Senior Recruiter

The role:

Newsela is looking for a Senior Recruiter (GTM) to join our People team, reporting directly to the Manager, Talent Acquisition. In this role, you will serve as a strategic talent partner to revenue and growth leadership, driving the strategy and execution required to scale our Go-to-Market (GTM) organization. You will own the full recruitment lifecycle for revenue-generating roles, champion candidate experience, and leverage GTM market data to build high-performing, diverse sales, marketing, and customer success teams.

Why you’ll love this role:

• GTM Strategic Partnership: Partner with GTM leaders (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) to understand revenue goals, align on headcount roadmaps, and execute tailored hiring plans.
• Full-Cycle Execution: Own the end-to-end process for a portfolio of GTM requisitions, from kickoff calls and active outbound sourcing through complex offer negotiations and closing.
• Pipeline & Sourcing: Proactively source and engage top-tier, passive revenue talent across competitive EdTech landscape using LinkedIn Recruiter and innovative network outreach.
• Data-Driven Advisory: Collaborate with hiring managers using real-time market trends, compensation benchmarks, and pipeline analytics to streamline time-to-hire and increase offer acceptance rates.
• Candidate Experience & Brand: Deliver a high-touch, memorable candidate journey that highlights Newsela’s mission, remote culture, and market impact.

Why you’re a great fit:

• 5+ years of full-cycle corporate recruiting experience for an EdTech or SaaS company, with a focus on Go-to-Market hiring.
• Proven track record of successfully hiring for roles in Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, RevOps. 
• Strong understanding of the GTM function and the key metrics for success.
• We need a proactive and results-oriented professional who can thrive in a fast-paced environment. 
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Expert level project management skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruiting tools.
• A passion for building diverse and high-performing teams.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with using recruitment tools such as Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.
• Experience with global hiring in locations such as Latin America and the Philippines.

Compensation:

• Base compensation range: $100,000 - $115,000 per year. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.

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 pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, 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 plus 10 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 takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.