Introduction
In this role you will join IBM Consulting via our world class Associate Program for university hires. As an Associate at IBM Consulting you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients worldwide. Our clients’ technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We’re hiring inspired, talented individuals, who believe no problem is too big to solve.

We focus on your professional development through ongoing learning, mentorship, development of technical skills, and continuous personal growth, all grounded in a culture of coaching and career advancement. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning and who wants to unleash your potential, the IBM Consulting Associates Program is for you.

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including IBM Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As an entry level Strategy Consultant at IBM, you’ll be working closely with clients and their customers to understand their pain points, bringing together IBM’s unique capabilities across strategy, innovation, design, data analytics, cognitive computing, and technology platforms to develop and deliver high-impact transformation programs. In your role, you may be responsible for:

• Analyzing and defining a clients cloud strategy based on the business strategy

• Drawing from primary and existing IBM research on evolving market trends

• Identifying issues, creating hypotheses, and executing analysis, to develop decision-ready recommendations for our clients

• Analyze an existing application portfolio for a cloud journey, identify candidates for a cloud move and build a business case

• Understand a clients operating model and provide recommendations for adjustments during the cloud journey

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights
• Powerful communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply
• Ability to apply logic to solve ambiguous problems and deliver creative and well-structured solutions
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
• Experience in Cloud , Understanding of Cloud providers, Cloud Operating models
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate and work effectively in an intense team environment, able to build direct working relationships across all levels of the IBM and client teams
• Fluency in both German and English (written & spoken)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Certification one or more hyperscalers