Senior Strategy Consultant

Introduction
As a Strategy Consultant at IBM you will help reinvent businesses and industries by developing and utilizing specialized knowledge of industry-specific and cross-industry competitive strategies. You’ll manage complex components of an engagement working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points. Your strategic recommendations will drive change in a digitally-enabled era and give you the opportunity to collaborate with highly talented IBMers. Are you ready?

Your Role and Responsibilities
The Senior Strategy and M&A Consultant (Consultant) is responsible for developing strategies strategic insights and initiatives to deliver business outcomes for IBM Software and IBM Global Technology Sales in alignment with IBM’s Hybrid Cloud and AI strategy. The Senior Consultant’s major focus is on strategies and programs to drive profitable software revenue growth and accelerating client adoption of our Hybrid Cloud and AI platforms.

Responsibilities include:

• The Senior Consultant will as assigned lead the development and implementation of strategic initiatives and projects.
• Specific responsibilities may include market and competitive analysis financial and operational analysis data collection and integration root cause identification and support for strategic programs.
• The consultant must work effectively in cross functional (Product Sales Ecosystem Finance Marketing HR etc.) teams to develop strategies and will provide updates/communications to senior executive stakeholders. As strategies are approved for implementation the strategy consultant will help lead change initiatives to ensure strategies and programs deliver targeted business outcomes.
• Strategies are developed through a consultative data-driven analytically oriented approach — underpinned by an understanding of business dynamics competitiveness business and operations strategy and change management.
• The consultant will use their expertise and experience in software and technology Go To Market (GTM) to structure analyses integrate data identify root causes and formulate strategies to address challenges and capture opportunities.
• The Senior Consultant will also meet as assigned the planning control and administration of financial activities related to assigned projects.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 4-6 years experience with a major business Consulting firm Software Sales Data Science or Banking/Finance
• Technical or data-intensive undergraduate degree

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 4-6 years experience with a major business Consulting firm Software Sales Data Science or Banking/Finance
• MBA in related field