**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio. **Your role and responsibilities** Advise Global Service Line Leaders on requests for new Job Roles, Specialties, and Skills, ensuring adherence to taxonomy standards, providing context and insights on workforce implications, and ensuring agreement amongst leaders on where skills will reside across practices. Leveraging AI tools, proactively review Job Role Specialties and Skills and make data driven recommendations to Global Service Line Leaders for emerging skills to add to and declining skills to retire from the taxonomy. Partner with HR, Talent, and L&K on programs related to Job Roles and Skills to ensure consistency and alignment with the taxonomy Drive innovation and continuous improvement in the skills taxonomy by leveraging AI and automation, expanding knowledge of industry standards and competitor best practices, and providing data-driven insights to anticipate skill gaps and address emerging skill needs. Advise Offering Leaders on workforce strategy and work to align their target Skills Bill of Material (BoM). Ensure that market sourcing strategies and solutioning are aligned to the global skills BoM. For the annual Fall Plan cycle, work with Service Line Leaders to translate workforce strategy to Geography and Center-specific workforce targets. Ensure that Geo-specific targets are actionable and achievable. **Required technical and professional expertise** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio. **Preferred technical and professional experience** Competitive candidates will have the following expertise: Strategic Advisory & Stakeholder Alignment * Consultative Advisory Skills - Capability to advise global leaders with credibility, objectivity, and strategic insight. * Stakeholder Engagement - Strong ability to build consensus and manage input across diverse executive and functional stakeholders. * Business Acumen - Understanding of consulting service lines, market positioning, and how skills drive business value. Skills Taxonomy & Workforce Architecture * Skills Taxonomy Design - Expertise in structuring and categorizing job roles, specialties, and skills aligned with business and industry standards. * Workforce Architecture - Ability to understand and interpret job architectures, including levels, families, and career pathways. * Job Role Modeling - Skill in defining, evaluating, and validating job roles and their associated skills and responsibilities. Governance & Standards Management * Standards Development & Enforcement - Capability to ensure adherence to global taxonomy frameworks, principles, and naming conventions. * Lifecycle Management - Skill in managing the full lifecycle of skills—from addition and usage to deprecation and retirement. * Policy Alignment - Ensuring that taxonomy design aligns with broader workforce, learning, and talent strategies. Data & AI-Driven Insights * Skills Analytics & Insights - Ability to extract, analyze, and interpret trends in skills data (e.g., adoption, demand, obsolescence). * AI-Driven Workforce Intelligence - Proficiency in using AI and ML tools (like skill graphing, natural language processing) for taxonomy maintenance. * Data Storytelling - Skill in presenting complex, data-driven insights in an accessible, actionable way for senior leaders. Change Enablement & Collaboration * Cross-Functional Collaboration - Ability to co-create and align across HR, Talent, Learning & Knowledge (L&K), and business functions. * Change Management - Understanding of how to guide adoption of new skills frameworks and manage impacts on people and processes. * Program & Governance Alignment - Capability to embed taxonomy standards into organizational processes and technologies. Innovation & Continuous Improvement * Market Scanning & Competitive Intelligence - Ability to research and apply industry trends, competitor practices, and innovations in skills strategy. * Process Improvement - Drive innovation in taxonomy governance, tooling, and lifecycle management. * Tech-Enabled Innovation - Skill in identifying and applying AI, automation, or third-party platforms to improve scalability and accuracy. Communication & Influence * Executive Communication - Ability to clearly present findings, proposals, and recommendations to senior stakeholders. * Negotiation & Influence - Ability to resolve disputes and gain alignment on taxonomy ownership and design decisions. * Narrative Development - Ability to craft compelling rationales for taxonomy decisions, supported by data and insights. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.