Technology Sales Partner Technical Specialist

Introduction

The 'IBM Ecosystem' includes thousands of partners who 'Build' on, 'Sell' or 'Service' IBM technologies and platforms. As a Partner Technical Specialist your purpose is to influence your partners' technical strategies, working to incorporate and embed IBM's technology portfolio into Partner's reference architectures, practices, and solutions versus competition.

As a deeply technical seller, you'll increase your partners' technical capabilities by enabling their sales and technical sellers to experientially demonstrate IBM Technology at scale with your clients.

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 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

Your Role and Responsibilities

With the primary goal of expanding the capability and capacity of the overall Ecosystem, and depending on the market and /or partner growth opportunity, you'll cover all or a combination of IBM's 'Build', 'Sell' and 'Service' opportunities,

Part technical consultant, you'll build trust, understand the value of our partners' offerings, and co-create solutions that demonstrate the value of our relationship. All-the-while building confidence that motivates partners to include IBM solutions at the heart of their client proposals.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

Facilitation of Pre-Sales Technical Activities: Facilitate pre-sales, experiential technical activities such as technology demonstrations and co-creation working sessions that lead to proofs of concept (PoC) and/or minimal viable products (MVPs).

Leadership in Building Technical Skills: Lead the delivery of joint-learning activities to build technical skills and expertise of partners, enabling co-selling opportunities.

Continuous Knowledge Expansion: Continuously expand essential business, industry, technology, architecture, and competitive knowledge in Hybrid Cloud and AI Technology.

Fostering a Growth-Minded Culture: Encourage a culture of growth-mindedness, co-creation, and technical eminence to deliver value that leverages industry, brand, and portfolio expertise to drive innovations that accelerate partners' success.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Deep Technical Expertise in IBM Storage Portfolio: Demonstrable client-facing, deep technical subject matter expertise in IBM Storage with the ability to engage in complex, architectural conversations.

• Serving as the storage expert within sales teams.
• Possessing in-depth knowledge of IBM's storage solutions and related technologies.
• Understanding client's infrastructure technical needs.
• Providing technical guidance and support throughout the sales process.
• Offering pre-sales technical support, including demonstrations, workshops, and proof-of-concept testing.
• Collaborating with IBM sales teams and business partners to develop solutions.
• Creating client strategies for storage solutions.
• Helping to close complex hybrid cloud technology deals.
• Responding to RFP and RFQ's.
  
  

Excellence in Communication and Collaboration: Provable excellence in people, communication, and collaboration skills, with a track record of networking and influencing, at all levels, throughout the successful closure of complex technology sales cycles (ranging from $250k to multi-million-dollar deals), achieved both independently and through teamwork.

Attention to Detail and System Usage: Proven discipline and attention to detail with the usage of sales management and recording systems, as well as efficient expectation setting and follow-up practices.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Comprehensive Knowledge of IBM's Storage Suite: Possess a strong understanding of IBM's product suite.

Understanding IBM's Competitive Distinctions: Grasp IBM's competitive differentiations as well as the position of competitors in the market.