Solution Engineer
Sphera is hiring a Solution Engineer for its Operational Risk Management products, acting as the subject-matter expert (focus on Control of Work) who runs customer discovery workshops, delivers demos and proof-of-concepts, leads RFP/tender responses, and supports sales, implementation and product feedback. Requires 5+ years in solution engineering/technical pre-sales with enterprise SaaS; Salesfor
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Australia
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum 5 years' experience in Solution Engineering, Technical Pre-Sales, Enterprise Software Consulting, Customer Success or Operational Risk Management solutions
- Proven experience supporting enterprise SaaS applications
- Demonstrated success developing RFP, RFI, RFQ and tender responses
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Strong business analysis and solution consulting capabilities
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business value
- Strategic thinking and commercial awareness
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Some travel within Australia and occasional travel throughout Asia-Pacific
Nice to have
- Sphera Control of Work (CoW) product expertise
- Advanced Risk Assessment (ARA) product expertise
- Master Data Management (MDM) product expertise
- Process Safety Management expertise
- Experience with Operational Risk Management platforms
- Experience using Salesforce CRM
- Industry experience in Mining & Resources, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Infrastructure or Heavy Industry
Full description
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.
Solution Engineer – Operational Risk Management (ORM)Job Brief
- A Solution Engineer understands how enterprise software and technology can be leveraged to solve complex operational, safety, compliance, and risk management challenges.
- This role is a member of the Solution Engineering team and serves as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the customer lifecycle. The Solution Engineer is not directly responsible for selling software but plays a critical role in supporting revenue growth by helping customers understand, evaluate, justify, and successfully adopt Sphera solutions.
- The position combines technical expertise, industry knowledge, solution consulting, and business acumen to help organisations improve operational performance, strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and achieve measurable business outcomes.
- The successful candidate will be the subject matter expert for Sphera Control of Work (CoW) solutions and will also support broader Operational Risk Management initiatives including Advanced Risk Assessment (ARA), Process Safety and Master Data Management (MDM).
Customer Discovery & Value Consulting
- Meet with prospective and existing customers to understand business objectives, operational challenges and strategic initiatives.
- Conduct discovery workshops, solution reviews, requirements gathering sessions and value assessments.
- Help customers identify business pain points and map them to Sphera solutions.
- Assist customers in building internal business cases and justifying investments through quantifiable value propositions.
- Advise organisations on industry best practices and digital transformation strategies relating to Operational Risk Management.
- Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and become a strategic advisor throughout the customer lifecycle.