Blockchain Business Advisors – Banking and Financial Markets (CoC)

Job description

The financial services industry is entering an era of unprecedented change driven by increasing customer sophistication, regulatory change, rapid digitalization, alternative competition, and global macroeconomic cost pressures. The rise of Fintech competitors offering increasingly sophisticated and relevant services at markedly lower price points (e.g., in areas such as deposit gathering, payments, wealth management, currencies) threaten the core businesses and the strategic fabric of the industry.
IBM's unparalleled ability to synthesize industry leading business insight, advanced research, analytics, and technology enables Global Business Services to act as strategic partners and positions financial institutions successfully for the future during this period of unprecedented change.

When you join IBM, you'll partner with our clients and unharness all of these capabilities to deliver real business value.
We are looking for roles to service our clients as Blockchain Business Advisor in our Banking and Financial Markets industry. The role requires an individual with strong business and technical acumen, client presence, and commitment to service excellence. Work will span early idea / concept and value proposition development around the use of the Blockchain technology, security and certification required by our clients looking to explore how this transformational technology can assist them in driving value for their stakeholders. Also includes as part of the responsibilities are to assist in the creation of a transformational plan, work to create a strategic case for change, and initial project delivery – generally culminating in a larger, multi-year transformational play for the client and for IBM.

The intial focus will be to design blockchain (PoC and Solution) for enterprise solutions for large financial services customers in regulated industries by working with various entities within IBM such as WW Blockchain Labs, IBM Research, large financial services industry clients, regulators and the Fintech startup community. Our goal is to address the fragmented blockchain landscape with existing application and transaction infrastructure and present IBM differentiation. Acquire and leverage in-depth knowledge of Banking and FinTech landscape by reaching out to peers and Fintech industry connections to develop use cases and business models around Banking, Trade Finance and FinTech that can employ blockchain technology .

Auto req ID

51497BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Industry Consultant
State / Province

LONDON, CITY OF
Primary job category

Consultant
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

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

No
Travel Required

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

GBS
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

LONDON
EO Statement

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

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or Engineering
Proven experinece of Banking and Financial Services experience
Experience in project management
Experience in business, operations, and/or technology strategy and development
Readiness to travel up to 75% of the time (home on weekends, based upon project requirements)
Readiness to work periods away from home

Skill-keywords

A.Strategic acumen – that is, the ability to think differently yet strategically about how blockchain solution can be adopted, implemented and institutionalized at our clients. B.Analytical skills – the ability to express points of view in fact-based terms using quantitative analysis and related, relevant research. C.Intellectual curiosity – a desire to delve deeper into problems and look at situations from multiple angles to develop new insights and to consider the possibilities that can be created and leveraged with this new technology in conjunction with IBM's leading applications in Cognitive, Analytics, and Cloud among others. D.Technical/IT acumen – a good understanding of IT design and integration techniques around blockchain solutions, distributed ledgers, cryptocurrencies for multiple applications and systems E.High personal motivation and commitment to our clients success -- a passion for delivering excellent solutions to clients and an underlying commitment to excellence. F.Communication skills – the ability to communicate with clients (both orally and written) to go forward on strategic initiatives based upon merit, fact, and understanding. G.Presentation skills – strength in developing, creating and assisting in effective business and consulting presentations H.Project management skills – very good project management capabilities particularly in regard to managing small to medium-sized engagements with diverse, local and remote international staff. These skills should also include a good knowledge of Agile and Scrum processes I.Financial services knowledge – “big picture” knowledge of the financial services industry and depth of experience in a particular industry area J.Professionalism – commitment to excellence in client advice and recommendations. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated many these skills previously on engagements and/or have clear intrinsic capabilities to deliver them with selected training and coaching moving forward. Our work as IBM is global in nature and the successful candidate will be anticipated to undertake critical assignments in various parts of the world including such areas as Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Examples of assignments would include: a) Developing a Blockchain Proof of Concept for a trade finance process and implementation roadmap for a Global American based Financial Institution, b) Participating in a Design Thinking workshop in order to create ideas and to develop potential opportunities for improving the customer journey design and operational modeling for a top tier European bank, c) Developing a roadmap for the implementation of a Blockchain delivery project for a Real Estate Lending group moving from a PoC to an overall strategy, vision and execution plan for the business unit for a global bank headquartered in the Netherlands
Country

United Kingdom
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Master's in Computer Science
Fluency in one additional language, such as Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese
Secondary Job Category

Industry Sales
Eligibility Requirements

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