Introduction
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You: You will need a strong knowledge of how to navigate through a sales process, consultative selling skills and ability to manage and focus in a complex and dynamic environment. You will communicate and build internal relationships with a diverse range of personnel including senior sales executives, product management, field marketing and sales engineering teams. You have experience leading, coaching and mentoring sales development teams. You can step into this role, grow the team and grow with the organization.

Us: The Apptio Inbound Sales Organization is a curious, urgent and high-spirited group of Sales Development professionals. Your team focuses on commercial market customers with $1B or less in revenue. Our passion is only matched by our conviction of what the Apptio portfolio can bring to World-class IT and Finance organizations. Focused on results, we are committed to continuously improve and adapt to the key needs of our customers. We win if our customers win.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Lead an international team of SDRs, and optimized the selling experience to best position our products in various company types, sizes, and cultures
Articulate and evangelize the vision and positioning of the company, our products and services, resulting in accelerated revenue growth while maintaining a customer/partner-centric mindset.
Onboard, retain, and motivate the team to meet and exceed objectives; Provide career development and mentorship.
Execute business, sales and marketing plan for assigned region.
Accurately forecast based on expertise in qualification and sales process review.
Segment territory to best use resources to cover accounts.
Coach the sales team to incorporate knowledge of Apptio’s solutions, the consumer, and key competitors into the sales process and use that knowledge to uncover customer needs and craft value-based solutions.
Collaborate successfully with Commercial Digital Sales Reps to optimize team selling productivity.
Provide value-added market intelligence to the Sales, Product, and Customer Success teams.
Lead prospecting activities into your account base.
Develop and execute a strong prospecting plan of attack, including call scripts, audience segmentation and approach.
Track all relevant qualification and lead management activity using SalesForce.com (including calls, prospect pipeline, account notes, etc.)

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

3+ successful years selling software
Demonstrated leadership skills
Previous Sales and Marketing experience, and a deep understanding of the seller and marketer experiences
Ability to drive transformation projects, working with multiple stakeholders and constituencies to achieve business objectives

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Confirmed methodology around Talent Management, specifically around hiring, enabling, enriching, and retaining world-class sales and sales development talent. Also, track record of moving out non-performers.
Shown experience in implementing, managing, and adjusting sales processes and GTM strategies in a complex, enterprise environment.
Adept at data-driven business management.
Shown methodology around Salesforce Hygiene and management of a complex and diverse sales team.
Track record of selling complex applications to the CIO, CFO, and their teams.

About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

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Location StatementIBM 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 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. 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. This position is eligible for participation in an IBM Sales Incentive plan. Actual incentive opportunity will be based on performance and the eligible Target Incentive, as addressed in the applicable plan, all of which is subject to change. The compensation range listed for this position is the IBM Reference Salary that is used when you are not actively participating in a sales plan. Your actual base pay plus incentive opportunity will be determined by the Incentive Plan assigned to you. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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