Description

Job Overview:

The National Literacy Consultant will join the Education Partnerships department to support the sales team as an expert in Lexia’s professional learning and curriculum solutions. This role helps districts address PK–12 literacy challenges by leveraging the Science of Reading.

 This team member will operate with a deep understanding of Lexia’s entire portfolio—including design history, adaptive blended learning, professional learning, and efficacy—to support the efforts of Lexia’s sales professionals in driving business opportunities.

 Working closely with account executives, the consultant provides instructional and technical expertise to district leaders—particularly ELA/literacy decision-makers. You will create and deliver customized, engaging presentations based on Lexia’s solutions, diving deep into customer needs, articulating the value of our offerings within the context of research-based reading instruction, and helping differentiate our products in a competitive market.

 This is a remote, home-office position that can be located anywhere in the U.S. and requires extensive domestic travel.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Stay current on literacy standards, state adoption cycles, and district trends to advise sales strategy.
• Partner with account executives during the sales process to engage district leaders.
• Make connections between Lexia’s curriculum and professional learning products to demonstrate a comprehensive K-12 solution for districts.
• Identify and articulate unique customer needs and align our solutions to those needs.
• Deliver compelling product demonstrations and presentations tailored to ELA/literacy priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor by connecting customer challenges to our product’s ability to improve literacy outcomes.
• Build capacity of internal sales teams on ELA and literacy concepts, ensuring reps can confidently position the solutions.
• Collaborate with marketing and product teams to refine messaging and demo materials based on field insights.
• Provide feedback to product and customer success teams on feature requests and implementation needs heard during pre-sales.
• Support RFPs and proposals with expert input on instructional alignment, pedagogy, and evidence of efficacy.
  Represent Lexia at conferences and partner events as a literacy expert.

Requirements

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a Master's degree in Education, Literacy, Curriculum & Instruction, or related field; Advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 7+ years PK-12, including 3+ years in leadership at a large district or education agency.
• A strong grasp of the principles of Science of Reading in education and conversant in all areas of literacy.
• Ability to translate technical product functionality into instructional impact language.
• Lexia portfolio knowledge is strongly preferred and versatile enough to demo all products.
• Exceptional level of communication skills, including public speaking/presenting, writing, and presentation preparation.
• Ability to listen to customers’ needs to improve product positioning.
• Capacity to adapt quickly and adjust presentations to meet the needs of the customer.
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with cross functional team members.
• Capacity for extensive domestic travel (50%+).
   

Success Profile

• Instructional credibility: Can “speak the language” of curriculum directors, literacy leaders, and superintendents.
• Sales partnership: Viewed as an extension of the sales team; helps move deals forward by removing instructional credibility barriers.
• Clear communicator: Skilled at tailoring complex information to diverse audiences.
• Mission-driven: Passionate about creating opportunity for every student through the power of literacy education.