At IBM, innovation and transformation begin with client trust—trust that is earned through deep technical expertise, strategic partnership, and an unwavering commitment to client success. As a Renewal and Expansion (R&E) Sales Technical Specialist, you will operate at the pinnacle of IBM's Infrastructure Support and Multivendor Services business, serving as both a premier technical leader and subject matter expert (SME). You will be the trusted advisor to clients, business partners, distributors, and internal IBM stakeholders—including executives, brand leaders, and sales teams—helping them navigate their most complex support challenges while driving sustainable growth and profitability across the TLS (Technology Lifecycle Services) portfolio.
This is not a role for generalists. This position demands an elite, highly skilled sales-technical leader who thrives in complexity, excels under pressure, and consistently influences multi-million-dollar outcomes. You will be continuously engaged across diverse markets and channels—from direct client interactions to ecosystem partnerships—bringing unmatched insight and deal leadership to IBM's most critical TLS sales initiatives.
In this role, you will function as a top-tier SME and revenue catalyst across IBM's comprehensive TLS support portfolio, including Software, System Z, Storage, Power, and Expert Care offerings. Your key responsibilities include:
• Technical Sales Leadership Excellence: Serve as a premier technical sales leader—our "Top Gun"—within the R&E business, entrusted with driving in-quarter revenue, profitability, and strategic expansion initiatives.
• Strategic Client Advisory: Engage deeply with clients, Sellers, Business Partners, Distributors, and IBM stakeholders, delivering trusted consultation on deals, solutions, offerings, value realization strategies, and premium support optimization.
• Solution Architecture: Design and architect tailored infrastructure support strategies for Integrated Data Center environments, seamlessly incorporating IBM Infrastructure Support Services (IIS) and Multivendor Support Services (MVS).
• Complex Deal Leadership: Lead high-stakes, complex sales engagements, navigating sophisticated offerings such as SwXcel, SWMA, Expert Care, and Service Extensions with precision and strategic acumen.
• Technical Problem Resolution: Resolve advanced entitlement, pricing, quoting, and contracting scenarios; provide comprehensive support to sellers with Conga-based configurations; and troubleshoot critical challenges throughout the quote-to-close process.
• Subject Matter Authority: Function as the definitive technical authority across markets and geographies, serving as the escalation expert and internal enablement leader for sales teams.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align strategically with HW/TLS Sales (Direct and BP Channel), Q2C, Transaction Pricing, and Brand Leaders to ensure flawless execution and optimal client outcomes
• Comprehensive Platform Knowledge: Deep cross-platform expertise in IBM OS Software, System Z, Power Systems, Storage, and TLS Premium offerings, including Expert Care and Software Xcel.
• Proven Sales Excellence: Extensive experience in technical sales sales support, with demonstrated success influencing complex deals and driving consultative, outcome-based client engagements.
• Exceptional Leadership Skills: Outstanding interpersonal abilities with proven capacity to build consensus among diverse internal and external stakeholders—from C-suite executives to technical delivery leaders.
• Strategic Business Translation: Demonstrated ability to translate complex business outcomes into scalable technical strategies within the context of support and lifecycle services.
• High-Performance Operations: Proven track record as a high-utilization leader, operating at full capacity across all markets and channels, consistently delivering measurable impact on in-quarter revenue (IQR) and overall revenue performance.
• TLS Portfolio Mastery: Deep experience with the intricacies of the TLS portfolio, including offering nuances, escalation paths, custom TLS solution development, and platform-specific premium support positioning.
• TLS Leadership Experience: Prior engagement leading TLS offerings, TLS initiatives, enterprise and select client experiences, and proven success with ecosystem partner collaborations.
• Demonstrated High-Performance Impact: Verifiable success and measurable impact in a high-performance TLS role with quantifiable results.
• Advanced Data Proficiency: Exceptional ability to analyze complex datasets, extract actionable insights, and transform raw information into strategic recommendations using advanced spreadsheet modeling, data visualization, and statistical analysis techniques.
• Executive Communication & Presentation Mastery: Proven expertise in crafting compelling executive-level presentations that distill complex technical concepts into clear, persuasive narratives, with demonstrated success presenting to C-suite audiences and key stakeholders.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Strong analytical acumen with advanced proficiency in spreadsheet applications, data modeling, and visualization tools, enabling rapid identification of trends, opportunities, and data-driven solutions to complex business challenges.