IBM jobs - Senior Business Analyst

Introduction
As a Strategy Consultant at IBM, you will help reinvent businesses and industries by developing and utilizing specialized knowledge of industry-specific and cross-industry competitive strategies. You'll manage complex components of an engagement, working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points. Your strategic recommendations will drive change in a digitally-enabled era and give you the opportunity to collaborate with highly talented IBMers. Are you ready?


Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Business Analyst, you will recommend the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements.
You are instrumental in appraising new product ideas and packaging changes

• Determine customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information
• Understand and Assess market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products
• Understand and bring new products to market by analysing proposed product requirements and product development programs
• Prepare return-on-investment analysis, also establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing teams
• Provide source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives
• Obtain product market share by working with sales director to develop product sales strategies
• Prepare short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and do an extensive analysis to provide solution to drive Business imperatives
• Introduce and market new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production
• Determine product pricing by utilizing market research data and also reviewing production and sales costs.
• Proficient in anticipating volume, costing special and customizing orders
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other organizations, teams, and partners to drive strategic engineering efforts
• Work with product managers and UI/UX design teams to deliver applications with engaging user experiences at their core

If you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative workplace, IBM provides an environment where you will be challenged and inspired every single day. And if you relish the freedom to bring creative, thoughtful solutions to the table, there's no limit to what you can accomplish here.



Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in product management and strategy planning experience at a consumer technology company
• Proven experience in performing product focus quantitative analysis including statistical analysis
• Proficient to collaborate with engineers, designers, and other cross-functional teams
• Ability to execute against defined objectives both tactically and strategically
• Self-starter who can think outside of the box, and come up with a solution to resolve and mitigate complex problems

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strategic thought leadership in crafting future state delivery and strategies for attaining them
• Understands future employee, industry and Finance and Administration trends and applies this understanding to develop solutions to build opportunities
• You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals.
• Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications

About Business Unit
IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.


Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.


About IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.


Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.


Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.