Consulting Technical Account Manager, Apptio Cloudability Professional Multiple Cities
Posted 2025-04-06Our Cloud Technical Account Managers help customers transform their IT organizations by helping them understand how to design and deploy an effective Cloud Cost Management strategy leveraging ApptioÂs suite of Cloud Products and services and ensure that customers are able to maximize their investment.
Our team of Cloud TAMs act as trusted advisors to ApptioÂs Cloud customers by enabling them to use ApptioÂs Cloud products to achieve their business objectives. We have a diverse team with varied backgrounds, but some common attributes that lead to success are a fearless disposition towards adopting and learning new technologies and tools, an easy facility with navigating and troubleshooting large multi-dimensional data, paired with the interpersonal skills and business acumen to help uncover and understand business goals and technical requirements. These goals and requirements are then turned into actionable plans to drive quick value for our customers. Good project management and stakeholder management skills help members of our team thrive and succeed in this fast-paced environment. We partner with customers to develop and execute success plans: organizational, programmatic and technical strategies to meet their business objectives and stakeholder goals.
Each Cloud TAM manages a portfolio of customers with a focus on optimizing their current capabilities and expanding their use cases by providing them with deep technical mentoring in support of their Cloud initiatives on their roadmap. Success of the team and each individual is measured by the renewal of the Apptio solution. The Cloud TAM will form close partnerships with our Account Managers, Product Management, Engineering and Support teams to contribute to the ongoing success of our customers, as well as identify upsell opportunities.
This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.
Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for someone to join a team of people who are bright, proactive, and passionate about making their customers wildly successful. This person loves working with customers, guiding them, answering questions, and building great relationships with rapport and credibility. The Cloud Technical Account Manager (TAM) has a strong technical aptitude, loves to problem solve, and enjoys being challenged by complex technical questions, all against a backdrop of an ever-changing product feature landscape. The Cloud TAM will be the primary point of contact for product adoption with a focus on accelerating the customerÂs time to value and will deliver technical guidance and best practices on the Apptio products through mentoring on solution design, performance and scalability.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Basic Requirements:  Degree in fields such as Business, Economics, Accounting, Data Analytics, or Computer Science preferred.  Experience in an enterprise-level B2B customer-facing role with responsibility for problem resolution and customer success.  High-level knowledge of enterprise IT organizational, business, and technical environments.  Prior experience in enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) support or implementation is a plus.  ITIL or equivalent & project management skills and experience a plus.  Comfortable learning new products and processes.  Client-focused attitude.  Excellent communication skills demonstrated through an ability to build relationships and communicate complicated technical concepts in easy-to-understand terms.  Ability to communicate and present effectively over the telephone, via web-based presentations and/or in person.  Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical, data analysis, & problem-solving skills.  Strong relationship-building skills with customers and across company departments.  Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task across multiple streams of work.  Proactive, resilient and resourceful when solving complex problems.  An understanding of customers business initiatives and FinOps best practices.  Ability to work well with others in a high-pressure environment.
Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise
Essential Skills:
 Comfortable learning new products and processes.
 Client-focused attitude.
 Excellent communication skills demonstrated through an ability to build relationships and communicate complicated technical concepts in easy-to-understand terms.
 Ability to communicate and present effectively over the telephone, via web-based presentations and/or in person.
 Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical, data analysis, & problem-solving skills.
 Strong relationship-building skills with customers and across company departments.
 Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task across multiple streams of work.
 Proactive, resilient and resourceful when solving complex problems.
 An understanding of customers business initiatives and FinOps best practices.
 Ability to work well with others in a high-pressure environment.
Technical Skills:
 Strong to expert hands-on data analysis skills using exploratory or scripting tools like MS Excel, SQL, Databricks, Python, R, or equivalent.
 Skilled at quickly detecting and resolving data-related issues.
 Experience with utilizing REST APIs to interact with SaaS applications is a plus.
 Knowledge and application of relational database concepts.
 Understanding of Cloud IT infrastructure concepts.
 Certifications from AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI are a plus.
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IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
 Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.
 Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.
 Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs.
 Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.
 Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
Job Title: Technical Account Manager, Apptio Cloudability
Date posted: 19-Feb-2025
Job ID: 16405
City / Township / Village: Texas, North Carolina, Washington, Massachusetts, California
Country: United States
Work arrangement: Remote
Area of work: Consulting
Employment type: Regular
Contract type: Regular
Projected Minimum Salary per year: 124,000.00
Projected Maximum Salary per year: 187,000.00
Position type: Professional
No Travel
Company: (0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Shift: General (daytime)
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