Sterling Subject Matter Expert

Precisely; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Precisely seeks a Sterling Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead technical pre-sales, enablement, and IBM Sterling collaboration. You will engage with technical sellers, executives, and delivery teams to qualify deals, design configurations, and deliver compelling demos.

This role is remote across the United States, with travel as needed. Ideal candidates bring deep IBM Sterling B2Bi expertise, proven engagement skills, and a track record of managing complex PS engagements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical sales, pre-sales, sales engineering, or customer support with IBM Sterling B2Bi.
• Demonstrated ability to engage technical practitioners and executive stakeholders across complex buyer and seller teams.
• Proven experience scoping and positioning professional services engagements, delivery boundaries, SOW basics, and client expectation-setting.
• Experience in OEM, reseller, or co-sell partner sales motions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to develop technical sales and enablement content independently.
• Willingness to travel 10-20% for field engagement (F2F enablement sessions, IBM offices, client sites, events).
• Deep Sterling B2Bi product expertise, hands-on across administration, configuration, development, support, and deployment.
• Ability to juggle multiple concurrent sales cycles, enablement programs, and reporting obligations in a fast-paced partner environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical bridge between IBM's Sterling ecosystem and Precisely's ability to win, accelerate, and protect Sterling revenue.
• Own technical field enablement across the full IBM Sterling seller ecosystem, Technology Sellers, Expert Labs architects, Brand Sales Specialists, and Business Partners.
• Qualify deals, assist with configurations, size environments, and run demos to advance IBM technology seller pipeline.
• Train the trainers by building Sterling knowledge and deal readiness across IBM's technical seller audiences.
• Scope PS engagements pre-sale, hand off cleanly to the Precisely Sterling delivery team at close, and engage IBM Sterling Business Partners for post-sale delivery.
• Develop and deliver technical pre-sales enablement content: prospecting guides, call scripts, competitive positioning, and objection-handling frameworks.
• Deliver solution demonstrations and architecture discussions calibrated to audience, from C-suite briefings to engineering-level design sessions partnering with Precisely Product, Engineering, Support, and PS.
• Provide field feedback to Precisely Product, Engineering, Support, and PS teams to inform roadmaps and GTM priorities.
• Serve as the advocate between Precisely and IBM's Sterling technology sellers to build awareness, advance pipeline, and close deals.

Skills

IBM Sterling B2Bi

Technical sales

Pre-sales enablement

Stakeholder engagement

Solution demonstrations

AI tools usage

Tools

IBM Sterling

Job description

Precisely

Precisely is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action employer. We celebrate everything that makes an applicant unique. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, genetic information, citizenship status, or veterans’ status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.

United States

Position Title: Sterling Subject Matter Expert

At Precisely, we're not just building software we're shaping the future of data integrity. As a global leader in data quality, data enrichment, and location intelligence, Precisely helps thousands of the world's most trusted brands make confident decisions with data they can rely on. We're an AI-first organization, which means artificial intelligence isn't a buzzword here it's woven into how we build products, how we work, and how we think about solving complex problems for our customers. When you join Precisely, you join a team of curious, driven innovators who believe that better data makes the world run better.

This position is 100% remote anywhere in the US

Overview

Precisely is the leader in data integrity. We empower businesses to make more confident decisions based on trusted data through a unique combination of software, data enrichment products and strategic services. What does this mean to you? For starters, it means joining a company focused on delivering outstanding innovation and support that helps customers increase revenue, lower costs and reduce risk. In fact, Precisely powers better decisions for more than 12,000 global organizations, including 95 of the Fortune 100. Precisely's 2500 employees are unified by four company core values that are central to who we are and how we operate: Openness, Determination, Individuality, and Collaboration. We are committed to career development for our employees and offer opportunities for growth, learning and building community. With a "work from anywhere" culture, we celebrate diversity in a distributed environment with a presence in 30 countries as well as 20 offices in over 5 continents. Learn more about why it's an exciting time to join Precisely!

The Sterling SME reports to the Director of OEM Partnerships and works closely with Precisely Sterling Support, Engineering, and Professional Services, and across the IBM Sterling seller and delivery ecosystem to win, accelerate, and protect Sterling revenue. This is a remote position anywhere in the US.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical bridge between IBM's Sterling ecosystem and Precisely's ability to win, accelerate, and protect Sterling revenue
• Own technical field enablement across the full IBM Sterling seller ecosystem, Technology Sellers, Expert Labs architects, Brand Sales Specialists, and Business Partners
• Qualify deals, assist with configurations, size environments, and run demos to advance IBM technology seller pipeline
• Train the trainers by building Sterling knowledge and deal readiness across IBMs technical seller audiences
• Scope PS engagements pre-sale, hand off cleanly to the Precisely Sterling delivery team at close, and engage IBM Sterling Business Partners for post-sale delivery
• Develop and deliver technical pre-sales enablement content: prospecting guides, call scripts, competitive positioning, and objection-handling frameworks
• Deliver solution demonstrations and architecture discussions calibrated to audience, from C-suite briefings to engineering-level design sessions partnering with Precisely Product, Engineering, Support, and PS.
• Provide field feedback to Precisely Product, Engineering, Support, and PS teams to inform roadmaps and GTM priorities
• Serve as the advocate between Precisely and IBM's Sterling technology sellers to build awareness, advance pipeline, and close deals

What we are looking for

• 7+ years in technical sales, pre-sales, sales engineering, or customer support with IBM Sterling B2Bi
• Demonstrated ability to engage technical practitioners and executive stakeholders across complex buyer and seller teams
• Proven experience scoping and positioning professional services engagements, delivery boundaries, SOW basics, and client expectation-setting
• Experience in OEM, reseller, or co-sell partner sales motions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to develop technical sales and enablement content independently
• Willingness to travel 1020% for field engagement (F2F enablement sessions, IBM offices, client sites, events)
• Deep Sterling B2Bi product expertise, hands-on across administration, configuration, development, support, and deployment
• Ability to juggle multiple concurrent sales cycles, enablement programs, and reporting obligations in a fast-paced partner environment

AI Skills / Knowledge

• Proficient in using AI tools (Copilot, Claude, or equivalent) to accelerate technical documentation, solution write-ups, cadence content, competitive analysis, and building and supporting demos using AI and Sterling AI agents
• Ability to engage IBM technical sellers, sellers, and clients on AI and Agentic trends, specifically how Precisely's AI expertise with Sterling AI agents supports IBM clients' Sterling transformation roadmaps
• Stays current on Sterling ecosystem dynamics and IBM GTM shifts using AI-assisted research, able to qualify and position Precisely's AI-ready data positioning without overpromising

Preferred Skills

• Experience working within or alongside Precisely or IBM Sterling related teams, Precisely Support, Professional Services, Technical Pre-Sales, or Engineering; or IBM Sales, Professional Services, or pre sales technical support roles
• Background in application integration, managed file transfer (MFT), electronic data interchange (EDI), and systems sizing and architecture
• Experience in working in, standing up, or scaling a subject matter expert practice

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