Product Manager

Newsela; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Work From Home (monthly tech stipend)

Parental/family benefits

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO & holidays

Professional development allowance

Impactful education work

Job summary

Newsela is seeking a Product Manager to join our Product Management team and help build and improve the Newsela experience for teachers and students. You will collaborate with marketing, design, success, and pedagogy experts to ensure features meet classroom needs and have measurable impact.

You will own the platform experience from discovery to launch, partnering with a fast-moving AI-forward engineering team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Product Management delivering scale for products.
• Experience in EdTech, K-12 SaaS, or instructional products strongly preferred.
• Experience collaborating with design and subject-matter experts to shape features.
• Comfort using AI tools as part of a PM workflow.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to dig into data independently.

Responsibilities

• Build features and tools that directly impact teachers and students.
• Own the platform experience through collaboration with engineering.
• Work with design and pedagogy experts throughout the product lifecycle.
• Partner with AI-forward engineering team to deliver high-impact features.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear priorities and manage scope/timelines.
• Use data to measure success and identify opportunities.

Skills

Product management

EdTech

AI tools

Data-driven

Job description

Why You'll Love This Role:

As a member of the Product Management team, you will have the opportunity to join an innovative team that directly impacts our mission to deliver meaningful classroom learning to every student. As Product Manager, you will be responsible for building and improving the experience on Newsela. You will work cross-functionally with marketing, design, success, and fellow product managers, including the Supplemental ELA product manager, to ensure that features meet the needs of teachers and students in the classroom. You will identify opportunities, track performance, and build features that drive the largest possible impact.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build features and tools that directly impact teachers and students.
• Own the platform experience through collaboration: define what gets built, why, and in what order, in close partnership with the engineering team.
• Work directly with design and internal content/ELA pedagogy experts throughout the product lifecycle, from discovery to launch, to validate that features solve real classroom challenges.
• Partner closely with a fast-moving, AI-forward engineering team to deliver high-impact features.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear priorities and hold cross-functional partners accountable to scope and timelines.
• Use data to determine what is working, what isn't, and where the greatest opportunity lies.

About You:

• You have 3+ years of experience in a Product Management function scaling new or existing products.
• Experience in EdTech, K-12 education, SaaS,or working with instructional products strongly preferred.
• Experience working closely with design and subject-matter experts (content, pedagogy, or similar) to shape features, beyond simply handing off requirements.
• Demonstrated comfort using AI tools as part of a daily product management workflow, with genuine enthusiasm for a team that builds with AI at its core.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to dig into data directly rather than relying on others for answers.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check as part of our pre-employment process.

Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: 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.
• Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
• Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
• Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
• Time Off: Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).
• Professional Development: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.
• 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 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.

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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.

Base Compensation Range $95,000 — $120,000 USD