The 'IBM Ecosystem' includes thousands of partners who 'Build' on, 'Sell'
or 'Service' IBM technologies and platforms. As a Brand Partner Specialist
(Territory) your mission is to connect the right technical, co-marketing, and
go-to-market enablement resources with your assigned partners to jointly
drive prospecting, opportunity identification, and solution co-creation. By
aligning territory planning, demand generation, lead passing, and sales
execution between IBM Digital Sales and partners you'll grow 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 efforts with
offering capability roadmaps, and shape solutions that support brand-
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 sales environment
is collaborative and experiential. As 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.
Naturally skilled in developing and cultivating professional relationships,
you'll establish a trusted advisor relationship with your assigned 'Sell'
partners. You'll develop territory plans that identify strategic growth areas,
revenue objectives, enablement goals, and milestones to measure
successful delivery of your territory plans.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
* 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.
* Negotiation for Commitment: Negotiate to successfully secure
commitment to solutions while maintaining integrity and relationships with
internal teams, external partners, and clients.Naturally skilled in developing and cultivating professional relationships, successful delivery of your territory plans.
Has at least 5 years of experience in Sales, Technology Sales, and similar role in Automation solutions.
Proven track record in the following skills:
-Technology Partner Sales Strategy: Leverage deep expertise in IBM’s
Automation solutions to develop and execute joint go-to-market strategies
with technology partners, driving mutual revenue growth.
- Proven Co-Selling Success: Demonstrated history of successfully co-
selling IBM Automation offerings alongside partners, delivering value to
clients through collaborative engagements.
- Relationship-Driven Sales Execution: Cultivate and strengthen relationships across IBM, partners, and clients to drive business outcomes,ensuring seamless communication and trust at all levels.
- Consistent High Performance: Track record of exceeding sales targets by
effectively collaborating with partners, identifying new opportunities, and
driving adoption of IBM Automation solutions.
- Market Expansion & Innovation: Drive adoption of IBM Automation by
identifying market trends, co-developing innovative solutions with
partners, and positioning IBM as a leader in data-driven transformation
- Deep Product Expertise: Develop a strong understanding of IBM’s
Automation solutions and broader product suite to effectively position
offerings that meet client needs.
- Competitive Market Insight: Leverage knowledge of IBM’s competitive
differentiators and industry landscape to articulate unique value
propositions and drive informed client decisions.
- Solution-Oriented Selling: Translate technical capabilities into business
value, helping clients navigate data challenges and maximize outcomes
with IBM’s Automation