Salary
💰 $115,000 - $130,000 per year
About the role
- Lead the go-to-market (GTM) strategy, positioning, messaging, and cross-functional execution for Newsela’s Core ELA product portfolio.
- Drive product adoption, support revenue growth, and represent the voice of the educator throughout the product lifecycle.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Sales, Content, and Marketing teams to craft compelling narratives around Newsela’s Core ELA offering.
- Inform product development with market insights and develop product messaging that reaches and resonates with educators, administrators, and decision-makers.
- Design and execute GTM plan for a new Core ELA product, ensuring alignment across Marketing, Product, and Sales.
- Create high-impact sales collateral, pitch decks, training materials, and objection-handling guides; deliver product training to Sales and Customer Success teams.
- Serve as the voice of the customer and competitive research; translate insights into actionable recommendations for product development and marketing campaigns.
- Partner with Product Managers to influence roadmap prioritization and support product launch in partnership with the marketing team.
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to drive awareness and lead generation through content development, email marketing, webinars, and events.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product marketing experience, preferably in EdTech, educational publishing, or SaaS.
- Deep familiarity with K-12 education landscape and adoption market.
- Experience with ELA curriculum and instructional challenges is a bonus.
- Proven track record of executing successful go-to-market strategies and product launches.
- Exceptional communication skills—both written and verbal.
- Experience creating sales tools and customer-facing content.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret market and customer data.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA or MA in Education/Marketing) a plus.