Technology Sales Specialist - IBM Power & Cloud

Introduction At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you'll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact.

Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You'll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that's passionate about driving innovation and making a difference. Your role and responsibilities As a Brand Sales Specialist for the Power Portfolio, you will apply your sales and product expertise to close business for IBM, often in conjunction with Business Partners. You will develop and maintain expertise in a designated set of IBM offerings to match IBM solutions to client requirements.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Develop and Maintain Expertise:

Develop and maintain expertise in a designated set of IBM Power Systems offerings to effectively match IBM solutions to client requirements and stay ahead of competition.

Sell IBM Offerings:

Sell IBM Power Systems offerings directly to clients or through IBM Business Partners, utilizing winning sales strategies to drive business growth.

Understand Competition:

Continuously monitor and analyze competition to develop and implement effective sales strategies that drive results.

• Collaborate with

Business Partners:

Work closely with Business Partners to identify and pursue new sales opportunities, leveraging joint expertise to drive business success.

• Match Solutions to

Client Needs:

Apply knowledge of IBM Power Systems offerings to match solutions to client requirements, delivering value to clients and driving business growth. Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise

Power Systems Product Knowledge:

Experience with IBM Power Systems offerings, including a deep understanding of their features, benefits, and applications to effectively match solutions to client requirements.

Sales and Business Development:

Experience in developing and executing sales strategies to drive business growth, including identifying and pursuing new sales opportunities and leveraging relationships with Business Partners.

Competitive Analysis:

Experience with analyzing competition and developing effective sales strategies to stay ahead in the market.

Solution Selling:

Experience in applying knowledge of IBM Power Systems offerings to match solutions to client needs, delivering value to clients and driving business growth.

Collaboration and Partnership:

Experience working with Business Partners to identify and pursue new sales opportunities, leveraging joint expertise to drive business success. Preferred technical and professional experience

Additional Power Systems Knowledge:

Experience with adjacent IBM Power Systems offerings, enabling a broader understanding of the portfolio and its applications.

Advanced Sales Strategies:

Experience developing innovative sales strategies to drive business growth, including leveraging data and analytics to inform decision-making.

Industry Insights:

Experience working with clients across various industries, providing a deeper understanding of industry-specific challenges and opportunities. IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces. 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. This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you. Job Title Technology Sales Specialist

• Power & Cloud Date posted 14-May-2026 Job

ID 111969

City / Township / Village Boston, Cambridge, New York State / Province New York, Massachusetts Country United States Work arrangement Hybrid Area of work Sales Employment type Regular Contract type Regular Projected Minimum Salary per year 144,000.00 Projected Maximum Salary per year 268,000.00 Position type Professional Travel required Up to 60% or 3 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?

Yes