Technology Sales Leader - Financial Services - Atlanta

IBM hiring for Technology Sales Leader - Financial Services - Atlanta jobs in Brookhaven, GA, US

Introduction
The Technology Sales Leader is the overall IBM team lead on a strategic Financial Services client. Our goal at IBM is to delight our clients and build long term strategic relationships with C-Level executives. Through outstanding leadership of our AI, Hybrid Cloud, Software and Hardware sales teams, you'll influence clients' technology strategies by leveraging IBM products, services, and people to solve their most complex business challenges.

This is an individual contributor role, and you'll be responsible achieving sales objectives, and also help train, mentor and coach sales and technical talent across your team. Integrating market /country cross-brand technical leaders, you'll encourage synergies that drive development and growth. For your clients. For IBM. And for our people.

As a consultative sales leader and technology expert, you'll paint convincing pictures of the future that apply IBM technologies, infused with modern IT architectures, which are integrated with offerings that clearly show customers how their hardest problems will be solved.

Excellent onboarding will set you up for positive impact, whilst ongoing development will continue to advance your career. Our sales environment is fast-paced and supportive. Always connected to a wider team, you'll be surrounded by other managers and colleagues. People who are always willing to help and be helped as you scale your business, with and through your team, as they compel clients to continually invest in IBM.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Advocating for leading-edge technologies and digital transformation you'll pave the way for your matrixed teams' continued successes and development by bringing the full technology power of IBM to your customers. People who will be receptive because of your natural ability to create trusted and enduring relationships that establish IBM as an essential partner in solving their most difficult technical problems.
  Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Client Relationship Management: Connecting a broad network of technical experts, serving as the single point of accountability for IBM product and service quality, and playing a central role in resolving client critical situations.
• Technology Expertise: Leveraging broad and deep technology expertise to provide highly contextual insights into the benefits of emerging technology adoption.
• Thought Leadership and Transformation: Providing technical thought-leadership and direction to teams for the client's transformation agenda. Bringing an outside-in perspective while recommending disruptive technologies and approaches to scale new value capture.
• This is a base salary role with commission opportunity.Advocating for leading-edge technologies and digital transformation you'll pave the way for your matrixed teams' continued successes and development by bringing the full technology power of IBM to your customers. People who will be receptive because of your natural ability to create trusted and enduring relationships that establish IBM as an essential partner in solving their most difficult technical problems.
  Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Client Relationship Management: Connecting a broad network of technical experts, serving as the single point of accountability for IBM product and service quality, and playing a central role in resolving client critical situations.
• Technology Expertise: Leveraging broad and deep technology expertise to provide highly contextual insights into the benefits of emerging technology adoption.
• Thought Leadership and Transformation: Providing technical thought-leadership and direction to teams for the client's transformation agenda. Bringing an outside-in perspective while recommending disruptive technologies and approaches to scale new value capture.
• This is a base salary role with commission opportunity.

Preferred Location: Atlanta, GA.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Client Market/Industry Expertise: Veteran-level technology sales experience in one or more client market/industry segments, with a track record of winning through collaboration, resilience, empathy, and innovation. A natural at inspiring and motivating others to succeed in highly complex, enterprise-scale, technically complex sales environments.
• Technical Expertise: Technical knowledge around cloud, data & AI, automation, security, and storage technologies, in addition to deep industry knowledge and contemporary methods for co-creating client solutions, with and through others.
• Communication and Influencing: Palpable people, communication, and collaboration skills, with a proven record networking and influencing throughout the successful closure of complex technology sales cycles (including $multi-million deals).

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• IBM Product Experience: Experience of working with any of IBM's products and services (training across IBM's product suite will be provided).

About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

Your Life @ IBM
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Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to: - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being - Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences 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 was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. 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. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.