Partner Sales Manager, Venture Capital

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 Venture-backed companies have always thrived on Braze, and they have always sought to push the boundaries of customer engagement to better serve their most important asset: their customers. Across every growth stage, VCs play an instrumental role in supporting their portfolio companies and have a vested interest in their success. Braze has made considerable progress establishing ourselves as a trusted advisor within leading venture firms to support them better, and we’re now at a stage to accelerate these relationships even further. As Senior Partner Sales Manager, VC, you own the operating relationship with a named set of Tier 1 and Tier 2 venture firms. Your job is to expand Braze's relationships and credibility within each firm well beyond the platform owner, so that when a portfolio company is evaluating customer engagement platforms, Braze is the default recommendation. What You'll Own • Firm operating cadence. Run a recurring cadence with each assigned firm with clear agendas, pre-work, and follow-through. • Firm-wide relationship depth. Build relationships beyond the typical platform owner, into a firm's investment, talent, and community teams, so Braze is embedded across the business rather than single-threaded through one contact. • Define and deliver joint initiatives with your partner firms that support the growth of their portfolio companies and Braze’s customer footprint. • Portfolio enablement. Run portfolio-facing enablement: workshops, office hours, founder sessions, event participation to ensure portfolio companies hear from Braze directly. • Work closely with the Braze sales team on founder and portfolio-company introductions, converting relationship depth into qualified pipeline and new business wins. • Reporting and forecasting. Own pipeline management and portfolio tracking to ensure Leadership visibility. • Offer and program feedback. Gather feedback from firms and portfolio companies on program and offer design on an ongoing basis, and feed it back to shape how the offer evolves. What This Role Is Really About The job is to become embedded enough in each firm, beyond the platform owner, that Braze gets surfaced by default whenever a portfolio company is choosing a customer engagement platform. That only comes from operating cadence and relationship depth held consistently over quarters. How We Show Up • Owns relationship depth, not just the relationship. You know each firm's platform team, investment team and portfolio well enough to spot where Braze adds value before anyone asks you to. • Drives outcomes through firms without controlling them. You don't own a firm's investment decisions or a portfolio company's buying decision, but you i