Competitive Strategist

Introduction

IBM Data Platform is building the leading hybrid AI and Data product for enterprises. As organizations accelerate adoption of AI and data-driven solutions, the need for a unified, trusted, and scalable platform has never been greater. IBM is defining the future of enterprise data and AI-spanning governance, integration, analytics, and automation. Are you ready to help shape this transformation and influence the strategic direction of IBM's Data Platform? If so, let's talk.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking a strategic and analytical Competitive Strategy professional to join our team focused on the IBM Data Platform. This role centers on understanding the evolving data and AI landscape-tracking competitors, market trends, and emerging technologies-and translating that knowledge into strategic insights that guide IBM's portfolio direction.

You will work across teams to build a shared understanding of the data ecosystem, maintain competitive intelligence assets, and contribute to strategic planning efforts. Your work will help IBM anticipate market shifts, identify opportunities for differentiation, and support innovation across the entire platform-from governance and integration to analytics and AI services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and analyze trends across enterprise data platforms, AI services, governance frameworks, and integration tooling.
• Track competitor strategies, regulatory developments, and industry standards impacting data and AI adoption.
• Develop and maintain strategic assets such as capability maps, market scans, and trend reports for the full IBM Data Platform portfolio.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Product Management, Engineering, Legal, and Marketing-to share insights and drive strategic alignment.
• Contribute to portfolio planning processes by identifying whitespace opportunities, potential risks, and areas for differentiation.
• Present findings to internal stakeholders to foster awareness and informed decision-making.
• Support a culture of foresight, responsibility, and strategic thinking across IBM's data and AI offerings.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Familiarity with concepts spanning data platforms, AI lifecycle management, governance, integration, and analytics.
• Strong research and synthesis skills, with the ability to distill complex information into clear insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-directed and intellectually curious, with a passion for shaping the future of data and AI.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• PhD in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Exposure to data and AI platforms (e.g., IBM watsonx, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS).

• Experience with governance and compliance tooling (e.g., IBM watsonx.governance, Credo AI, Holistic AI).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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?

ABOUT IBM

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

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.

Client-provided location(s): Rome, NY

Job ID: IBM-73175

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-12T18:49:44