Senior Director, IBM Strategic Partner Management

About the job: The Red Hat Global Enterprise Sales organization is looking for an executive to lead the IBM / Red Hat Strategic Partnership. In this role you will lead the overall go-to-market and sales strategy, delivery, and performance of Red Hatu2019s co-selling efforts with IBM in Red Hatu2019s Enterprise segment. The strategic priority of this role is to establish Red Hat as the open, hybrid cloud platform upon which IBM takes its products and services to market and to facilitate a vibrant co-selling, go-to-market between Red Hat and IBM. The primary measure of success is the total ACV and ARR for Red Hat products and services, delivered in conjunction with IBM in collaboration with all Red Hat and IBM business units, geographies, customer sets, and business partners. This role cultivates a relationship with IBM while ensuring neutrality, the rules of engagement and championing Red Hatu2019s unique identity in the marketplace. This position reports to the Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales. What you will do: + Focus on driving incremental business with IBM across Red Hatu2019s Enterprise, Commercial and Telco accounts, based on IBMs segmentation of Enterprise, Strategic and Horizon accounts, to deliver on ACV and ARR for Red Hat products and services for all Geos and BUs. + Develop and evolve the Red Hat/IBM strategy and fulfill key programs and initiatives. + Collaborate with IBM and Red Hat BUs to define high value customer TDPs and sales plays. + Collaborate with Finance and Sales Operations to lead annual planning and quota setting process. + Define success metrics by play, monitor progress weekly and report performance to senior management. + Provide feedback to BUu2019s and IBM regarding customer requirements and portfolio enhancements needed to increase success and customer adoption. + Provide guidance and support to the Ecosystem, Products and Engineering and IBM BUu2019s, as needed, regarding offering strategies and evolution i.e., Cloud Paks, systems offerings, and joint services offerings. + Align and agree on sales objectives and initiatives by geo, BU and customer set. Ensure ownership by named leaders in both organizations. + Collaborate with IBM to create high impact incentive schemes that motivate field associates in all appropriate organizations. + Map Red Hat coverage model to IBM coverage segments. Ensure Red Hat geo teams maintain staffing and resourcing to manage programs and customer fulfillment for IBM accounts. + Deploy holistic account planning process to develop account strategy, financial targets and milestones. + Lead key senior executive engagements with SVPs in IBM and Red Hat to increase success, collaboration and teamwork. Personally engage with customers on key sales pursuits. + Mobilize and lead resources cross functionally across Red Hat and IBM to support sales team wins. + Work with Red Hat and IBM Enablement to build skills in the field needed to create value propositions, articulate product value, and differentiate against competition. + Build awareness across both IBM and Red Hat regarding key plays, incentives and customer wins. + Speak at internal and external events to evangelize RH/IBM value propositions and positioning. + Accurately forecast sales and revenue delivery. + Provide global approvals in partnership with CLT, Finance and Global Enterprise VP. What you will bring: + 15+ years global leadership experience selling software or service infrastructure solutions with extensive Red Hat field sales and services leadership experience. + Broad Red Hat portfolio knowledge is required in addition to possessing a solid understanding of IBMu2019s portfolio and go-to-market structure, plays and ways of working. + Demonstrated track-record of building and leading high-performing, geographically-dispersed, multifacetedteams. + Proven experience leading sales in an organization where the solution set requires a solidunderstanding of the broader technology and the complexity of effectivearchitecture/integration of solutions. + Successful history of direct net new business sales with proven ability to deliver against targets. + Demonstrated ability to surpass goals, seizing opportunities to push the envelope and define new opportunities toserve customers and drive results. + Demonstrated ability to execute on the sales strategy and value proposition for Enterprise organizationswithin their respective geo ensuring alignment with broader organizational/product strategies. + Must be able to challenge assumptions and conventional wisdom with specific, supported, reasoned proposals, andlead the organization forward to new ways of doing business, new operating models and improvedcustomer engagement. + Strong communication skills used to articulate long-term direction and collaborate with the team on how to reach it in a matrixed organization, to gain alignment and teaming momentum. + Demonstrated ability to hold oneself and associates accountable for commitments, providing clarity and outlining clear and sharedexpectations for success. + Solid operational aptitude to analyze performance, anticipate business needs and align resources, and action plans needed to succeed. + Must be able to raise the level of overall organizational performance and capability through mentorship,professional development and comprehensive skills enhancement. + Technical degree or business degree; MBA is preferred. The salary range for this position is $440,550.00 - $748,970.00 (inclusive of base pay + target incentive compensation). Actual offer will be based on your qualifications. Pay Transparency Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hatu2019s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. About Red Hat Red Hat ( is the worldu2019s leading provider of enterprise open source ( software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. 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Benefits u25cf Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage u25cf Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care u25cf Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan u25cf Retirement 401(k) with employer match u25cf Paid time off and holidays u25cf Paid parental leave plans for all new parents u25cf Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave u25cf Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States. Inclusion at Red Hat Red Hatu2019s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. 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Created: 2026-03-02