Newsela

Solutions Architect – Assessment & Analytics

Newsela

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $105,000 - $110,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Lead technical discovery and solution mapping for strategic opportunities involving Formative by Newsela
  • Architect and deliver tailored demonstrations and proofs that show how Formative solves for real-time feedback, instructional alignment, and assessment consistency
  • Translate complex district needs into practical implementation recommendations and proof plans
  • Surface field insights to the Product and Content teams to inform future roadmap development
  • Develop and maintain reusable assets, including demo templates, solution briefs, and configuration best practices
  • Mentor peers across the Solution Architect team on assessment strategy and best practices for Formative positioning
  • Support RFP strategy and technical documentation for Formative-related custom content or security needs
  • Partner with Account Executives and Product teams to deliver technical wins through assessment-aligned discovery, solution design, demo delivery, and proof validation
  • Report to the Manager of Customer Solutions and focus exclusively on the Formative product within the Balanced Assessment Suite

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in K–12 education, with expertise in assessment design, instructional coaching, or curriculum and instruction
  • Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, or supporting common or formative assessments at the school or district level
  • Ability to craft clear, strategic narratives that link instructional goals to technical capabilities
  • Familiarity with standards-based grading, curriculum alignment, data literacy, and differentiated instruction
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills; experience working in cross-functional teams, including sales, product, and content
  • Proficiency with digital assessment platforms
  • Curriculum design experience
  • Industry knowledge and subject matter expertise in at least 2 content areas across multiple grade bands
  • Project management skills
  • Preferred: Experience in a district assessment team, data and innovation role, or a curriculum and instruction leadership position
  • Preferred: Prior work in educational technology sales, customer success, or solutions consulting
  • Preferred: Comfort navigating assessment-related data and translating it for instructional decision-making
  • Preferred: Deep understanding of assessment equity, feedback practices, and universal design principles