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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellenc and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to Hashi Corp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.

Your role and responsibilities

At Hashi Corp, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that empower ou customers to achieve their business objectives. We are seeking a dedicated Professional Services Sales Lead to join our dynamic team and help drive the succes of our services offerings.

The Professional Services Sales Lead will be responsible for building and managing a pipeline of services opportunities in collaboration with regional Sales Leadership, Account Managers, Solutions Engineers, and Solution Architects. This role requires a strong understanding of customer business and technical objectives, enabling the position of appropriate services that align with customer needs. The ideal candidate will establish themselves as a trusted advisor, guiding customers in maximising the value of Hashi Corp products and services.

What You'll Do (responsibilities)

• Sales Process Management: Oversee multiple opportunities through various stages of the sales process, ensuring a seamless experience for customers.

• Customer Engagement: Lead the services sales process to understand customer requirements and objectives, positioning appropriate services effectively.

• Advisory Role: Provide guidance to Account Managers and Sales Engineers on suitable services for current and prospective customers.

• Value Proposition Communication: Articulate and communicate the value proposition of Hashi Corp products and services to customers.

• Forecast Management: Maintain accurate forecasts of services opportunities and actively participate in regional forecast meetings.

Required education

None

Required technical and professional expertise

• 8+ years working within a Professional Services organisation, focused on the selling

and/or implementation of technology solutions for customers.

• Successful background working within a Professional Services organisation,

focused on the selling and/or implementation of technology solutions for customer

• Proven experience in sales, particularly in the technology or professional services

industry and managing the services sales process.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate

complex concepts clearly.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to gain the support and commitmen

of others through exceptional verbal and written communication.

• Experience engaging with senior business leaders and delivering customer facing

presentations.

• Strong proficiency in both English and Japanese, with the ability to communicate
  effectively in verbal and written forms.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar program from an accredited

college / university or equivalent experience preferred

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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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.

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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 500 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 qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

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

Client-provided location(s): Tokyo, Japan

Job ID: IBM-75126

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-11T18:48:16
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