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The Solution Consultant is responsible for partnering with Sales Account Managers to drive revenue by helping to qualify sales opportunities and then bring those qualified opportunities to closure.  The Solution Consultant will manage compelling solution-based value propositions, demonstrations, RFI/RFPs, technical validation activities, and implementation strategies that address the prospect’s critical needs and business requirements. Solution Consultants will lead development of the solution to propose and be the technical resource coordinator for solution specific sales cycles where needed.

Excellent onboarding training will set you up for success, whilst ongoing development will continue to advance your career through its upward trajectory. Our sales environment is fast-paced and supportive. Always part of a team, you'll be surrounded by leaders and colleagues who are always willing to help and be helped – as you support MVPs and proofs of concept (PoC) that compel clients to invest in IBM's products and services.

Vaša vloga in odgovornosti

A Solution Consultant’s specific job responsibilities are:

  • Perform Discovery: Assist in the identification of potential sales opportunities and in discovering a particular prospect’s IT business management challenges and vision for a solution to those challenges.  
  • Create RFI/RFP Responses: Lead the creation of a response to a specific prospect’s request for information or proposal, including creating and formatting the content, ensuring the quality of the response, and ensuring timely delivery of the response.
  • Create Presentations and Demonstrations: Lead the creation of specific prospect’s requirement presentations highlighting challenges, solutions and value. Align these capabilities with an associated demonstration of solution capability using the Apptio software. Contribute to the overall presentation and demonstration creation enabling the presales community to leverage common created content. 
  • Perform Product Presentations & Demonstrations: Deliver product presentations and configured demonstrations to prove Apptio’s ability to meet a prospect’s IT Business Management challenges.   The resulting demonstration and subsequent outcomes are initial proofs as to how Apptio can deliver value around IT business and financial management based on what was learned about that prospect in a Discovery session and throughout the engagement. These are to be delivered both live and remotely.
  • Perform Apptio Architecture / Technical Components Overview: Deliver an in-depth overview of Apptio’s technical architecture and proprietary product capabilities that provide its unique value in the market.
  • Execute Technical Validation Events: Manage to successful conclusion the sometimes necessary technical validation events that require IBM Apptio Presales to leverage data and other information provided by a prospect to show that prospect, in detail specific to them, the value of leveraging IBM Apptio’s solution.
  • Share Lessons Learned: Share your selling and technical experience with the rest of the Apptio Presales team, both formally and informally.
  • Provide Collaboration and Support: Assist other Solution Consultants in the execution of the above responsibilities.
  • Provide feedback:  Provide feedback to product management about the successes and failures in the field.
Zahtevana izobrazba
Srednješolska diploma/GED
Zaželena izobrazba
Diploma prve stopnje
Zahtevano strokovno in tehnično znanje
  • FinOps, TBM, or Agile competency and/or certification
  • Demonstrated written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • 5+ Years experience in enterprise software solution selling or consulting
Zaželeno strokovno in tehnično znanje
  • Bachelor’s Degree or similar
  • Cloud provider certification, either: AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Experience with Application and Infrastructure Management
  • Experience with basic financial and accounting concepts
  • Experience with common data transformation concepts (API's, Normalization, etc...)
  • Experience leading or implementing one or more IBM Apptio solutions (Apptio, Cloudability, or Targetprocess)

O poslovni enoti

Programska oprema IBM oskrbuje osnovne poslovne operacije z inteligenco – od strojnega učenja do generativne umetne inteligence, kar pomaga organizacijam, da so odzivnejše, produktivnejše in odpornejše. IBM-ova programska oprema pomaga naročnikom, da umetno inteligenco začnejo uporabljati takoj, da ustvarijo resnično vrednost z zaupanjem, hitrostjo in samozavestjo na področju digitalnega dela, avtomatizacije IT, posodobitve aplikacij, varnosti in trajnosti. Ključnega pomena pri tem je zmožnost uporabe vseh podatkov, saj je umetna inteligenca tako dobra, kot so dobri podatki, ki jo podpirajo. V večini organizacij so podatki razpršeni v več oblakih, v prostorih, zasebnih podatkovnih centrih in na robu. IBM-ova platforma za umetno inteligenco in podatke razširja in pospešuje vpliv umetne inteligence z zaupanja vrednimi podatki ter zagotavlja vodilne zmogljivosti za usposabljanje, prilagajanje in razmestitev umetne inteligence v podjetjih. IBM-ova platforma hibridnega oblaka je eden najbolj celovitih in doslednih pristopov k razvoju, varnosti in delovanju v hibridnih okoljih – prilagodljiva podlaga za izkoriščanje podatkov, kjerkoli se nahajajo, za razširitev umetne inteligence globoko v poslovanje.

Življenje v IBM-u

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.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

O IBM-u

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

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 500 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Podrobnosti o drugem ustreznem delovnem mestu

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.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.


This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you.