Associate Partner - Cloud Advisory & Strategy

Job description

·  Become a trusted advisor to our clients and help them connect their cloud strategies to their business strategies
·  Understand our client's strategic needs, short and long-term business objectives and then articulate and formulate proposals and statements of work which are aligned
·  Participate in envisioning future industry trends and strategic technology domain solutions
·  Build and maintain relationships with and advise various levels of stakeholders, up to and including C-Level
·  Establish client value propositions that tie key strategic, financial, and operational metrics directly to near and long-term business improvement.
·  Drive professional development of all Cloud Advisory & Strategy team members
Auto req ID

325635BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Strategy Consultant
State / Province

BRUXELLES-CAPITALE, REGION DE
Primary job category

Consultant
Company

(0016) International Business Machines of Belgium BV/SRL
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-time OR Part-time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

Yes
Travel Required

Up to 75% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)
IBM Business Group

GBS
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

Brussels
Being You @ IBM

IBM 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, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Deep consulting and leadership experience, including a proven ability to define and shape cloud solutions and modernization for customers demonstrable for over 5 years
·  Demonstrated client experience in applying multi-cloud technology to reshape client technical strategies that have resulted in multi-million projects
·  Be an expert in shaping and delivering application migration and/or modernization to various cloud platforms, and be able to demonstrate experience in;

- Cloud Affinity and Adoption Roadmap / Application Portfolio Assessment (APA)

- Target Operating Model definition and implementation

- Value stream mapping and complex change management

·  Experience of leading solutions on responses for new business, as well as complex multi-year / multi-million transformation programmes.
Country/Region

Belgium
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  First-class communication skills – an ability to engage persuasively with senior stakeholders both inside IBM and with clients.
·  The ability and confidence to work independently and lead others
·  Certifications in leading cloud vendors such as AWS, Azure, Red Hat, IBM Cloud, GCP a bonus
·  Experience working with large enterprise clients
Secondary Job Category

Strategy Consultant
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire
Location Statement

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

As a Cloud Advisory & Strategy Senior Consultant at IBM, you will help reinvent businesses and industries by developing and utilizing specialized knowledge of industry-specific and cross-industry competitive strategies. You'll manage complex components of an engagement, working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points. Your strategic recommendations will drive change in a digitally-enabled era and give you the opportunity to collaborate with highly talented IBMers. Are you ready?

This role is suitable for all working patterns, whether this be part-time or full-time. IBM does not have a single policy on part-time and flexible working, however where possible, we will work with you to agree on a working schedule to suit you and IBM. In your application, please outline your desired working pattern including working days/working time/working locations and any other important information. This will then be discussed with you throughout the application process.
Your Life @ IBM

What matters to you when you're looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
About Business Unit

IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.
About IBM

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