<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why You'll Love This Role: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Solutions Architect at Newsela, you are a strategic, sales-focused partner responsible for driving the technical win across Newsela’s full solution ecosystem,including subject products (ELA, STEM, Social Studies, Writing).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will serve as the bridge between district instructional priorities and Newsela’s platform capabilities, helping leaders connect curriculum, instruction, assessment, and data into a cohesive strategy that drives student outcomes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partnering closely with Account Executives, you will co-lead discovery alongside Account Executives and lead solution design, tailored demonstrations, and proof strategies that align to district goals and accelerate decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a consultative, customer-facing, and sales-oriented environment and is interested in growing into a future quota-carrying role.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At your core, you are not just showing product,you are crafting compelling narratives that help districts believe Newsela is the solution to their most critical challenges.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You'll Be Doing:</strong></span></p><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Sales & Technical Partnership (Core Focus)</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with Account Executives to drive technical wins across the sales cycle, from discovery through proof.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Co-lead consultative discovery conversations with Account Executives to uncover instructional, assessment, and data challenges across districts.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Translate district initiatives (literacy, MTSS, assessment alignment, engagement) into solution-aligned narratives and strategies.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build credibility as a trusted advisor by aligning Newsela solutions to measurable district outcomes.</span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Solution Design & Demonstration</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Architect and deliver tailored, story-driven demonstrations that connect:</span></li><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Instruction (Newsela subject products)</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Assessment strategy (formative, common, benchmark)</span></li></ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Showcase how Newsela enables a balanced assessment approach, connecting daily instruction with district-wide data systems.</span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Strategic Solution Mapping</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Map complex district needs across:</span></li><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Curriculum & content gaps</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Data access, visibility, and actionability</span></li></ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Provide implementation-minded recommendations that are practical, scalable, and aligned to district systems.</span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Product & Market Feedback Loop</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Surface trends, gaps, and opportunities from the field to Product, Content, and GTM teams.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Influence roadmap conversations by representing real district needs and buying signals.</span></li></ul><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Asset Development & Team Enablement</strong></span></h3><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and refine reusable assets (demo flows, proof strategies, discovery frameworks).</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Engage in continuous learning and collaborate with peers on:</span></li><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Instructional & assessment positioning</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Storytelling and demo craft</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sales-forward execution using the 6 Habits methodology</span></li></ul></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About You:</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of experience in K–12 education (curriculum, instruction, coaching, assessment, or leadership).</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to connect instructional practices to student outcomes.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with one or more:</span><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Literacy instruction, curriculum design, or content implementation across ELA, Social Studies, STEM, or Writing</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Building knowledge through content-rich instruction and integrating reading, writing, and inquiry practices</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Supporting differentiated instruction and engaging diverse learners through high-quality, standards-aligned materials</span></li></ul></li></ul></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong ability to tell clear, compelling stories that connect problems to solutions.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication and collaboration skills across sales, product, and customer stakeholders.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfort in a customer-facing, high-impact presentation environment.</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt;"> </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> </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 & 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. </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! </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. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px;">This role will also will also be eligible for variable compensation. </span></p></div><div class="title">Base Compensation Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$100,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$107,000 USD</span></div></div></div>