Co-marketing Program Management, IBM Systems

IBM Middle East

Cairo, Egypt

Ref: RP805-133

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Description

IBM Marketing Services Center is looking for talented and proactive people to join its team. The objective of the Center is to act as the marketing engine for IBM across Europe, driving and assisting in a variety of marketing campaigns spanning a spectrum of products and business units.

The IBM Business Partner organization empowers our Business Partner community with the vital knowledge, expertise and tools to seize the high value opportunities presented by a smarter planet. Together we focus on achieving our joint business objectives by helping our clients thrive in their industries.

The Business Partner organization provides a Center of Competency to deliver IBM-wide programs and an infrastructure "engine" optimized to support all Business Partner types and programs. It enables effectiveness and efficiency of brand go-to-market, including services to increase Business Partner capacity, competitiveness and wallet share.

As Co-marketing Program Manager, you will be supporting a specific geography and taking direction from a country Channel marketing leader, to deliver a best-in-class co-marketing engine event and programs experience to our Business Partners.

Key Responsibilities:

- Be the country subject matter expert on co-marketing processes and operations.
- Drive excellence as Program Manager in tracking program marketing activity and budget via the use of the specific (co-)marketing tools and processes.
- Drive and support the timely and compliant preparation, submission and approval of the co-marketing plans in collaboration with the local counterparts and the Business Partners.
- Maintain and develop the relationship with the business partners by providing guidance and support for program and tool related issues.
- Act as point of contact in case of audit targeted at the co-marketing programs deployed.
- Innovate and drive transformation and streamlining of the co-marketing processes to drive simplification and timely execution.
- Provide input for and/or execute reports for the co-marketing programs. Monitor, analyze, perform root cause analysis and build corrective actions.

Requirements

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

- Experience in marketing or channel marketing in a B2B environment
- Past co-marketing process experience is a plus.
- Proficiency with spreadsheets & presentation applications (Excel & PowerPoint a must).
- Ability to think logically, analyze, synthesize. Quantitative skills.
- Organizations skills and good attention to detail.
- Strong ability to communicate and collaborate across functions and geographies.
- Very good communications skills (written, spoken).
- Strong ability to adapt in new environments.
- Strong ability to take on new challenges.

Preferred Tech and Prof Experience

- Portuguese language knowledge would be a plus

EO Statement

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.

Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree Commissionable: No

Key Job Details

- Country: EG
- State: AL QAHIRAH
- City: CAIRO
- Category: Marketing & Communications
- Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
- Position Type: Professional
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Contract Type: Regular
- Location: CAIRO, AL QAHIRAH EG

About the Company

For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region's technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

Reinvention is a keyword in the company's history and, today, IBM is much more than a "hardware, software, services" company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company.

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