The Brand Sales Specialist is responsible for managing relationships with our Federal customers and prospects focused on selling IBM's webMethods and StreamSets product lines. This person will act as a strategic advisor for our customers and prospects and use consultative and value-based selling techniques to develop and maintain relationships with all levels across the organization to support delivering customer-desired outcomes. This role requires the ability to effectively collaborate and coordinate activities in accounts by engaging with other IBM Sales Specialists, Sales Engineers, Inside Sales, and Consultants to successfully generate qualified opportunities, win new business, and build a long-term strategic partnership with her/his customer.
- Responsible for selling the webMethods and StreamSets product portfolios in the territory.
- Achieve/exceed quarterly and yearly revenue targets using approved webMethods and StreamSets business planning, account management, opportunity management, and monitoring processes tools.
- Drive and penetrate new accounts and meet with stakeholders (C level) within accounts selling collaboration solutions.
- Accurately forecast and report on opportunities within the assigned territory.
- Build key management relationships with a focus on new opportunities, customer success and satisfaction, resulting in referenceable accounts and positive brand/company awareness.
- Teach customers insights and tailor solutions to challenge their approach to key corporate priorities and create a value proposition.
- Work with the ecosystem to increase visibility and propensity to win new logos and grow existing customers. Must be comfortable and proven working in collaboration with Cloud Providers and Systems Integrators.
- 6+ years of experience selling with middleware technologies, cloud architecture, integration platforms.
- Experience selling software solutions to the Federal Government Agencies.
- Strong knowledge of the Air Force customer, culture, buying habits and processes, and mission critical objectives
- Excellent prospecting skills using multiple tools and methods to effectively prospect across many accounts.
- Experience developing and presenting clear and concise sales briefings/meetings.
- Ability to understand customers business, needs, challenges, and expectations.
- Demonstrable success in meeting and exceeding a quota.
- 8+ years of experience selling with middleware technologies, cloud architecture, integration platforms to the Federal Government.
- Security clearance at TS level
- Experience selling to multiple Government agencies.
- Successfully worked in a collaborative selling environment with multiple teams.