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 of 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.
Sphera is looking for a Project Coordinator - Product to bring structure, visibility, and momentum to how we bring products to market. This is an execution-focused role that partners closely with Product Managers, Product Directors, and cross-functional teams to ensure every product launch is planned, coordinated, and delivered successfully.
The Project Coordinator will own the launch coordination process, ensuring milestones are tracked, dependencies are managed, stakeholders remain aligned, and teams have the information, tools, and resources needed for a successful launch. This role requires someone who is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working across technical and business teams to drive execution.
What You'll Do
- Own and coordinate the end-to-end product launch process, including launch checklists, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and readiness tracking.
- Partner with Product Managers and Product Directors to ensure launch activities are completed on time and key deliverables are achieved.
- Facilitate launches of varying complexity, from smaller feature releases to larger solution launches involving multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Serve as the central coordination point between Product and go-to-market teams, including Product Marketing, Sales Enablement, Customer Success, Professional Services, Pricing, and other business functions.
- Maintain visibility into launch readiness by tracking progress, following up on outstanding actions, and escalating risks or blockers before they impact timelines.
- Coordinate the creation and delivery of launch materials, including product messaging, sales enablement content, training materials, webinars, presentations, videos, customer communications, and other launch assets.
- Support Product Managers by helping manage launch activities, providing structure, and leveraging best practices from previous successful launches.
- Ensure Sales, Customer Success, and Services teams have the necessary information, resources, and tools to effectively support new products and features.
- Run launch status updates and communications to keep stakeholders informed and aligned without requiring teams to chase updates.
- Manage multiple product launches simultaneously, typically planning one to two quarters ahead to ensure launch readiness.
- Continuously improve the product launch process by refining templates, checklists, workflows, and timelines based on lessons learned and stakeholder feedback.
What You Bring
- 2–4 years of experience in project coordination, project management, product operations, or a similar cross-functional role, ideally within a SaaS or technology environment.
- Experience supporting product launches, go-to-market activities, or complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to track multiple workstreams without losing focus on key priorities.
- A proactive mindset with the ability to identify risks, solve problems, and drive action without needing direct authority.
- High ownership mentality, you follow through, keep stakeholders accountable, and ensure commitments are delivered.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift and coordination is critical.
- Familiarity with product and project management tools such as Pendo, Productboard, Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, or similar platforms.
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Skills Required
- 2-4 years in a program coordination, product operations, or project management role at a SaaS company
- Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping details
- Strong instincts for cross-functional communication with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success
- High ownership mentality; follows through and flags problems early
- Familiarity with product and project management tools (Pendo, Productboard, Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, and similar)
Sphera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sphera and has not been reviewed or approved by Sphera.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Sales on‑target earnings can be competitive for certain roles, with healthy ranges and high OTE potential for Solution/Account Executives. Feedback suggests on‑plan earnings compare well against many B2B software peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental and vision coverage are characterized as good, with low deductibles and a significant employer share of premiums. Feedback suggests core health insurance quality is a relative strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently referenced, with a clear structure that enables a meaningful company contribution when employees contribute. Feedback suggests retirement offerings are straightforward and valued.
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What We Do
Sphera is the leading provider of integrated sustainability and operational risk management software, data and consulting services focusing on Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S), Process Safety, Product Stewardship and Supply Chain Transparency. For more than 30 years, we have served 8,500 customers and a million-plus users in 100 countries to help companies keep their people safe, their products sustainable and their operations productive. We help enterprises build sustainable businesses while keeping people and the planet safe. Our solutions provide critical visibility and alignment across safety, risk, and supply chains -- empowering organizations to create lasting, sustainable impact. Our Mission: To create a safer, more sustainable and productive world by advancing operational excellence. Sphera's many internal initiatives, such as its annual Mentoring Program, running for its sixth year in 2025, supports staff in feeling and achieving their best. The goal of the Mentoring Program is to help participants achieve career development, personal growth, and create opportunities to partner with others from across the organization.
Why Work With Us
At Sphera we are solving some of the most important challenges facing the world today. Our staff, some of the world’s leading safety and sustainability experts, are meeting this challenge. Sphera is a hybrid company, with Chicago team attending SpheraIn days. We are always looking for talented people who want to make a difference.
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