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California, USA · Tokyo, Japan · Texas City, TX, USA
At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.
As a Brand Technical Specialist (Hashicorp Portfolio), you will utilize extensive technical knowledge to sell Business Unit specialty or brand products to clients, removing technical inhibitors to sales opportunities. You will design viable client solutions by leveraging current product capabilities and provide input to product teams for solutions refinement. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Deliver Technical Proof Points: Create and deliver technical proof points through technical accelerators, such as demonstrations, POTs, POCs, Workshops, Solution Design, Proposals, and MVPs, to drive sales and articulate the value proposition / ROI. • Maintain Platform Knowledge: Stay up-to-date on strong platform and product knowledge to construct relevant use cases and understand the competitive landscape. • Design Client Solutions: Leverage current product capabilities to design viable client solutions and provide input to product teams for solutions refinement. • Develop Customized Sales Approaches: Utilize a "show me, don't tell me" approach to create customized experiential selling experiences for clients. • Articulate Value Proposition: Clearly communicate the value proposition / ROI of products to clients and understand the competitive landscape
Technical Product Knowledge: Exposure to Hashicorp portfolio products, with understanding of current product capabilities and limitations. • Solution Design Experience: Experience working with clients to design viable solutions, leveraging product capabilities and providing input for solutions refinement. • Technical Proof Point Development: Exposure to creating and delivering technical proof points through technical accelerators, such as demonstrations, POTs, POCs, Workshops, Solution Design, Proposals, and MVPs. • Platform and Product Expertise: Experience maintaining strong platform and product knowledge, including understanding of the competitive landscape and constructing relevant use cases. • Experiential Selling Approach: Experience with customized experiential selling approaches, utilizing a "show me, don't tell me" methodology to drive sales.
What you’ll need:
Experience: 5+ years in a Technical Pre-Sales or Sales Engineering role, or equivalent experience - practitioners are appreciated as well.
Technical Expertise: Proficiency in understanding concepts and technologies in DevOps, IT operations, security, cloud, microservices, containers, and scheduling platforms.
Customer Engagement: Proven experience with implementing software products or solutions in large and dynamic enterprise companies.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Problem-Solving Skills: Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical problems and develop innovative solutions.
Collaboration: Experience working well in a highly dynamic team environment that focuses on providing above industry standard customer service. Proven ability to work cross-functionally with teams such as Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success.
Travel: Ability to travel as needed, with domestic and occasional international travel required.
What's nice to have (preferred qualifications)
Knowledge of HashiCorp Tools: Knowledge of, and experience with, any of the tools in the HashiCorp portfolio.
Technical Certifications: Relevant technical certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DevOps) are a plus.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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.
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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.
IBM 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), cash balance pension plan, 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
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
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.
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.