Market Development & Insights Professional

Job ID CHQ-0621925 Job type Full-time Regular Work country USA Position type Professional Work city - Any Posted 27-Nov-2013 Travel 10% travel annually Job area Marketing & Communications Business group IBM CHQ Job category Marketing & Communications Business unit CHQ / Other Job role Market Development & Insights Professional Job role skillset General Commissionable/Sales-Incentive jobs only No

Job description

Market Development and Insights (MD&I) professionals help drive IBM actions by delivering trusted, integrated insights and recommendations that improve IBM performance and fuel growth. Seeking a market development advisor capable of partnering with internal executives in support of IBM's business objectives for our Global Technology Services business. Specifically, IT infrastructure services. Candidate will have the desire to work in a services business environment and will have knowledge of offering development, marketing, sales and delivery processes. This is a semi-consultative role where the successful candidate will establish and maintain relationships, evaluate client needs, and effectively communicate with executives. Candidate will balance numerous projects simultaneously and perform as a trusted market development advisor providing fact based market insights aligned with business knowledge that results in recommendations that drive positive business impact. The candidate should have experience organizing and extracting insights through the use of multiple market insights functional disciplines, including secondary analysis, primary analysis, competitive analysis and market opportunity analysis.

Required Bachelor's Degree At least 3 years experience in market research and analysis At least 2 years experience in consulting At least 2 years experience in communications At least 2 years experience in business relationship forming/maintaining/global teaming At least 2 years experience in business management Readiness to travel 10% travel annually English: Fluent

Preferred Business/Management At least 5 years experience in market research and analysis At least 5 years experience in consulting At least 5 years experience in communications At least 5 years experience in business relationship forming/maintaining/global teaming At least 5 years experience in business management

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.