About this role
At Braze, we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew.
We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards, championing teamwork, and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity – inside and outside our organization.
To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy, having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success.
Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture.
If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change, you will be empowered to make a real impact here, with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive, we can’t wait to meet you.
The Role
The Partnerships department operates in a fast-paced environment with a lean team. Key priorities arise from major events like SKO or Forge Partner Day, cross-functional initiatives, and urgent executive inquiries. Top-tier partnership teams require a dedicated program manager to own these priorities, drive execution, and maintain clear visibility into project status, blockers, and ownership.
Operating across the entire department rather than within a single partner segment, this role collaborates across every functional pillar. Key responsibilities centre on establishing clear workstream visibility and managing high-priority ad-hoc projects. This includes maintaining an accurate single source of truth for ongoing department initiatives, supporting program management for flagship events such as SKO, Forge Partner Day, and the departmental kick-off, and partnering closely with the AVP, Partner Experience to maintain the departmental operating rhythm—encompassing OKRs, business reviews, strategic narratives, All Hands meetings, and internal communications.
Rapid growth has outpaced formal tracking, leaving initiatives reliant on informal ownership and tracking. We need a program manager to establish structure, seamlessly manage diverse workstreams, and build lasting, repeatable processes. Success is defined by delivering high-quality projects on time and maintaining clear, transparent visibility into overall department status.
What You'll Own
• Workstream visibility. Maintain one view of cross-departmental initiatives: owners, status, dependencies and risks, with Jira as the source of truth. Run regular check-ins that keep it honest, raise concerns before they become surprises, and give leadership a clear picture of what is moving and what is not.
• Ad-hoc and flagship projects. Take projects from brief to delivery: agree scope and owners, build the plan, chase the dependencies, manage th