Associate Partner- Mainframe Modernization

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City : Vancouver

Category : Other

Industry : Technology/Computer Services

Employer : IBM

Introduction
As an Associate Partner-Mainframe Modernization, you will support IBM’s consistent growth by bringing to the table your business development, sales, account management, and delivery skills. Picture yourself working with a highly motivated, highly successful team with a proven sales record in IBM’s and our cloud partners top technologies. If you’re ready to bring insights and experience in areas such cloud migration and digital transformation, we are ready to offer you a best-in-class career development.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM continues to be a market leader in cloud and modernization solutions, leading the way in life-changing transformations for many years. Being strategic and innovative are key elements that allow IBMers to keep being essential during this cloud and cognitive era. Imagine yourself collaborating with talented individuals ready to continuously transform and drive large scale change that spans IBM business units and geographies. Your expertise will shape and own multi-disciplined project teams while also being the primary interface for client executives.

Ready to lead the way? Let’s work together to retain our place as the leading supplier of hybrid and multi-cloud solutions that will continue to support IBM’s consistent growth and digital transformation throughout the years.

In this role you will;
  • Serve as IBM’s point of contact for Mainframe Modernization solutions within the Canadian market
  • Be a trusted advisor to our clients and help them connect their cloud strategies to their business strategies
  • Understand our client’s strategic needs and, business objectives, and then articulate and formulate proposals and statements of work which are aligned to customer goals
  • Evangelize IBM consulting offerings within our community and also within Partner sales teams, including cloud partners (Amazon, Microsoft, Google)
  • Drive joint Go To Market campaigns and business development workshops to build and maintain pipeline on a rolling basis.
  • Build references and case studies to further grow business
  • Establish client value propositions that tie key strategic, financial, and operational metrics directly to near and long-term business improvement


Required Technical and Professional Expertise
  • 10-15 years consulting and leadership experience, including a proven ability to define and shape mainframe solutions and modernization for enterprise customers
  • Be an expert in shaping and delivering application migration and/or modernization to hybrid cloud platforms
  • Extensive experience in mainframe and legacy environments, and how to modernize a clients landscape to cloud
  • Experience leading solutions as part of responses for new business, as well as complex multi-year / multi-million dollar transformation programs.
  • Solution mind-set; ability to connect the dots and conceptualize a solution, value proposition and create a blueprint for translating into an offering.
  • Bilingual English and French (verbal and written) for work location in Quebec region


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
  • Strong CxO relationships and ability to build and maintain these
  • Cloud certifications (one or more of AWS, Azure, GCP, Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud)
  • Experience working in multiple industries


Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.
About Business UnitIBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
This role requires you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to your start date.  Full vaccination refers to receiving dosage of COVID-19 vaccines that provide full protection in accordance with Canada Public Health and WHO guidance (full series of a 2 dose vaccine plus 14 days or a one dose vaccine plus 14 days from the last dose).  Proof of vaccination status will be required.  Booster vaccination requirements may be required.  If you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons, we offer accommodations in accordance with applicable law.
Your Life @ IBMAre you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world's most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it's time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.

Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change – to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.

It's time to define your career.

About IBMIBM’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.

Location StatementFor additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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