Manager, Product Management

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

About the Role:
As the Product Manager, Platform, you will lead the strategy and direction of the Sphera Cloudplatform product. You will guide product priorities and enhancements from the idea stage to full production and help to developnew ideasbased on your industry experience and feedback from our partners and customers. You will collaborate with other solution areas to develop and deliver key functionality to our existing Sphera Cloudproduct, further enabling a modular set of cloud-based solutions.

The selected individual will partner closely with the customers (internal and external), the business linesand Agile teams to drive the evolution of the assigned products. The Product Manageris responsible fordefining a product vision with a prioritized product backlog todeliver onbusiness vision and priorities. The PM provides constant feedback to the business lines and Agile teams in support of delivery and evolution of the product. The PM must develop a well-rounded understanding of the customer’s needs that are aligned with businessobjectivesas well as an ability to develop close relationships with key stakeholders.

You will shape the software development roadmap for the product and communicate it to internal and external stakeholders. You are also the key member of the team responsible for both defining and prioritizing the release backlog in close collaboration with engineering counterparts and product owners/managers. You will work closely with the development and engineering team to define architecture, user experience, and product capabilities. Youare responsible forthe overall quality delivery of the solution to our customers. Using your skills, talents, efforts, and influence, you will deliver positive business outcomes for both our customers and Sphera .

Market Focus Responsibilities:

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Assistin the research of market requirements and forecasts for new portfolio opportunities and platform advancementstrategies

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Document andmaintainkey competitorprofiles

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Work with branding and marketing teams to help them understand marketpositioning

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Work with sales and marketing teams to document the buying process andidentifysales enablement tools, including partnerchannels

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Assistsin the creation of the training and tools necessary to ensure the Sales, Services, and Customer Care are educated on the feature/functionality ofproducts

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Provide product and domain content focused on themarket

Platform Product Focus Responsibilities:

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Maintain product success metrics for thePlatform

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Develop andmaintaina roadmap for the Platformincluding:Developing a list of initiatives and epics; Balancing priorities between maintenance requirements, architecture, and new features, and maximizing the value of each release; Recommending market-specific enhancements for all portfolio products

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Defining the planned date and content for a product release to customers

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