Developer Advocacy Leader Vacancy At IBM, South Africa

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

Job Description

This is an exciting management role with responsibility to lead a team of young developer advocates who will engage developers, startups and partners through events, meetups, training programs, co-working spaces and more.

This individual is a technical leader with a strong business focus, experience driving developer advocacy, developer evangelism, developer relations and building developer communities.

The ideal candidate has a strong visionary and collaborative leadership style with a deep understanding of developers, developer technologies and application development trends.

Key Responsibilities:
– Lead a team of developer advocates to plan and execute activities to engage with developers
– Engage in local developer community and become an advocate for IBM Cloud
– Extend the reach in the developer community by partnering with developer and community influencers, technical communities, accelerators, incubators etc.
– Drive IBM Cloud user registrations and retain those developers on the platform
– Work with Cloud Technical Team to run activities targeting Enterprise developers in selected clients
– Onboard startups to IBM Global Entrepreneur Program that provides cloud credits and technical mentorship
– Contribute on digital and social platforms with developer-related IBM content

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

– Minimum 5 years of experience in software/application development and coding
– A track record of actively participating in and engaging with open source and technical communities
– Understanding of a wide range of modern cloud, IoT, and AI concepts and architectures
– Demonstrated experience of advocacy for a technology, brand or cause
– Great communication skills, including writing and speaking to technical audiences

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