A Partner Technical Specialist at IBM, specifically within a designated "territory," works with IBM's partners to drive technical sales and ultimately, business growth for IBM. This role focuses on identifying opportunities, progressing technical sales cycles, and ensuring client success by leveraging IBM's technology. The specialist also plays a key role in expanding the technical skills of partners within their territory
- Technical Sales Focus: The core responsibility is to work with partners to identify technical needs within their client base and then help them progress those opportunities into sales for IBM.
- Client Success: The goal is to ensure that clients are successful in their use of IBM technology, which in turn drives further business growth for IBM.
- Partner Enablement: This role includes working with partners to expand their technical capabilities and expertise, ensuring they are equipped to effectively sell and support IBM solutions.
- Territory Management: The specialist is responsible for a specific geographic or market area (the "territory"), where they develop and execute strategies to grow IBM's business with partners in that area.
- Business-Tech Alignment: Experience aligning business goals with tech solutions.
- Stakeholder Consensus Building: Strong interpersonal and communication skills for achieving consensus among stakeholders.
- Security Market Expertise: Security market knowledge to be a trusted client advisor (training on IBM's storage offerings is provided).