Gov Product Manager

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.

Key Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen
• Ability to verify U.S. employment eligibility using Form I-9
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance and Common Access Card
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a technology related field. Equivalent work experience may be substituted for education. 
• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in a software organization, preferably in software development.
• Ability pass a drug test
• Six-month trial/probationary period may be required.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the levels of knowledge, skill, and/or ability necessary to perform the job at acceptable standards. 

• Prefer experience in working with tools and methodologies specific to the product line(s) assigned.
• Prefer experience in managing products involving large scale data-driven applications.
• Prefer experience in data analysis.
• Demonstrated leadership/supervisory experience.
• Extensive user interface design experience.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to assess product opportunities through market research and client feedback to develop market sizing, pricing, costing, and ROI analysis
• Experience with project development methodology (i.e.. Agile, Waterfall, Extreme) preferred
• Negotiation skills
• Data analysis skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Presentation skills to present to and persuade large and diverse audiences
• Ability to envision, document and clearly communicate end-to-end solutions.
• Skilled in creating process flows and swim lane diagrams in Visio.
• Ability to forge relationships with various business and technical team members and managers.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability to deliver planned results
• Extremely detail-oriented
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Aptitude to understand business impact and business value of technical solutions.
• Experience working with Department of Defense is a plus.
• Knowledge of Environmental and/or Logistics Processes is a plus.

Major Duties:

• Work with key project stakeholders and the customer to understand the overall business vision for a project and translate that into actionable objectives.
• Provide a communication conduit between the business and technical community by interpreting and translating business needs into technical requirements.
• Comprehend and document requirements from multiple stakeholders and conceptualize solutions.
• Develop deep understanding of current systems and processes and analyze impact of changes as new solutions are introduced to the environment.
• Collaborate directly with business owners, sales, QA, and development teams.
• Collaborate with other BSAs to manage inter-dependencies across the product suite.
• Assist in developing and validating test plans.
• Develop and provide product presentations and/or training to existing customer, and potential customers.

Specific Job Duties:

• Have a working knowledge of Sphera’s HMMS Suite application. 
• Be effective in problem solving.
• Coordinate work with software developers, QA and project teams in drafting User Stories and related documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Travel may be required.

Client Services Capabilities:

• Strong customer service orientation
• Ability to learn client specific processes, terminology, systems, and unique requirements by various business groups.
• Sense of urgency due to cross functional and fast-moving nature of operations, Big picture thinking, prioritization (comfortable with multi-tasking)
• Ability to work independently as well as cross-functionally, with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Working Conditions:

Work is generally performed inside an office environment.

Training:

The individual may be required to complete training courses identified by Sphera and/or the government site as essential to job performance and may include (but not limited to) the following:

• HMMS Suite Training
• Sphera Corporation Training
• Government Required Training

Pay:

Commensurate with relevant qualifications and experience

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Account

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Accident Insurance

• Hospital Indemnity Insurance

• Paid Time Off and Holidays

• Flexible Working Schedule

Sphera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability during the application or recruiting process, please email us at [email protected] to make your request. To help us best respond, please include your name and the position you are applying for in your message.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.