Jobs at Braven

Leads regional communications strategy and execution across Braven’s operating regions. Responsibilities include media relations, social media strategy, executive speechwriting, op-eds, awards and conference submissions, video storytelling, regional communications calendars, partner communications, staff training, event support, leader preparation, launch communications, and website maintenance. The role collaborates with Executive Directors, university and employer partners, Fellows, media, and internal communications teams to strengthen Braven’s reputation and awareness.

Own and optimize Braven’s Workday platform, including business process configuration, security, integrations, reporting, releases, and data integrity. Build and troubleshoot EIB and Core Connector integrations, manage identity provisioning with Okta, administer access controls, and develop reports and dashboards. Provide tier-two support, training, documentation, and stakeholder partnership while maintaining Workday as the trusted source of people data.

Manages new higher education partnership launches, coordinating plans, meetings, deliverables, events, contracts, and Salesforce updates. Researches prospective partners using higher education data, develops SWOT analyses, and prepares board materials and presentations. Supports cross-functional strategy, communication materials, systems, and pipeline tracking. The role requires collaboration with internal teams and external university partners, hybrid work in a specified city, and periodic travel.

Own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and continuous improvement of Braven’s digital products and automated workflows. Translate program needs into requirements, user stories, priorities, and scalable solutions while partnering with Salesforce, engineering, data, and program teams. Lead stakeholder communication, sprint planning, process redesign, automation investments, metrics, and post-launch improvements. The role requires strong product management, analytical, presentation, agile, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Develops and leads higher education partnership strategy across a portfolio of 5–7 sites. Serves as a strategic thought partner to regional leaders, creates partnership frameworks, manages MOU renewal strategy, leads national higher education convenings, synthesizes portfolio data, and develops systems, reporting, and decision-making tools. The role also coordinates cross-functional initiatives with Legal, Finance, Development, and senior organizational leaders.

Manage a portfolio of cross-functional technical projects across Systems, Product, Engineering, Data Operations, and Volunteer teams. Responsibilities include project planning, backlog refinement, sprint and release coordination, dependency and risk management, stakeholder reporting, delivery metrics, and process improvement. The role requires strong Jira, Scrum, and Kanban experience, technical team collaboration, and the ability to work onsite three days weekly in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, or Newark, with occasional travel.

Owns operational tools, processes, and protocols supporting Braven’s Accelerator course. The role designs systems ahead of launch, manages rollout and adoption, trains distributed teams, assesses operational readiness, oversees risks, analyzes qualitative and quantitative performance data, and drives continuous improvement. Responsibilities span academic operations, program delivery, student experience and compliance, and operational systems and knowledge management.

Leads BravenX program strategy, implementation, outcomes, nonprofit partnership acquisition, sales, revenue generation, partner satisfaction, and post-course support. Manages a team of 3–4 employees, oversees budgeting and forecasting, develops partnerships, represents Braven externally, and contributes to organization-wide innovation and strategy. The role requires data-driven decision-making, strong stakeholder management, team development, and in-person work in New York City or Chicago.

Leads cross-functional program innovation and strategic pilots for a nonprofit career-accelerating program. Responsibilities include designing and executing pilots, developing scalable program frameworks, conducting landscape research, managing project plans and logistics, collecting and analyzing outcomes, synthesizing findings, and influencing stakeholders without formal authority. The role collaborates with universities, employers, students, and internal teams in a matrixed environment, requiring hands-on execution, strong communication, comfort with ambiguity, and 20–30% travel.

Manage and grow a portfolio of 45+ business and finance employer partnerships, generating $3.5M–$4M+ in revenue and recruiting 650+ volunteer mentors and coaches. Cultivate new partnerships, negotiate agreements, develop strategic engagement plans, support national events, and collaborate with executives and regional teams to improve Fellow outcomes. The role requires relationship management, fundraising, strategic storytelling, prospect research, pipeline tracking, and cross-functional coordination.

Leads the design, execution, and continuous improvement of scalable Post-Accelerator program operations. Responsibilities include managing national programs, developing operational systems and documentation, coordinating regional and central stakeholders, tracking and analyzing program metrics, supporting events and communications, delivering training, and supervising student interns. The role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, process optimization, and occasional travel and evening or weekend program support.

Leads organization-wide budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, cash-flow planning, variance analysis, and financial decision support. Partners with program, operational, development, and people teams to build financial plans, model revenue and headcount, maintain planning systems, and assess risks and trade-offs. Prepares KPI dashboards, board and committee reporting, and trains organizational leaders on budgeting tools. Oversees multi-year forecasts and supports executive decision-making in a nonprofit environment.

Leads cross-functional People team projects, develops project plans and systems, tracks milestones, facilitates collaboration, coordinates communications, and provides strategic input. Supports People operations through planning, knowledge management, surveys, team logistics, contractor coordination, and process improvement. Partners with executive, Finance, Strategy, and Communications teams to align organizational priorities and ensure timely execution.

Leads Braven’s program design function, owning the evolution, quality, scalability, and integrity of learning experiences for students, volunteers, and staff. Builds curriculum and program assets grounded in adult learning science, research, field feedback, and cultural competence. Establishes design standards, trains facilitators, leads and develops the Design team, and partners cross-functionally to simplify and scale delivery across campuses and modalities.

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.

Lead the launch and operations of Braven's North Carolina region: develop multi-year strategy, secure ~$9M pre-launch funding, build partnerships with higher-education and employer stakeholders, raise brand awareness, manage and grow the regional team and advisory board, and ensure strong program outcomes and sustainability.

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.

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 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.