Manager, Assessment Content (Remote, US)New Remote - US

Strategy and roadmap

Own the assessment content strategy and roadmap in partnership with the Director, Assessment and Analytics Portfolio and the A&A Product Manager. Drive execution of the assessment content roadmap; translate quarterly production plans into team assignments, milestones, and vendor scopes.

Content coverage

Ensure content gaps are identified and closed across all subject areas, including academic content areas (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies) and non-academic content areas (Social Skills, School Climate); prioritize across domains based on roadmap and customer needs.

Standards stewardship

Monitor state and national standard changes across all content domains; ensure Content Leads are maintaining current mappings and escalate cross-domain risks proactively.

Team leadership

• Manage Assessment Content Designers and Content Contributors — set direction, coach for growth, run regular 1:1s and performance reviews, and develop the bench.
• Scope, plan, and manage large-scale projects with Content Designers, freelance contributors, and third-party vendors to meet aggressive production targets.
• Own the contributor and vendor quality framework across all content domains; conduct calibration sessions and performance reviews directly where no Content Lead is in place.

Production management

Drive operational excellence by creating clear, repeatable processes and championing the tooling needs of the team. Unify content processes and ensure consistency with other Newsela assessment designers and teams (e.g., editorial style, metadata tagging, accessibility standards).

Cross-functional partnership

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Customer-facing teams as needed on content tooling, customer questions, and go-to-market readiness.

Other duties

Other duties as assigned.

About You

• 8+ years of experience in assessment content development at commercial scale (EdTech company, testing vendor, or educational publisher), with at least 2+ years in a people-management role.
• Demonstrated success leading teams that include senior individual contributors — coaching, calibrating, and developing item writers and content leads.
• Multi-subject standards fluency: command of CCSS, NGSS, and state-specific frameworks across multiple K–12 content areas, with the ability to set quality and alignment expectations even outside your strongest subject.
• Expert understanding of educational assessment design across formative, common, and summative contexts, including measurement principles and Depth of Knowledge (DOK).
• Track record managing freelance contributors and third-party vendors at scale, including building and running a quality framework with calibration and performance review.
• Strong project and production management skills — scoping work, building milestones, surfacing risk, and delivering against aggressive timelines.
• Demonstrated experience designing repeatable processes and championing tooling that helps a content team scale.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills — comfortable collaborating with Product, Engineering, and customer-facing teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate between content, product, and engineering audiences.