As a Client Adoption Specialist, you’re responsible for engaging with IBM clients in pursuit of accelerating their deployment of strategic offerings within their production environment, delivering deep technical expertise that leads to successful implementations. You will be assigned to work with strategic offerings that include IBM Concert, watsonx Code Assistant for Z, and watsonx Assistant for Z. You will work directly with the end client, planning for and executing implementation plans. You will collaborate with the assigned IBM account teams as they are responsible for ensuring the right client sponsors and champions are actively involved and upon successful implementation validating key performance measurements have been met. You will interact with IBM development labs to provide product feedback and engage as needed for product support.
Core Objectives
Success Factors
+ Accelerate client adoption
+ Drive future growth
+ Increase platform stickiness
Strong skills are an imperative. The following skills and attitudes are critical to success in the role.
Technical Expertise
- Strong communication
- Intellectual curiosity / continuous learner
- Ability to influence
- Strong organizational skills
- Proven track record to win and compete
- Change agent
- Expert experience withtwo or more of the following
o operating system administration skills (linux, windows, zOS)
o TCP/IP network and LDAP administration skills
o Enterprise COBOL development skills e.g. read, write, modify, troubleshoot
o Java development skills e.g. read, write, modify, troubleshoot
- Proficient experience with
two or more of the following:
o OpenTelemetry (OTeL)
o Ansible Automation Platform
o programming languages common to automation e.g. REX, JCL, YAML
o working with Large Language Models and RAG models
o working with Conversational AI
o working with VS Code
o interoperating COBOL and Java within a zOS subsystem is a bonus
