Partner Technical Specialist - AI Applications

Introduction
A Technology Sales Engineer role (what we internally call a ‘Brand Technical Specialist’) within IBM’s Data & AI brand means accelerating enterprises’ success by improving their ability to understand their data. It means providing solutions that enable people across organizations in multiple roles the ability to turn data into actionable insights without having to wait for IT. And it means selling multi-award winning software and world-class design practices that enables business analysts to ask new questions. The answers to which are literally shaping the future and changing the world.
The ‘IBM Ecosystem’ includes thousands of partners who ‘Build’ on ‘Sell’ or ‘Service’ IBM technologies and platforms. As a Partner Technical Specialist (Territory) your mission is to drive the right technical outcomes within your territory through prospecting opportunity identification and solution co-creation. By aligning technical discussions capability deliver territory planning demand generation lead passing and sales execution between IBM and partners you’ll deliver outstanding technical solutions while growing revenue in your assigned portfolio by increasing your partners’ ‘Sell’ activities for your territory.

Engaging directly with partners and their clients in support of high value engagements and opportunities you will augment partner and client engagements with IBM’s breadth of capabilities to align sales and technical efforts with offering capability roadmaps PoX activities and shape solutions that support domain-specific business strategies.

Excellent onboarding and an industry leading learning culture will set you up for positive impact and success whilst ongoing development will advance your career through an upward trajectory. Our technical sales environment is collaborative and experiential. Part of a team you’ll be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators – always willing to help and be helped – as you apply passion to work that will compel your partners to lead with IBM offerings when recommending solutions to their clients.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Client Strategy Design: Creating client strategies for Data & AI infrastructure.
• Solution Definition: Defining IBM Data & AI solutions that enhance technology stacks.
• Educational Support: Providing proof of concepts and simplifying complex topics to educate clients.
• Credibility Building: Establishing credibility and trust to facilitate the closure of intricate Cloud tech deals.
• Engagement with IBM Teams: Engage IBM local country/market sales teams Digital Sales teams Marketing and technical teams to accelerate your partners’ success.
• Leveraging Ecosystem Programs and Co-Marketing: Utilize Ecosystem programs co-marketing and sales tooling to drive joint demand generation prospecting or solution co-creation.
• Enhancing Sales Velocity: Increase sales velocity by improving partner lead-passing discipline and identifying and closing partner skills gaps capability and capacity.
• Technology Partner Sales Offering Expertise: Possess expertise in building and going to market with technology partner sales offerings that foster strong two-way revenue-generating collaborations.
• Proven Co-Selling Success: Have a proven successful history of co-selling with partners in front of their clients.
• Effective Communication and Relationship Development: Demonstrate success in communication and personal relationship development at all levels across colleagues partners and clients.
• Consistent Target Achievement and High Performance: Maintain a track record of consistently achieving targets with and through others showcasing high performance and challenging self and others to consistently deliver results.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Change business goals into technical solutions: Translating business objectives into technical solutions and offering guidance on technology strategies.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with a proven record of influencing a wide range of stakeholders.
• Data & AI Market Knowledge: Expertise in the Data & AI market to quickly become a trusted client advisor (training on IBM’s Data & AI offerings will be provided).

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Comprehensive Knowledge of IBM’s Product Suite: Possess a strong understanding of IBM’s product suite (full training on IBM’s technologies will be provided).
• Understanding IBM’s Competitive Distinctions: Grasp IBM’s competitive differentiations as well as the position of competitors in the market.