Strategy Consultant

Job description

Introduction
As a Strategy 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?

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Global Business Services has more than 60,000 professionals in over 50 countries worldwide. With a strong focus on results, we enable clients to leverage technology and information to improve performance and create sustainable competitive advantages. We will deliver innovative business consulting, business process design, systems integration, and application design and management to leading sector organizations in 17 industries worldwide. With access to resources that only a global leader can provide, you will gain access to a vast and diverse network of talented professionals, and enjoy unparalleled career, training, and educational opportunities. You'll be challenged and supported in an environment that embraces individual differences and rewards your best work. You'll find everything you need to continue building your career at one of the most successful companies in history. But it's up to you how you get there - you'll be the one in charge, putting forward your ideas, taking on responsibilities and making choices about how to get the job done.

Responsibilities include:
·  Providing expertise and knowledge to IBM clients and prospects by mapping their business requirements to IBM solution capabilities through a structured and disciplined process that engages both the line of business and financial professional.
·  Utilizing your consulting skills, business knowledge, and expertise to effectively design and model processes, develop solutions and integrate them with applications;
·  Communicate financial transformation solutions into the clients’ business environments to achieve client expected business results;
·  Establishing your credibility and build trust with client organizations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Demonstrated ability to:
·  Lead multi-functional teams or conducts special projects;
·  Influence people and organizations, including executive management, when issues are complex/difficult and require considerable diplomacy;
·  Have considerable latitude in responsibilities to define and decide on tools, processes, priorities and resources following general business unit directives;
·  Be recognized as an expert in your field

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Fluent English communication