Delivery Practice Manager, Z SW Solutions

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Delivery Practice Leader you will work with Delivery Consultants worldwide helping them scale the implementation and delivery of services for your technical domain. You’ll be accountable for the building launching and enabling the service delivery team with the expertise needed to accelerate the adoption and deployment of IBM technology to address the customer’s challenges. As a change agent you’ll work in collaboration to growth the business thru automation and standardization processes based on proven best practices. In collaboration with a cross function team you’ll lead the strategy to build the practice with emerging techniques and solutions globally.

We’re passionate about success. If this role is right for you then your achievements mean your career is flourishing your teams are succeeding and our clients are thriving. To help ensure this win-win outcome a ‘day-in-the life’ of this role may include but not be limited to…

• Working with the Delivery Consultants Developers and Product Teams to optimize processes and resolve services delivery issues
• Partnering with both pre and post sales delivery teams to document and size solutions for customers.
• Championing new solutions based on data and delivery outcomes for untapped opportunities
• Developing successful relationships with all levels internal and external to IBM- from engineers to CxOs- with experience of navigating challenging debate to reach health resolution
• Demonstrating a natural bias toward self-motivation and initiative in addition to navigating data and people to find answers and presenting solutions.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Seasoned technical leadership and credibility with proven experience of services delivery teams to drive adoption of complex enterprise-grade technology solutions.
• Demonstrable mastery for collaboration and driving resolution with a cross functional teams.
• Familiar with the design deployment and optimization of z A&PS software solutions such as z Hybrid Cloud z Dev Ops CICS IMS Tools and z Operations and Performance Analytics.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Requires deep technical expertise in mainframe system software solutions such as z Hybrid Cloud z Dev Ops (ADDI IDs & PD Tools) CICS Tools z/OS Connect IMS Tools z Monitoring & Automation and z Operations and Performance Analytics (z APM Connect z Anomaly Analytics) etc.