Braze
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Chicago, IL

SMS Operations Analyst

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WHO WE ARE

Braze delivers customer experiences across email, mobile, SMS, and web. Customers, including Burger King, Delivery Hero, HBO Max, Mercari, and Venmo, use the Braze platform to facilitate real-time experiences between brands and consumers in a more authentic and human way. And we do it at scale – each month, hundreds of billions of messages are sent to a network of over 3 billion active users through Braze.

Need more proof? Braze was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Cross-Channel Campaign Management (Independent Platforms), Q3 2021, and was named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for the fourth consecutive year. The company has also been selected as one of Fortune’s Best Workplace for Millennials in 2021, and was ranked #20 on Fortune’s Best Medium Sized Workplaces in 2021. Braze is certified as a Great Place to Work in the UK and the U.S. and is recognized as one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Global Services and Support (GSS) Operations strives to protect the investment in our Technical Support and Professional Services offerings by ensuring that our business partners have the insight, tools, and processes they need to run effectively and efficiently. You will report directly to the Director of SMS Operations and our organization is in an exciting transformative phase and you will have the potential for tremendous growth and leadership opportunities as Braze continues to expand. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to make a difference, hands-on, and excited to grow with us. 

SMS is our latest channel offering with demand rapidly increasing. SMS is a channel where there are different rules and regulations per country and there will be an opportunity for the analyst to streamline the tools and processes, per country, to underpin our SMS onboarding experience. You will collaborate with a diverse cast across GTM teams, Product, Sales, RevOps, Growth, Alliances and our SMS partners. You’ll also be involved in other strategic initiatives critical to scaling our fast growing team. If you’re obsessed with problem solving, measuring success and surfacing opportunities through data, we want to meet you!

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

  • Configure our customers’ SMS channel capability, including code procurement, globally
  • Manage the aggregator to achieve timely delivery of codes and also manage code inventory to achieve setup target times.
  • Be the subject matter expert on market requirements for SMS and guide our customers and internal stakeholders through the setup process
  • Interface with Sales, Product and GSS leadership teams on program logistics and operational needs
  • Establish and maintain documentation such as best practices, compliance and playbooks to support repeatability as we expand and onboard new markets and new SMS partners
  • Input for tooling to aid the code procurement process

PROCESS & INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Surface data, process, and technology issues through identification, measurement, and monitoring of our operations
  • Identify error trends, rectify, and determine how to reduce these issues moving forward
  • Improve existing workflows, find automation opportunities and work cross-functionally to drive scalable solutions 
  • Adapt and improve workflows as we onboard new SMS partners

ANALYTICS

  • Help develop a core set of success metrics along with a repeatable process to monitor and measure delivery success
  • Automate and expand our reporting capabilities and cadences. This can include weekly/monthly/quarterly reports, forecasting etc. 

WHO YOU ARE

  • You’re capable of learning quickly and mastering complicated systems and manual processes
  • Your attention to detail and accuracy is evident in all that you do; you possess a strong completer-finisher attitude
  • You’re empathetic and customer-centric 
  • You’re process-oriented and enjoy the clarity of well documented processes and best practices that bring structure to chaos
  • You’re capable of working independently but also energized from working within a team and cross-functionally to help achieve the company's goals
  • You embrace automation and are committed to continuous improvement
  • You want to help our Support and Services teams build the path to scale
  • Great communication skills, able to work with, influence & align with multiple stakeholders

WHAT YOU HAVE

  • Bachelor’s Degree from a 4 year college or university (or similar experience-based proficiency level)
  • 2-3 years experience in an operational role with a technical product, ideally in a SaaS, mobile or marketing automation oriented company
  • Familiarity with SMS preferred 
  • Proven experience in process optimization / transformation in order to increase process efficiency, reduce time-to-market & support scalability
  • Excellent communication skills, able to work with, influence and align with multiple stakeholders
  • A desire to be hands-on in your daily work and drive accuracy through personal performance
  • A strong mindset of problem-solving with multiple operational tools
  • An understanding of the importance of analytical reporting to demonstrate progression towards your goals
  • Analytically driven with Excel expertise (e.g. vlookup, sumifs, table formulas); SQL skills a plus
  • Experience modeling complex problems, both conceptually and tactically (spreadsheets, analysis tools, visualization)
  • Bonus Points:
    • Knowledge of the Braze ecosystem
    • Experience with other tools like FinancialForce, Tray.io, Looker, Slackbots, PagerDuty, etc.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Competitive compensation that includes equity
  • Generous time off policy to balance your work and life, including paid parental leave
  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
  • Collaborative, transparent, and fun loving office culture

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What are Braze Perks + Benefits

Braze Benefits Overview

Our health, dental, and vision plans are among the best out there — a happy team member is a healthy one. Our flexible time-off policy lets you balance your work and life in the way that suits you best, and includes paid parental leave. Globally, we support you as you plan for your future, through regionally tailored programs like 401(k) matching through Betterment in the US. When it comes to snacks in the office, we've got you covered — and lunch is on us every single day. When it comes to engaging in the community, we take it seriously. Each year we send team members to conferences around the world to engage with the developer community and learn the latest and greatest updates in all of the technologies we use. And lastly, we support your professional growth through formal career pathing, the Braze University learning platform, and ongoing enablement to foster success. Want more? Further your education with tuition reimbursement.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
We have a number of ERGs to help enhance our employees' experience while working with us. Including Asians@Braze, Black@Braze, Femmentor, Healthy Minds @ Braze, Jews@Braze, Parents@Braze, Pride@Braze
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Professional Development Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend

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