Lead Client Partner

Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. Your role and responsibilities As a Business Transformation Consultant, you will work proactively with clients to refine their current business strategy or develop a new strategy in line with competitive and market forces. You will identify strategic capabilities needed to create and sustain one or more sources of competitive advantage.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Develop Strategic Capabilities:

Identify strategic capabilities needed to create and sustain one or more sources of competitive advantage, which may come in the form of process, information technology, organization enablement, or knowledge.

Analyze Client Performance:

Identify best practices and client performance gaps, if any, and use tools to identify, align, and change the factors that affect performance, stability, and teaming.

Create Transformation Recommendations:

Develop comprehensive transformation recommendations to drive business growth and sustainability.

Refine Business Strategy:

Work proactively with clients to refine their current business strategy or develop a new strategy in line with competitive and market forces.

Drive Business Growth:

Use expertise to drive business growth and sustainability by identifying opportunities for improvement and developing strategies to address them. This job can be performed from anywhere in the USA Required education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise

• Deep Expertise in

Strategic Planning:

Proven ability to develop and refine business strategies in line with competitive and market forces, creating and sustaining sources of competitive advantage.

• Experience with

Capability Development:

Skilled in identifying and developing strategic capabilities, including process, information technology, organization enablement, and knowledge, to drive business growth and sustainability.

Mastery of Performance Analysis:

Adept at identifying best practices, client performance gaps, and using tools to analyze and improve performance, stability, and teaming.

Transformation Recommendation Development:

Experienced in creating comprehensive transformation recommendations that drive business growth and sustainability, leveraging expertise to identify opportunities for improvement.

Business Growth Strategy Development:

Proven ability to drive business growth and sustainability by developing and implementing effective strategies that address key challenges and opportunities. Preferred technical and professional experience

Strategic Planning Expertise:

Deep understanding of strategic planning principles, including the ability to analyze market forces and develop strategies that drive business growth and sustainability.

Performance Improvement Tools:

Familiarity with tools and methodologies used to identify and address performance gaps, and improve overall business performance.

Industry Knowledge:

Understanding of industry trends and best practices, with the ability to apply this knowledge to drive business transformation and growth. IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet. In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better. Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do. Are you ready to be an IBMer? IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world. IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long
• term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. 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. The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. Job Title Lead Client Partner Date posted 19-May-2026 Job

ID 114898

City / Township / Village San Jose, Dallas, Houston, Austin, New York State / Province Texas, New York, California Country United States Work arrangement Hybrid Area of work Consulting Employment type Regular Contract type Regular Projected Minimum Salary per year 177,000.00 Projected Maximum Salary per year 329,000.00 Position type Professional Travel required Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends

• based on project requirements) Company (0147) International Business Machines Corporation Shift General (daytime) Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No