Director, Sales (Core & Supplemental)

Why You’ll Love This Role Newsela is seeking a strategic, high-growth Director of Sales to lead, scale, and inspire our Core Curriculum and Supplemental sales organization. Reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Sales, you will oversee the Sales Managers and Account Executives driving the expansion of Newsela ’s core curriculum and Newsela supplemental portfolios with an immediate strategic focus on balancing how to amplify the successful national supplemental and California core strategy nationally. In this role, you will lead through frontline managers to build high-performing sales teams, architect regional go-to-market strategies, and partner with district- and state-level education leaders. You will foster a positive, "people-first" high-performance culture while establishing predictable revenue models, refining enterprise sales plays (utilizing MEDDPICC), and positioning Newsela as the premier core curriculum partner across school districts. What You’ll Be Doing Strategic Leadership & Revenue Growth Drive Regional Strategy & Quota Achievement: Accountable for consistently meeting or exceeding sales targets across new logo acquisition, and expansion for both supplemental and core. Build & Scale Talent: Recruit, hire, coach, and retain top-tier frontline Account Executives that can effectively balance selling core and supplemental Newsela products in adoption and open territory. Pipeline Oversight & Strategic Forecasting: Deliver precise, reliable month