Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
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Your role and responsibilities
IBM Consulting is seeking an exceptional Senior Salesforce Solution Engineer to play a pivotal role in growing our AMER Salesforce practice. This position will serve as the technical cornerstone in our pursuit of complex Salesforce opportunities across all market segments. The ideal candidate will architect innovative solutions that blend Salesforce capabilities with IBM's distinctive consulting approach and technology assets, driving growth and establishing IBM's eminence as the premier Salesforce implementation partner in the Americas region.
Solution Architecture: Design and architect sophisticated, scalable Salesforce solutions that address complex client challenges across industries and Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, Revenue, Experience, Data Cloud, etc.)
Technical Sales Support: Partner with account teams and business development leaders to provide technical expertise during the sales cycle, from initial discovery through solution presentations and proposal development
Solution Innovation: Create differentiated solution approaches that leverage IBM's unique accelerators, industry frameworks, and complementary technologies including IBM watsonx and automation platforms
Asset Development: Lead the design and development of reusable solution components and accelerators that enhance IBM's Salesforce delivery capabilities and competitive advantage
Proof of Concepts: Develop compelling proof of concepts and technical demonstrations that showcase IBM's unique approach to Salesforce implementations
Technical Thought Leadership: Create technical white papers, solution guides, and other content that establishes IBM's technical eminence in the Salesforce ecosystem
Salesforce Partnership Engagement: Collaborate with Salesforce solution engineers and product teams to influence roadmaps and develop joint solutions that address market needs
Cross-Cloud Integration: Design holistic solutions that integrate across multiple Salesforce clouds and extend to other enterprise systems
This Job can be Performed from anywhere in the US.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
8+ years of experience in Salesforce solution architecture with multiple certifications across Salesforce clouds
Proven track record of designing enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions that drive measurable business outcomes
Deep technical understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities, API architecture, and integration patterns
Experience in pre-sales roles with demonstrated success in supporting complex opportunity pursuits
Strong presentation skills with ability to articulate technical concepts to both business and technical audiences
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Multiple Salesforce certifications including Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or domain-specific certifications
Experience with IBM technology stack and understanding of integration patterns with Salesforce
Knowledge of complementary technologies including AI, automation, API management, and data integration platforms
Experience in developing reusable assets, accelerators, or solution frameworks
Understanding of industry-specific processes and how they map to Salesforce capabilities
Experience with emerging Salesforce technologies such as Salesforce Data Cloud, AgentForce, and Einstein GPT
Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions with clear articulation of value
Strong communication skills and ability to build trusted relationships with clients and partners
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
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 50 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 qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
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.