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Introduction

Innovation Studio Leaders help direct strategy, business outcomes, and client and stakeholder relationships. Their role involves managing studio personnel and operations and overseeing client engagements and events.  They work with stakeholders inside and outside of IBM to drive maximum leverage of the Innovation Studio assets to drive growth in IBM’s business. Their core skills and attributes include in-depth understanding of IBM strategy along with technology trends. This role requires deep business acumen and extensive knowledge of regional markets. They are good relationship builders and have skills to influence behaviors along with strong leadership and people management skills. Exceptional communication and presentation skills are key for this role, as well as possessing pragmatic problem-solving skills. Finally, they must have critical thinking skills along with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Rôle et responsabilités

Apply Outcome Focus with Agility: Embrace a growth mindset and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Actively seek opportunities for growth and adapt to changing circumstances with resilience. Collaborate across functions and businesses to remove barriers to growth. Plan and execute short-term wins to drive progress towards agreed business outcomes.

Apply Thought Leadership: Contribute to IBM's industry leadership through the creation of intellectual capital, including innovative strategies, methodologies, assets, and tools that have high current and future value for addressing business and human performance needs and requirements. Be proactive in identifying and collaborating with IBM and industry thought leaders to accelerate IBM's innovations in solutions and technology that drive client value. Guide the client and the solutions team on defining the most effective business strategy and technical strategy to close critical gaps and to enable and optimize the changing business landscape, especially for strategic business transformation initiatives and cognitive, cloud, mobile, security and social engagements.

Perform Change Management: Leading change and managing assessments within an organization requires a variety of skills. These include analyzing performance, understanding business culture, designing and aligning jobs and work groups, identifying and addressing change barriers, aligning and deploying change enablers, restructuring the organization, and building and coaching management and leadership teams. By developing these skills, one can effectively manage change and lead assessments in a structured and efficient manner, ultimately contributing to the organizations’ success.

Support an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Listen to new ideas and encourage feedback and unconventional thinking in the name of growth and improvement. Be open to and encourage calculated risk-taking.

People Management: Effective people management in an innovation studio requires a combination of strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills. A leader must clearly convey expectations, provide constructive feedback, and ensure that both clients and team members are well-informed. Motivating and guiding staff is essential to maintaining high performance and morale, while conflict resolution skills help address issues promptly and diplomatically. Empathy and emotional intelligence enable leaders to understand and respond to the needs of both employees and clients, fostering a supportive environment. Additionally, effective delegation and time management ensure tasks are assigned appropriately and priorities are met, even under pressure. Finally, strong performance management practices—such as setting clear goals, monitoring progress, and offering regular coaching—are critical to driving continuous improvement and client satisfaction.

Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week, subject to business needs.

Formation requise
Baccalauréat
Expertise professionnelle et technique requise


Essential Skills for this Role:

  • Strong outcome orientation with the ability to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence within a client-facing environment
  • Proven agility in adapting to evolving client needs, business priorities, and operational challenges
  • Ability to plan and execute short-term wins that contribute to broader strategic goals and client satisfaction
  • Demonstrated thought leadership through the development and implementation of innovative client engagement strategies, tools, and best practices
  • Strategic thinking and advisory experience in guiding clients and internal teams on business transformation, especially in areas such as Hybrid Cloud, AI, security, and digital platforms
  • Expertise in leading organizational change, including performance assessment, culture alignment, and team restructuring to support evolving business needs
  • Experience coaching and developing leadership teams, fostering high performance, and supporting cross-functional collaboration
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on innovation, idea generation, and continuous feedback to improve client outcomes
  • Exceptional people management skills, including effective communication, team motivation, conflict resolution, and talent development
  • Strong collaboration skills to work across internal functions and business units, removing barriers to client success and ensuring alignment with enterprise goals

 


Expertise professionnelle et technique souhaitée
  • Prior Experience in a Technology Sales or Consulting role
  • Prior Experience Managing Client Center / Executive Briefing Center   

 

VOTRE VIE CHEZ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

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À propos d'IBM

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Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Autres détails pertinents sur le poste

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences


We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.


This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.