At IBM, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you'll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact. Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You'll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that's passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.
Your role and responsibilities
As aCommunity Program Manager, you are a driven and well-organized person ready to help cultivate the global technology communities and help them thrive. You are friendly, outgoing, and want to help make an already-successful developer community even better. You are good at keeping track of details (which you’ll need when you’re coordinating meetups and other events worldwide) and great at maintaining relationships with a large number of people (which you’ll need when you’re getting to know community leaders, meetup organisers, and speakers). You have experience working in a marketing or developer relations team.
Reporting to the Director of Community and working remotely in the UK. You will help the team advance its mission:to help earn the love of developers, admins, and architects who are adopting the technologies IBM supports.
Required education
None
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Excellent ability to communicate with colleagues and external figures
Ability to work remotely and excel in an independent way
Good interpersonal skills
- Understanding of marketing as a business function
A very organized and reliable individual
Strong skills with word processing, spreadsheets, email, social media platforms. Ideal but not required experience with hosting Zoom events and Airtable management.
Unremittingly positive attitude
Preferred technical and professional experience
We’re searching for the best people who not only excel at their role, but also contribute to the health, happiness and growth of the company. Inclusivity and openness are important traits, with regular company wide and team events. Here are some of the personal qualities we’re looking for:
- Hard working, you get things done
- Hungry to learn in a field which is ever evolving
- Adaptable to the myriad of challenges each day can present
- Inquisitive and not afraid to ask all the questions, no matter how basic
- Ready to roll up your sleeves and help others, getting involved in projects where you feel you can add value
- Strive for excellence in your work, your team and the company
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus foster speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.
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.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
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
Job Title
Community Program Manager
Job ID
136743
City / Township / Village
London
State / Province
London, City of
Country
United Kingdom
Work arrangement
Remote
Area of work
Enterprise Operations
Employment type
Regular
Position type
Professional
Some travel may be required based on business demand
Company
(8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
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Community Program Manager employer: International Business Machines Corporation
At IBM CIC in London, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning, where your unique skills are valued and encouraged. With a strong emphasis on employee growth through extensive training opportunities, mentoring, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, we create an environment that not only supports work-life balance but also empowers you to make a meaningful impact in the cybersecurity field. Join us to collaborate with industry leaders and drive transformative change for our clients while enjoying competitive benefits and a supportive workplace.
Contact Details:
International Business Machines Corporation Recruitment Team
