Academic Partnerships Solutions Manager

Carnegie Learning

9d • $90,000 - $110,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Academic Partnerships Solutions Manager ensures that partnership needs are clearly captured, organized, and translated into high-quality, compliant, and compelling pre-sales outputs. This role serves as the operational hub for RFPs, state adoption opportunities, and complex partner inquiries—owning the intake, synthesis, coordination, and submission of pre-sales work. By combining strong operational judgment with the effective use of AI-enabled tools, this role drives structure, visibility, and consistency across the pre-sales lifecycle. The Pre-Sales Operations Manager ensures that district needs are accurately understood, responses are strategically aligned, and final deliverables reflect Carnegie Learning’s quality standards, brand voice, and instructional expertise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5–8+ years of experience in pre-sales operations, sales operations, project management, or complex cross-functional roles
• Demonstrated success organizing ambiguous, high-volume, or complex inputs into clear, high-quality deliverables
• Proven experience using AI-enabled tools as a collaborative part of professional workflows (e.g., synthesizing inputs, drafting and refining content, aligning responses to requirements, supporting quality review), with sound judgment around accuracy, compliance, and final output
• Strong product fluency, with the ability to understand, compare, and clearly articulate product capabilities, use cases, and differentiators in support of pre-sales work
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical, instructional, and operational information for diverse internal audiences
• High comfort level partnering across Sales, Product, Content, State Adoptions, Marketing, and Operations teams to drive alignment and shared ownership
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Experience building, maintaining, and improving intake processes, templates, prompts, tracking tools, and documentation repositories
• Ability to balance speed, quality, and compliance in deadline-driven environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting RFPs, proposals, or state adoption processes, preferably in education or another regulated environment
• Strong product experience, with the ability to understand, compare, and communicate product capabilities, instructional models, and implementation considerations in support of pre-sales work
• Process-oriented mindset with the ability to identify gaps and implement scalable, tech-enabled improvements
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, Excel/Sheets, project management tools, and document management systems

Responsibilities

• Support and coordinate structured intake of partnership needs, RFP requirements, and district priorities across teams, translating complex inputs into clear, actionable pre-sales plans
• Coordinate cross-functional contributions from Proposal Writers, Content Specialists, State Adoptions, Sales, and Product teams
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to support drafting, alignment, version control, and quality assurance, while applying professional judgment to ensure accuracy, compliance, and narrative strength
• Coordinate cross-functional input from Proposal Writers, Content Specialists, and the State Adoptions team to deliver high-quality, brand-aligned proposals
• Maintain centralized pre-sales infrastructure, including templates, documentation, tracking systems, and intake processes
• Ensure all partnership opportunities receive timely, accurate, compliant, and professional responses
• Track timelines and deliverables, proactively following up to ensure deadlines are met
• Drive operational efficiency and visibility through standardized processes and centralized intake
• Document best practices and lessons learned to continuously improve RFP and pre-sales execution
• During periods of high demand or time-sensitive opportunity volume, contribute directly to proposal development, including drafting sections, supporting RFP responses, and assisting with detailed alignment work; to ensure continuity, quality, and on-time delivery.

Benefits

• An inclusive range of Health Insurance options
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you
• Flexible work arrangements with our Work From Anywhere Policy
• Your Time, Your Way - paid time off that you can use as you see fit to recharge and nurture your personal life
• Paid Parental Leave
• Reduced working hours on full pay for soon-to-be and new parents
• Free access to CL products for employees and their children
• Quarterly Wellness Incentives
• Monthly employee activities + recognition program
• 9 Employee Resource Groups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level