Standards & Alignments Operations Specialist

Job Responsibilities:

• Create and manage efficient processes to responsively and proactively develop, maintain, and curate project plans

• Generate and implement strategies to improve team productivity and efficiency

• Address requests from internal teams to create resources that illustrate the alignment of Lexia's professional learning products to standards and state/district requirements

• Develop and update standard language for PL products to support requests from the Bids and Proposals team

• Collaboratively work with the Standards and Alignments manager on project planning and work allocation

• Serve as an expert around the pedagogy of Lexia’s professional learning products to support with alignment resource creation

• Work with cross-functional colleagues including Literacy Education team subject matter experts, Bids and Proposals team coordinators, and vendors/contractors as needed

• Plan duties, coordinate, and assist in the definition of project scope to ensure work of the Standards and Alignment team is completed efficiently and effectively

• Establish milestones, anticipate issues, and monitor adherence to project scope, requirements, and schedules

• Create and manage planning and tracking of resources to support the team’s implementation of projects

• Finalize documents and publish resources for internal and external use

• Maintain the organization of alignment resources on shared sites and ensure resources are kept up to date

• Provide pedagogy and product expertise to support Bids and Proposals team in completing evaluation rubrics for state-level approvals and adoptions for professional learning products

• Apply content-area expertise and market knowledge to respond to direct requests from sales team for customer-facing alignments and crosswalks

• ​Monitor relevant bid opportunities and track all response requests

• Supply content and assets to complete RFPs as needed

• Answer questions from the field (customer support, direct sales questions, CSMs) specific to alignments and state/national standards

• Assist the Curriculum Department on special projects as needed

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree required

• Specialized training in project management with a minimum of 3+ years experience managing projects.

• Knowledge of state and district requirements regarding Science of Reading and Professional Learning Standards

• Experience using issue tracking tools to manage and schedule development tasks

• Demonstrated experience managing projects and workflows, with a solid ability to lead projects and effectively engage with multiple stakeholders to achieve goals

• Effective problem solving skills and keen attention to detail

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Adobe Software, and Sharepoint

• Experience editing and assembling text documents

• Working knowledge of Lexia professional learning products (LETRS, Aspire) preferred

• Project management certification preferred

To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit https://www.lexialearning.com/

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