Strategy and Change

IBM Strategy and Change (S&C) consultants help our clients transform their enterprise to seize industry opportunities by formulating successful strategies at the intersection of business and technology, and accelerating implementation through powerful change programs. Working with the Institute for Business Value and supported by IBM's global research and development community, we craft world-class industry thought leadership, such as IBM’s Global CEO Study and implement winning strategies leveraging our 3,500 strategy consultants worldwide.

We provide services and opportunities for top strategists in:

• Business strategy — identify and respond to new business opportunities and challenges, including the opportunities created by technological innovation. Develop growth and client strategies, identify, evaluate and plan strategic mergers and acquisitions, and define business and enterprise transformations and new business models (using IBM’s patented Component Business Model approach).
• Operations strategy — formulate operational models and strategies to deliver operational excellence, including process reengineering, product development and cost reduction.
• Organisation and change strategy — accelerate implementation of new business models. Help integrate technology with people systems and processes, manage large-scale change initiatives, and guide the transition required for business transformation outsourcing, and design the right organisational structures.
• Technology strategy — align IT with business priorities and exploit technologies to drive growth and operational excellence using Service Orientated Architectures (SOA). Help drive business value from new technology, design enterprise architectures and transform and manage IT systems.

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Career opportunities at IBM

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  "As strategy consultants our teams have the opportunity to work with senior client executives to understand and tackle their key challenges and opportunities, and to see strategies through to successful implementation. Clients who focus on strategy through to implementation, and on the strategic impact of technology in their industry, choose IBM as their strategy advisers. "
  - Steven Davidson, S&C Leader, IBM Global Business Services