Lead Solutions Engineer, POC Operations

Braze • Austin, TX

9d • $85,000 - $133,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Technical Program Manager, Customer POCs owns the POC program for Braze's Solutions organization — the process, governance, and resourcing model that determine how customer Proof of Concepts get scoped, staffed, and run. You'll build and operate the system that ensures every Solutions Consultant running a POC has a clear playbook, the right resources, and a structured path to a technical win. This is an individual contributor role focused on program design and operations: you'll set the standards, cadence, and tooling for POC delivery across the team, and use data to continuously improve how the program runs — rather than owning any single customer engagement.

Requirements

• 5+ years in technical program management, solutions consulting operations, or a related role within B2B SaaS.
• Proven experience designing, scaling, or operating a technical program (e.g., POCs, pilots, or technical evaluations) across many simultaneous engagements — not running individual engagements yourself.
• Strong program management fundamentals: scoping, milestone tracking, resource planning, and risk management.
• Comfortable working with technical concepts (APIs, SDKs, data integrations) well enough to scope and sequence technical work, though not expected to build the solution yourself.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; able to align Sales, Solutions Consulting, Engineering, and customer stakeholders around a shared plan.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience reporting program health to leadership.

Nice To Haves

• PMP, CSM, or equivalent program/project management certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Program Design: Define the end-to-end POC methodology — intake criteria, standard timelines, and exit/success criteria — that Solutions Consultants use to scope and run individual POCs.
• Resourcing Model: Build and maintain the resourcing and capacity-planning model that matches POC demand to available technical talent across regions, flagging capacity gaps to the AVP, Global Technical Consulting.
• Operating Cadence: Run the recurring intake, status, and review cadence across all active POCs, giving Sales and Solutions Consulting leadership visibility into progress and risk without personally running each engagement.
• Risk & Escalation Framework: Design the risk and escalation process the team uses to flag scope creep, resourcing gaps, and technical blockers, and step in to unblock only the highest-risk POCs.
• Playbooks & Enablement: Build and maintain repeatable POC playbooks, templates, and tooling for the technical team to use in the field, improving consistency and speed across regions.
• Reporting & Analytics: Own POC program metrics — volume, cycle time, win rate, and resourcing utilization — and report trends and recommendations to the AVP, Global Technical Consulting.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Product and Engineering to relay recurring POC blockers or feature gaps surfaced across engagements, and with Sales/Solutions Consulting on demand forecasting.
• Continuous Improvement: Use program data to identify bottlenecks and iterate on process, staffing, and tooling to improve program-wide win rates and cycle time.

Benefits

• 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 a yearly learning stipend
• A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
• Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed