Product Manager, SMS

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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We're seeking an experienced Product Manager to join our growing product team. Product Managers at Braze build the product roadmap for a given product area and work closely with engineers and product designers to bring new products to life.

This Product Manager will support the SMS team - a high impact team responsible for the continued evolution of Braze mobile messaging channels (SMS, RCS). You will be responsible for leading discovery and delivery of best-in-class features designed around the needs of Braze marketers, and play a major role in scaling the SMS business into the future.

Braze operates at a massive scale, delivering billions of SMS messages per year across thousands of clients. A successful candidate will be curious, strategic, organized, data-driven, creative, and customer-focused:

• Collaborate closely with Engineers, Product Managers, Product Designers, and stakeholders across the business to scope effective solutions, build, prioritize, and execute the SMS roadmap
• Manage the product roadmap for our SMS team - analyzing inputs from a wide variety of sources to prioritize the most important next steps for our product (user feedback, research, usage data, support requests, etc.)
• Deeply understand our customers, market, and technology environment. The SMS team operates in a dynamic ecosystem, and staying on top of the landscape in which we operate is a must
• Setup qualitative and quantitative feedback loops to dive into our customers’ problems and build proposals to address them creatively
• Run point on launching features and functionality released by the team
• Establish and manage internal and external stakeholder expectations, and communicate progress and decisions effectively

WHO YOU ARE

• An experienced builder with 3+ years of Product Management experience
• You have strong communication, collaboration, organization, and persuasion skills
• You have strong technical experience. You understand how distributed systems and mobile technology products work
• You have a proactive, positive, can-do attitude. You consistently drive projects to successful completion, measure success, and proactively seek opportunities to enhance both processes and products.
• You have an eagerness to learn and grow

Bonus

• Experience working with SMS or other mobile messaging solutions
• Experience working at a B2B SaaS company
• Experience at a high-scale technology startup (we operate at the scale of billions of users)

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $105,000 and $175,500/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $130,000 and $195,000/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, Braze offers full- and part- time employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that all Braze employees own a piece of our company.

WHAT WE OFFER

Details of these benefits plan will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment. Benefits may vary by location.

From offering comprehensive benefits to fostering flexible environments, we’ve got you covered so you can prioritize work-life harmony.

• Competitive compensation that may include equity
• Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
• Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave
• Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and tuition reimbursement
• Community engagement opportunities throughout the year, including an annual company wide Volunteer Week
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®

ABOUT BRAZE

Braze is a leading customer engagement platform that powers lasting connections between consumers and brands they love. Braze allows any marketer to collect and take action on any amount of data from any source, so they can creatively engage with customers in real time, across channels from one platform. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered experimentation and optimization, Braze enables companies to build and maintain absolutely engaging relationships with their customers that foster growth and loyalty.

Braze is proudly certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., the UK and Singapore. We ranked #3 on Great Place to Work UK’s 2024 Best Workplaces (Large), #3 on Great Place to Work UK’s 2023 Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (Medium), #4 on Great Place to Work’s 2023 Best Workplaces in Europe (Medium), #10 on Great Place to Work UK’s 2023 Best Workplaces for Women (Large), #19 on Fortune’s 2023 Best Workplaces in New York (Large). We were also featured in Built In's 2024 Best Places to Work, U.S. News Best Technology Companies to Work For, and Great Place to Work UK’s 2023 Best Workplaces in Tech.

You’ll find many of us at headquarters in New York City or around the world in Austin, Berlin, Chicago, Jakarta, London, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo – not to mention our employees in nearly 50 remote locations.

BRAZE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

At Braze, we strive to create equitable growth and opportunities inside and outside the organization.

Building meaningful connections is at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our recruiting practices. We're committed to offering all candidates a fair, accessible, and inclusive experience – regardless of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, maternity, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran. When applying and interviewing with Braze, we want you to feel comfortable showcasing what makes you you.

We know that sometimes different circumstances can lead talented people to hesitate to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criteria. If this sounds familiar, we encourage you to apply, as we’d love to meet you.

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