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.
The Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of large-scale, complex Operational Risk Management (ORM) initiatives, often within highly regulated environments. This includes end-to-end ownership of projects involving risk frameworks, regulatory compliance, and enterprise transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Own and deliver complex, multi-stream Operational Risk projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory and internal risk frameworks
- Act as the primary client interface, engaging senior stakeholders including Risk, Compliance, and Executive leadership
- Drive the full project lifecycle, from initiation through implementation and post-go-live optimisation
- Lead risk framework implementations (e.g., RCSA, KRI, Issue Management, Risk Appetite)
- Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations (e.g., Basel III/IV, SOX, FCA/PRA guidelines where applicable)
- Identify delivery risks and interdependencies across workstreams and proactively mitigate them
- Manage large, cross-functional teams, including business, technology, and third-party vendors
- Support business development, identifying opportunities for expansion within client engagements
- Contribute to the evolution of delivery methodologies for risk transformation programs
Project Execution
- Lead complex enterprise-wide transformation programs, often involving multiple geographies and business units
- Define and manage scope across interdependent workstreams
- Oversee governance structures, including steering committees and executive reporting
- Ensure robust risk and control frameworks are embedded within project delivery
- Deliver against tight regulatory deadlines and audit requirements
- Track and report on program-level KPIs, risks, and outcomes
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering complex Operational Risk or Regulatory Change programs
- Deep understanding of Operational Risk frameworks (RCSA, KRI, controls, incident management)
- Experience working in highly regulated industries (Financial Services strongly preferred)
- Strong track record managing large-scale, high-risk, multi-stakeholder programs
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior executives and regulators
Certifications
- PRINCE2 / PMP (expected)
- Additional certifications in Risk Management (e.g., CRISC, FRM) are a strong advantage
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Skills Required
- Proven experience delivering complex Operational Risk or Regulatory Change programs
- Deep understanding of Operational Risk frameworks (RCSA, KRI, controls, incident management)
- Experience working in highly regulated industries, financial services preferred
- Track record managing large-scale, high-risk, multi-stakeholder programs
- Ability to engage and influence senior executives and regulators
- PRINCE2 or PMP certification
- Additional risk certifications (CRISC, FRM)
Sphera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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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