Client Technical Leader (w/m/x)

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Client Technical Leader with deep technical insights of our Solution Portfolio to support our clients along their hybrid and Multi Cloud Transformation towards a modern and state of the art IT Operating Model.

The Client Technical Leader is an experienced Technical Solution Manager who influences clients’ technology strategy, leveraging our solutions to solve their business challenges. In this role you deeply understand the client roadmap, business architecture and initiatives and their linkage to the client strategy. You educate and advise clients, influencing the client strategy at the highest levels by applying proven expertise. As part of this role you also paint a vision of how the application of our technologies, architectures, integrated solutions and offerings will solve clients’ business challenges, accelerate success and deliver extraordinary value.
The Technical Leader also leads the Garage Teams as an engine of co-creation and growth and he supports the achievement of business objectives through creation of opportunity pipeline.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
We expect the Client Technical Leader to use the full capabilities of the corporation to create, articulate, and sell the buying vision based on an innovative and compelling value proposition, so that our clients clearly realize the financial benefits and transformational value to their business.

Years of experience: 7

Skills:

• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, fluent in German and English
• Experience with IT transition & transformation towards Hybrid and Multi Cloud target Operating Models

Environment:

• Business unit, country, or international professional mastery related to operations, strategies, and objectives in leading edge or critical situations.

Communication/Negotiation:

• Teamwork at highest levels. Plan and conduct complex negotiations reaching lasting agreements and commitments.

Problem Solving:

• Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary concepts in strategic environment.

Contribution/Leadership:

• Develop and implement product, market, business, or technology strategies with an executive review.
• You have a vision of overall strategies.
• You contributes to policy making.
• You are recognized as an expert and leader by members of a field, related functions, and multi -country organizations.
• You lead national or international roject teams, conduct special projects, or manage functions or strategic departments.

Impact on Business/Scope:

• In this role you are accountable for national or international projects or programs. Responsible for committing multiple resources and achieving customer satisfaction, cost, expense, revenue and other business measurements of critical importance. Responsible for quality output/value add for highly visible products, services and future business development.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

About Business UnitThis position currently sits within Global Technology Services (GTS) Infrastructure Services (IS) or a shared services function supporting GTS.

As announced in October 2020, IBM intends that its managed infrastructure services business of the GTS organization will become an independent company named Kyndryl by the end of 2021, creating two distinct and powerful market-leading companies.

Together, we will advance the vital systems that power the digital economy. Serving over 4,600 technology-intensive, highly regulated customers, including over 75% of the Fortune 100, our people will design, run, and manage the most modern and reliable technology infrastructure that the world depends on today.

We will work flexibly and in partnership with our customers to amplify business outcomes while always pushing ourselves to improve and meet all opportunities. Come join our team of diverse, devoted, and empathetic technology experts who are at the center of discovering what’s next.

Please note: The final decision if this position will transition from IBM to Kyndryl is yet to be confirmed.

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Location StatementIBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

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