This role will sit within in the SLED Industry Team and would be one of approximately 7 Business Development Leaders, supporting the SLED Industry. Mainframe Modernization is a large growth area for the industry given client's desire to modernize mainframe applications and migrate off the mainframe.
This role’s primary duties include the building of a sales pipeline of IBM Consulting opportunities across the three growth platforms for IBM Consulting – Business Transformation Services, Hybrid Cloud Services, Client Security Services.
This individual would be the primary focal point and owner for business development activities focused on Mainframe Modernization. Would be responsible to build and maintain strong client relationships at all levels with the objective of becoming a trusted business advisor to many clients in State Government, City-County Government and Education institutions and specifically CIO, CTO, and Mainframe Directors; They will proactively work with clients to understand identify their vision, business and information technology objectives, priorities, budget, critical success factors and applies this knowledge to establish and implement a business development strategy for the territory. They are able to easily understand and translate customer requirements into potential IBM solution opportunities, to enable the generation of prioritized sales opportunity pipeline.
Pipeline generation activities should exceed $100M per year; As part of this role, the individual may need to construct partnerships between clients, team IBM, vendors, and subcontractor organizations and manages the implementation of these partnerships to address business opportunities for IBM Consulting. This individual will have equally balanced skills in key general management areas of client relationship management, consultative selling, portfolio and program management and team and people management.
This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.
- Ability to position IBM at Executive and mid management perspective with SLED clients
· Executive Presence (Communication / Presence / Knowledge of IBM Business Skills)
· Build both executive level and mid level relationships
· Has client first focus to create client intimacy / essentialism
- Identify, Qualify and Develop Opportunities focused on Mainframe Modernization; Have a Technical background / understanding of Mainframe Technology, code base, migration strategies.
- Ability to build collaborative relationship inside of IBM
· To lead demand generation engine and delivery execution across IBM Consulting Growth Platforms and service lines and with IBM Technology
- Brings delivery knowledge, sales and business development and industry experience such as
· Multi-government agency focus and experience
· Has experience in state, city and county projects