You will identify and create synergies between existing content solutions and future opportunities
• You will identify specific district content opportunities such as RFPs and other key account specific work
• You will align content sales strategy with Newsela’s Product strategy
• You will create content investment business cases for prospective custom content opportunities

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 3+years of teaching experience 
• You have an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction or other related field
• You have experience designing quality instructional resources, preferably in a cross-curricular capacity across ELA, Social Studies and Science
• You have experience identifying instructional needs and building consensus on the just-right solution with multiple stakeholders 
• Candidates living inFlorida are preferred.However, this role is open to applicants in theSoutheast regionof the US. 

Compensation:

Base salary:$95,000 - $100,000
On-target commission (OTC): $20,000
On-target earnings (OTE): $115,000 - $120,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

We are inviting professionals with a background in full-cycle sales and education/edtech who are thinking about their next move or looking for a new opportunity. Please note this does not necessarily mean we have a current opening. We are expanding our talent pool for our ongoing Sales Representative openings across our different segments including SMB, Mid-Market, and Enterprise sales.

Newsela's SalesRepresentativeTalent Pool is designed to:

• Help us continually hire great talent for our frequent Sales Representative openings in SMB, Mid-Market, and Enterprise Sales. 
• Provide an opportunity for candidates interested in joining Newsela to learn about our Sales Representative role and the team.

Newsela's Talent Pool process:

You will express your interest through an application. On completion, you will be added to our growing talent pool and contacted as new opportunities arise.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• SMB Sales Rep: You are a proven Sales Rep with 2+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling SaaS products or digital education solutions
• Mid-Market Sales Rep: You are a proven Sales Rep with 3+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling SaaS products or digital education solutions
• Enterprise Sales Rep:You are a proven Sales Rep with 5+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling SaaS products or digital education solutions
• You have demonstrated expertise in networking, prospecting, building pipeline, forecasting accuracy, and closing
• You have knowledge of MEDDPICC or other sales methodology 
• You have experience forecasting SaaS business
• You have drive, self-awareness, and coachability 

The role: 

As a Sales Representative, you will be part of a regional sales team and the overall face of Newsela in the market. You’ll be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the school district level in addition to selling Newsela’s suite of products to bring engaging reading content to districts. In your day to day, you will do everything from pipeline management and forecasting  to designing lead generation campaigns and managing sales through the entire lifecycle. You will also become well-versed in your territory’s funding, state initiatives, demographics, and K-12 education landscape, which will help inform your overall sales strategy. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will get to represent the future of education, enhance how districts and teachers engage students, and provide time-saving approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of learners
• As an individual contributor who is part of a regional sales team, you will have the opportunity to own your territory, manage the entire lifecycle of a sale, and build new business relationships that bring Newsela’s solution to classrooms
• In addition to achieving your own revenue targets, you will get to work with an enthusiastic, cross-functional team to catapult Newsela’s growth as we scale our national sales organization

Compensation Range:$70,000 - $125,000 Base Salary + On-Target Commission. Total compensation for this role includes a base salary, variable component, incentive stock options, and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on thesegment and actual experience.