Manager, Engineering

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.

We are looking for an up-and-coming Manager to lead and grow our software talent, as well as our Corporate Sustainability software team.

We are seeking an up-and-coming Manager of Engineering to lead, grow, and develop a high-performing software engineering team within our Corporate Sustainability product area.

This is a hands-on player-coach role, ideal for a technically strong engineer who is ready to take ownership of team delivery, people leadership, and technical direction while still contributing to the codebase.

You will play a key role in ensuring the engineering team consistently delivers value to customers through high-quality, reliable SaaS solutions. You will also act as the accountable technical and delivery leader for the team within the wider organisation, including Product Management and senior stakeholders.

This role requires a strong software engineering background (ideally .NET / C# or Node.js) with the ability to stay close to the code while leading people and process. You should be comfortable working in an environment with minimal unnecessary formality, where success is driven through direct communication, trust, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and grow the engineering team

• Manage and develop a team of software engineers responsible for design, development, testing, performance, security, and maintenance of Sphera’s Corporate Sustainability product
• Build a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
• Act as the key point of leadership for the team, ensuring alignment with broader engineering and business goals

Hands-on technical leadership (Player-Coach)

• Contribute directly to the codebase when needed, using modern software engineering practices
• Provide technical guidance in .NET / C# or Node.js environments
• Support architectural decisions and ensure design intent is clearly communicated using appropriate modelling and documentation approaches
• Maintain a strong understanding of system design, scalability, and software quality

Delivery and execution

• Partner closely with Product Management to translate requirements into clear, actionable engineering outcomes
• Ensure consistent, high-quality SaaS releases aligned with business priorities
• Identify and remove delivery blockers, proactively resolving issues impacting team performance

People leadership and team development

• Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent
• Coach engineers to improve performance, technical capability, and ownership
• Have open, honest, and sometimes challenging conversations to address performance issues and improve outcomes
• Foster a culture of informal, direct communication and trust across the team

Process and continuous improvement

• Take ownership of engineering processes and evaluate their effectiveness in delivering outcomes
• Apply critical judgment to existing processes and propose improvements where needed
• Ensure the team operates efficiently without unnecessary bureaucracy, while maintaining appropriate engineering discipline
• Drive continuous improvement across people, process, and technology

Stakeholder engagement

• Act as the primary technical voice for the team to internal stakeholders and customers where required
• Maintain strong working relationships with Product, Engineering, and wider business functions
• Ensure transparency in delivery status, risks, and trade-offs

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineering teams
• Strong hands-on development experience in.NET / C# or Node.js
• Proven experience delivering SaaS or enterprise software products
• Strong ability to translate product requirements into technical execution
• Demonstrated experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, low-formality, high-accountability environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in global or cross-functional organisations is beneficial

Sphera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues.

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