Introduction
The Technology Partner Architect is a technical sales role that utilizes deep technical expertise and plays a key contributor role in the IBM Partner Ecosystem, a key growth engine for IBM.
As a Technology Partner Architect, you will create and maintain trusted advisor relationships with IBM business partners to drive successful outcomes. You will participate in strategic technical discussions with partners and help shape their technical agenda using IBM Technologies.You will lead technical efforts and collaborate internally across IBM's technical experts to identify components and design winning solutions to further develop the IBM Partner Ecosystem.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Technology Partner Architect, you will:

• Develop broad-ranging expertise across the IBM technology portfolio to support your assigned partners
• Own the technical relationship with partners and work to establish a reputation as a deeply trusted technology expert, and shape partner's technical agenda toward IBM's Growth offerings
• Drive partners to adopt IBM technology as the basis for solutions and as part of their reference architectures
• Enable partner's technical capability both pre-sales and delivery to ensure productive use of IBM technology
• Collaborate with IBM technical specialists to identify components and design innovative solutions for partners and clients
• Work closely with the sales team and provide technical expertise to ensure that partner revenue objectives meet regularly.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Several years experience in a Customer/Partner facing technical role.
• Understanding of IBM Technology, business trends and impacts on customer opportunities.
• Expertise with Cloud and Data Platform.
• Growth mindset to stay current on IBM's latest strategy and offerings.
• Superior capabilities in consultative/complex technical sales, architecture design, and technology solution development.
• A passion for interacting with business partners and cultivating long-standing relationships.
• Desire to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing, results-driven work environment.
• Self-driven, responsible & accountable with a can-do mentality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in IT Architecture and Enterprise Solution Design
• Solid understanding of IBM Hybrid Cloud, IBM Middleware, IBM Data, AI, Security and Automation Technologies
• Solid understanding of Container Technologies (i.e. Kubernetes, Docker, Cloud Foundry, and others)
• Solid understanding of Red Hat Technologies (i.e. OpenShift, Ansible, RHEL)
• Experience in Technical Sales or equivalent role is an advantage

IBM 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.

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