Engagement Acceleration Leader - Data & AI

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, let’s talk.

When you join the IBM team in Bratislava, you will accelerate your career at an iconic company known as a pioneer in computing. You will grow your knowledge of cutting-edge software, such as generative AI or hybrid cloud, while working with teams across the globe and driving outcomes that shape the future of IBM and your own career. In addition to a competitive package, IBM offers a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment and global responsibilities.

Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM Innovation Studio is where we bring together the best of IBM’s expertise and experiences to help our clients accelerate their outcomes. The mission of our global team, comprised of 19 studios around the world, is to take clients from inspiration to action. We show client’s the art of what’s possible, help them navigate the complexities of their challenges, and connect them with experts from IBM who can help.

The Engagement Acceleration Lead is responsible for designing journeys to provide a personalized and immersive experience for potential clients, partners, and other stakeholders. You will be responsible for driving sales and marketing efforts that deliver tangible impact by facilitating experiences that showcase our products, services, and solutions to key decision-makers and influencers using interactive displays, product demos, presentations, and other resources.

Your Primary Responsibilities Include

• Conceptualize, design, develop and coordinate industry-focused journeys that are aligned to IBM priorities and deliver outcomes that increase customer confidence and return opportunity development and expansion
• Identify and build strong working relationships with Subject Matter Experts to cull out best of IBM assets for demos, case studies, and activations on priority topics at IBM
• Create scalable journey experiences and share content in the content repository
• Provide strategic consultation through collaboration with sales teams to develop engagements that focus on balancing customer objectives and sales goals and promote these journeys through collaboration with Go-to-Market and Ecosystem teams

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of relevant work experience within marketing/digital sales/marketing sales/business development
• Relevant business experiences within the events and marketing functions of a technology company
• Experience with executive briefings
• Capability to work in an environment with a high degree of shared responsibility between and across team members
• Ability to interact with senior management and influence decision-makers
• Advanced project management skills and experience, including the ability to manage multiple objectives, work independently, and allocate time appropriately
• Experience implementing design thinking practices
• Demonstrated ability to think analytically and solve business problems
• Understanding of go-to-market strategy, audience strategy, and client experience design & measurement preferred
• Comfortable working in a cross-functional global organization with teammates residing in other time zones

About Business Unit

IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) team represents a variety of functions such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more, all working together to solve some of the world's most complex problems, help our clients achieve success and build collaborative work environments for IBMers.

Your Life @ IBM

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.

About IBM

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 50 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.