Gov Product Manager

Sphera

2d•$127,000 - $203,000•Onsite

About The Position

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.

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
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
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.
Strong customer service orientation
Sense of urgency due to cross functional and fast-moving nature of operations
Big picture thinking
Ability to work independently as well as cross-functionally, with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in working with tools and methodologies specific to the product line(s) assigned.
Experience in managing products involving large scale data-driven applications.
Experience in data analysis.
Experience with project development methodology (i.e.. Agile, Waterfall, Extreme) preferred
Experience working with Department of Defense is a plus.
Knowledge of Environmental and/or Logistics Processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

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.
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.
Learn client specific processes, terminology, systems, and unique requirements by various business groups.
Prioritize tasks and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-moving operational environment.