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Role Overview: The SME acts as a strategic bridge between IBM Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS & PaaS) and Global System Integrator (GSI) partners in India. Your mission is to enable, position, and grow IBM Cloud adoption within GSI practices, supporting partner deal success and driving pipeline, signings, and revenue growth. This role blends product management, cloud technology expertise, partner enablement, and strategic collaboration. Key Responsibilities: Partner Enablement: Deliver hands-on IBM Cloud enablement to GSI architects, practice leads, and sales teams. Collaboration: Work closely with IBM Cloud product, sales, engineering, and ecosystem teams to align strategy and execution. Pre-Sales Support: Participate in face-to-face deal collaboration, RFPs/RFIs, and technical sales activities with GSIs. Practice Building: Support and accelerate new GSI cloud practice development using IBM Cloud offerings. Strategic Growth: Monitor partnership health, drive pipeline, signings, and revenue growth metrics. Stakeholder Management: Build trusted relationships with customers, partners, internal stakeholders. Product Management: Set success metrics, define roadmaps, prioritize requirements, and oversee business plan execution. Thought Leadership: Guide partner programs with an AI-first, cloud-centric mindset aligned to IBM's ecosystem. Required Skills & Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's Degree required; Master's preferred. Experience: 5+ years in ecosystem partnerships or direct GSI experience. 3+ years in cloud technologies and IT industry. Proven product management skillsGTM strategy, roadmap, partner program management. Strong understanding of IBM Cloud offerings and ecosystem partner programs. Track record in tech sales or sales leadership preferred. Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills for both technical and business audiences. Work Mode: Ability to work onsite 3+ days a week at IBM and GSI offices. Personal Attributes: Self-motivated, curious, collaborative, strategic thinker with excellent execution skills. Preferred Qualifications: 10+ years in product management or related roles. Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms or enterprise software. Engagement with industry best practices and design communities. Proven ability to align cross-company teams and deliver results.
