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Lead multiple cross-functional projects on the Product team using Agile, Scrum, and Kanban. Manage end-to-end project life cycles, documentation, backlogs, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication to deliver high-impact outcomes. Collaborate with product owners and program managers, contribute to PM best practices, and support Bravens project management Centers of Excellence.

Leads organization-wide progress monitoring and reporting, including board updates, data analysis, and data-driven narratives. Coordinates cross-functional partnerships among Product, Systems, and External Affairs, supports internal and external councils, and owns the Insights & Strategy team’s planning, meeting cadence, knowledge management, and process improvement. Requires strong writing, strategic thinking, quantitative analysis, collaboration, discretion, and operational execution.

Leads fundraising strategy and execution for an assigned regional portfolio, targeting approximately $23 million annually. Partners with regional leaders to cultivate donors, manage moves management, track pipelines, and achieve revenue goals. Oversees grant-writing workflows, donor stewardship, narratives, collateral, CRM systems, and quarterly action plans. Collaborates with development, communications, marketing, data, finance, and systems teams while engaging directly with funders and donors. The role is primarily internal-facing and includes occasional regional travel and non-traditional hours.

Administer Braven’s Jira Service Management, Slack, Zoom, and related collaboration platforms. Design workflow automations using Jira rules, Okta Workflows, scripting, and other tools to improve internal processes. Provide tier 2/3 support, maintain technical documentation, collaborate on infrastructure decisions, manage integrations, coordinate with vendors, and evaluate new technologies. The role is hybrid in Chicago, Newark, or New York City, with occasional onsite support and travel two to four times annually.

Design and execute test plans for web and API features, build and maintain UI/API automation (Playwright preferred), expand unit/integration test coverage, run accessibility and cross-browser testing, own CI quality gates and release verification, validate data flows with SQL, and document QA standards while driving process improvements.

Lead design and delivery of Braven's platform, tools, and automation. Scope and implement full-stack initiatives (Python/Rails, frontend, databases), improve architecture, mentor engineers, champion testing and observability, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and apply AI/automation to scale programs. Hybrid role based in Chicago or Newark.

Lead Braven's social media strategy and channel management across platforms. Create platform-native short-form video and visual content, build engaged communities and influencer relationships, collaborate with regional teams, track analytics, and present insights to grow audience and amplify impact.

Lead and execute organization-wide strategic initiatives, set and monitor KPIs, build and maintain regional and organizational dashboards, facilitate leadership and cross-functional teams, manage consultants, and support annual and multi-year planning to drive scale and operational goals.

First‑line IT support specialist who triages and resolves helpdesk tickets via Jira Service Management, deploys and configures hardware, supports onboarding/offboarding, provides end‑user support and training (Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack), maintains IT asset inventory and basic MDM tasks. Hybrid role in Chicago with occasional travel.

Lead and operationalize end-to-end talent lifecycle work: build SOPs, coordinate interviews, support compliance, manage ATS/HRIS configuration, analyze recruiting KPIs, and run a small portfolio of full-cycle searches while driving process and systems improvements.