Offering Manager - IBM Open Marketplace

Job description

As an Offering Manager your responsibilities will include:
• Leading and guiding a cross discipline squad (offering, design, engineering)
• Researching markets, market trends, competitor solutions and offering value propositions
• Collecting and analyzing requirements from customers and a broad set of stakeholders
• Working with design and engineering to refine requirements and define business outcomes
• Creating innovative offering and business proposals
• Evaluating and prioritizing product features and managing the offering roadmap
• Presenting individual and team status during weekly playbacks or on management calls
• Managing risks and resolving issues that affect scope, schedule, and quality
• Collaborating with design, engineering and offering team members
• Being the face of the product working directly with clients, to ensure client success with the product

Auto req ID

247552BR
Required Education

High School Diploma/GED
Role ( Job Role )

Offering Manager
State / Province

NORTH CAROLINA
Primary job category

Design & Offering Management
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Cognitive Apps
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
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

The following professional and technical background is required:
·  5 years of experience solving complex business problems in the software industry
·  3 years of experience with agile methods, and software development processes
·  2 years leadership experience with an Agile product development team
·  Demonstrated problem solving, interpersonal, and time management skills to handle complex situations effectively
·  Strong communication skills, and the ability to work directly with customers and stakeholders
·  Self-motivated decision maker, frequently taking initiative and recognizing opportunities to improve the offering
·  Able to leverage research and direct customer interactions to understand market needs
·  Data and insight driven to make web and product decisions for growth
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

The following technical and professional expertise is preferred and will greatly enhance your success on the team:
·  Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Information Technology, Business or related) or equivalent experience
·  Experience as an offering manager or product manager
·  Knowledge of the IBM Cloud offerings and marketplace ecosystem
·  Experience in data analytics
·  Knowledge of UX design and Design Thinking principles
·  Background in the API economy and related technologies
·  Ability to demo the solutions at a detailed level, requiring a hands-on individual
·  Experience in client enablement, consulting, or customer support

Secondary Job Category

Offering Management
Eligibility Requirements

None
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

The IBM Cognitive Applications team is seeking innovative and enthusiastic offering management professionals to join our team building the next generation cloud marketplace platform. If you love creating new business value around cutting edge technologies, working with customers as they transform their business to the cloud, dynamic and high performing teams, then this is the place for you! You will be challenged with researching, designing and developing cloud applications and services targeting a wide variety of open source and commercial technologies aimed at dramatically expanding the reach of IBM to millions of enterprise developers transitioning to the Cloud. Our focus on delivering a great end to end user journey for our customers, at global scale and with leadership, efficiency, resiliency and security is the cornerstone of our offering model and will result in maintaining IBM's leadership position for years to come. You will always be close to the action.
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About Business Unit

At IBM Cognitive Applications, we build open applications that unlock the power of data for clients, partners, and developers. Running on top of IBM's unique Hybrid, Multi-cloud and AI infrastructures, these applications work across horizontal domains and bring our technology to life for end users. Cognitive Applications unit includes: Watson Customer Engagement, Watson IoT, Watson Media and Weather, Talent & Collaboration, Digital Growth & Commerce, and IBM Developer teams.
About IBM

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