Manager, Product Management

Sphera hires a Manager, Product Management to lead the strategy and direction of its SpheraCloud platform product. The role shapes product priorities, roadmaps, and release backlogs, and works with customers, business lines, and Agile teams to deliver platform capabilities and positive business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the research of market requirements and forecasts for new portfolio opportunities and platform advancement strategies
• Document and maintain key competitor profiles
• Work with branding and marketing teams to help them understand market positioning
• Work with sales and marketing teams to document the buying process and identify sales enablement tools, including partner channels
• Assists in the creation of the training and tools necessary to ensure the Sales, Services, and Customer Care are educated on the feature/functionality of products
• Provide product and domain content focused on the market
• Maintain product success metrics for the Platform
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for the Platform including: 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
• Defining the planned date and content for a product release to customers
• Actively work directly with the development team
• Serve as the customer representative in all team meetings
• Partner with product portfolio and develop personas and related product capabilities
• Participate in release and product retrospectives with engineering, UX teams
• Drive discussions to surface issues, identify fixes and advance projects
• Participate in product planning and forecasts with the product management team
• Maintain and report product status such as burn up/burn down and velocity charts
• Participate in sprint retrospectives with the Agile team
• Maintain a release backlog and focus on product deliverables
• Influence and partner with stakeholders to create a shared platform vision and optimal product outcomes
• Lead cross-functional teams for key company initiatives
• Contribute to Go-To-Market teams

Requirements:

• BS Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Computer Science, and/or Business/Marketing
• 5+ years of experience with software platform design concepts and components
• 3+ years of people management experience
• Experience managing enterprise software applications and/or large-scale product initiatives, in particular SaaS applications
• Strong understanding of Agile Product Management and Software Development methodologies
• Proven ability to communicate with customers, stakeholders, salespeople, and executives
• Knowledgeable in modern technology and architectural patterns
• Knowledgeable in product development in Cloud environment
• Knowledgeable in products based on services and APIs'
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills to form the basis of well-researched and documented plans
• Proven record as a self-motivated, performance-driven professional
• Demonstrates sound business judgement, common sense and insight
• Behaves consistently with Sphera values and ethical principles
• Must be located in eastern or central time zones
• 5+ years of Product Management experience