Product Marketing 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.

Product Marketing Manager, Sustainability

We’re looking for a CEO-type thinker to help grow our global sustainability solution footprint through powerful storytelling, crisp positioning, effective go-to-market strategies and campaigns, and enablement of our sales teams. Product marketing at Sphera is a highly cross-functional team where we partner very closely with product, sales, marketing, consulting & services, and executive leadership to name a few. We work across the entire product lifecycle from helping shape the offering, to analyzing the competitive landscape, to driving launch, to growing offering adoption post-launch and ultimately driving revenue through customer expansion and growth.

Partnered with Blackstone, one of the largest private equity firms in the world, we are a leader in sustainability, process safety and risk management technology, data, and services. Through this partnership, Sphera’s unique integrated sustainability approach to software, data and consulting, puts organizations front-and-center of many of our offerings that help to progress Sphera’s vision to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
 

Responsibilities

• Product Marketing Strategy and Execution: Create and execute comprehensive product marketing go-to-market plans, including:
  • Establishing and executing 12-month GTM plans for specific product line.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders on go-to-market plans to achieve customer retention and expansion, product line revenue growth, and new customer acquisition for Sustainability software solutions,
  • Drive product introductions and launches, ensuring clear value propositions and messaging alongside strong organizational readiness and sales enablement.
  • Proactively developing GTM plans informed by self-collected and analyzed data.
• Persona and Buyer Journey Ownership: Take ownership and accountability for buyer personas and their journeys, including:
  • Establishing detailed buyer personas for each stage of the buying journey.
  • Integrating persona insights across various teams, including marketing, product, and sales.
• Value Proposition Development and Optimization: Continuously assess and refine solution-specific value propositions, including:
  • Building content packages aligned with buyer personas and their buying journey stages to support demand generation programs.
  • Creating informative product presentations to enhance sales enablement, alongside developing other essential sales tools and assets.
  • Utilizing insights from customers, partners, associations, and ongoing projects to strengthen product narratives.
• Competitive Intelligence and Enablement:
  • Document and communicate the competitive landscape, becoming an expert on competitor positioning and strategies to develop winning messaging.
  • Maintain and update competitive content within relevant sales enablement systems.
• Customer Advocacy and Success:
  • Create and maintain customer case studies, communicating their value to sales, product development, and other stakeholders.
• Sales Enablement and Training: Provide sales teams with effective messaging, sales tools, and assets to advance the sales pipeline, accelerate deals, and achieve successful closures.

Job Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in software marketing – preferably in relevant category (Sustainability and ESG).
• Proven track record of creating value through strategic product marketing in B2B high tech or consulting industry.
• Command of best practices across messaging, GTM strategy, positioning and creating product marketing content and assets.
• Proven experience managing product launches and go to market initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration, analytical, critical thinking, and business strategy skills.
• Ability to engage with and earn the respect of product leaders, sales leaders, marketing leaders and other cross-functional counterparts.
• Creative problem solver that can generate innovative marketing ideas and lead a cross-functional team of partners to drive execution.
• Excellent communicator and writer of complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Pay:

$106,000.00 - $158,000.00 + Eligible for Variable Compensation Plan

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 accommodations@sphera.com to make your request. To help us best respond, please include your name and the position you are applying for in your message.

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