Job Description

IBM Global Business Services (GBS) is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants enabling enterprises to make smarter decisions and providing unparalleled client and consumer experiences in cognitive, data analytics, cloud technology and mobile app development. With global reach, outcome-focused methodologies and deep industry expertise, IBM GBS empowers clients to digitally reinvent their business and get the competitive edge in the cognitive era in over 170 countries.

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IBM GBS Enterprise Applications is seeking a Oracle Technology leader to serve as a Chief Technology Officer supporting our Oracle Consulting practice. In this job role, you'll use your expertise to provide best-in-class consulting using business solutions to help clients achieve their business objectives. Roles and responsibilities include participating in all aspects Consulting services life cycle from Business Development, Go to Market, Delivery and Support. This role will have emphasis on client facing skills including defining and analyzing business requirements and working with customers to evangelize Oracle solutions to solve business challenges. Successful candidates will have experience as trusted advisor to clients in a consulting and industry capacity leveraging your experience and establishing credibility with genuine thought leadership.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Identify, progress and deliver complex high quality Cloud (SaaS) solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements
• Educate and enable project teams or Sales professionals on Oracle solutions including the Implementation/Development Lifecycle
• Evangelize Oracle technologies including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with emphasis on HCM, ERNM, SCM, EPM, Analytics and CX.
• Familiarity with moving clients form on premise to Oracle cloud (SaaS) Solutions
• Educate and enable clients on Oracle Technology features and capabilities
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client CXOs, including Business and IT executive management
• Show excellent diplomacy skills with executive management.
• Capability and responsibility to define and select tools, processes, priorities and resources necessary to manage, analyze, design and implement Oracle practice directives
• Utilize high level analytical and thought leadership ability and creativity to analyze complex/new situations, anticipate potential problems and future trends, assess opportunities, impacts and risks while developing and implementing plans and producing solutions to client problems.
• Previous depth with implementing Oracle Technology and Solutions with knowledge of Lessons Learned, Best practices, and Risk & Mitigation strategies
• Utilize and lead Executive alignment and design workshops to assist clients in solving Business challenges and opportunities using Oracle Technologies
• Lead teams using an agile methodology with advanced tools and accelerators to assist client Implementations

BENEFITS
Health Insurance. Paid time off. Corporate Holidays. Sick leave. Family planning. Financial Guidance. Competitive 401K. Training and Learning. We continue to expand our benefits and programs, offering some of the best support, guidance and coverage for a diverse employee population.

• http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/benefits/
• https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/50744.wss

CAREER GROWTH
Our goal is to be essential to the world, which starts with our people. Company wide we kicked off an internal talent strategy program called Go Organic. At our core, we are committed to believing and investing in our workforce through:

• Skill development: helping our employees grow their foundational skills
• Finding the dream job at IBM: navigating our company with the potential for many careers by channeling an employee’s strengths and career aspirations
• Diversity of people: Diversity of thought driving collective innovation

In 2015, Go Organic filled approximately 50% of our open positions with internal talent that were promoted into the role.

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
With an employee population of 375,000 in over 170 countries, amazingly we connect, collaborate, and care. IBMers drive a corporate culture of shared responsibility. We love grand challenges and everyday improvements for our company and for the world. We care about each other, our clients, and the communities we live, work, and play in!

• http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/initiatives.html
• http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps

Candidates that live in or near one of the following cities preferred, but all candidates considered: Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, Dallas, Raleigh, Washington DC Metro Area, Piscataway, Philadelphia.

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