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IBM Offering Manager, Storage as a Service Operations in Bethesda, Maryland
Introduction
Ready to re-imagine the product management role? At IBM, as an Offering Manager, you are responsible for the full lifecycle of an offering: from validating need to determining the business model and defining the solution requirements. Going beyond the traditional focus of timetables and budgets, you use your keen insights into what customers want in their own business plan - and work across disciplines to build the best solutions to a problem. If being the CEO of your offering excites you, consider an offering management career at IBM.
Your Role and Responsibilities
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As Offering Manager for Storage as a Service, you will be responsible for:
Building the end-to-end lifecycle of Storage as a Service delivery
Defining and managing delivery process such as:
Capital asset management
Subscription metering/monitoring and billing
Shipping and Services coordination
Subscription renewals
Asset reuse and disposal
Contract management
Defining customer engagement touchpoints and maintaining a high NPS
Developing customer journey metrics to track the end-to-end customer experience that ultimately drives customer subscription growth and subscription renewal
Developing the Storage as a service roadmap
Working closely with field sales teams and channel partners to support the sales process
Preferred locations for this role are: RTP, NC, Austin, TX, Littleton, MA, Silicon Valley, CA
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
10+ years experience in the Technology Industry, 3+ Years Storage experience; preferably in product management or -aaS delivery process management and operations
5+ years of significant demonstrated experience in pricing strategies, and cloud business models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
BA/BS required; MS/MBA preferred
Experience with requirements management required
Executive-level written, and verbal communication skills required
Demonstrated Cross-functional leadership, influence and collaboration capabilities required
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
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 IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.
Location Statement
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.
IBM intends this job to be performed entirely outside of Colorado.
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, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.