Digital Technical Specialist Intern – Entry Level Sales Program 2025

Introduction
Technology Sales at IBM is evolving its way of working to break beyond boundaries with innovative approaches. Preferring to ‘show’ vs. ‘tell’ we’re looking for recent graduates who want to combine their technical interests and education with the people skills needed to prospect and co-create with customers partners and colleagues on solutions to our clients’ most complex business challenges.
In a world where technology moves at speed it’s essential that we stay ahead of the curve to provide tailored solutions that meet our clients’ needs. It’s not enough for us to have the technical expertise we need to be great with people – to empathize understand and collaborate on technical solutions that will improve lives all over the world.
A Digital Technical Specialist intern role within IBM means you’re providing clients with the heartbeat of their digital enterprise. A subject matter expert on a solution that’s secure reliable scalable sustainable and can integrate with hybrid cloud and AI you’ll be co-creating with colleagues and clients to deliver the engine that sits at the centre of their digital transformation’s success.
IBM’s comprehensive onboarding and industry leading learning culture will set you up for positive impact and success whilst ongoing development will continually advance your career. Our sales environment is collaborative and experiential. Part of a team you’ll be surrounded by bright minds – always willing to help and be helped– as you apply passion to work that will compel our clients to invest in IBM’s products and services.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Digital Technical Specialist Intern your primary goal will be to qualify leads and convert them into new business opportunities. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the Sales team– advising and supporting on new business engagements throughout the critically important early phases of the sales cycle and helping to lead prospects to our award-winning solutions.

Your primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Building Credibility and Trust: Through consultative methods at all levels both internally and externally to facilitate the closure of highly complex deals.
• Developing Proposals: Build propositions for clients to grow their businesses by solving strategic and tactical business problems with IBM’s proven technology solutions.
• Delivering Proof of Concepts: Deliver proof of concepts and simplify complex technical subjects for client education.
• Defining and Detailing IBM Solutions: Design feasible IBM solutions that complement and enhance clients’ existing tech stacks.
• Sales Prospecting: Apply IBM’s sales methodology to identify new clients and opportunities for expansion with existing clients through multiple channels (email phone video creation social media) – this includes a considerable amount of cold calling.
• Supporting Teams for Sales Opportunities: Provide support to your team of Business Development and technical colleagues to identify and create up-/cross-sell opportunities within your assigned territory.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Confidence to contact and engage potential new customers and deliver an elevated experience.
• Motivation to achieve sales business objectives and high client satisfaction based on the
• activities you’ll work on
• Aptitude to learn on utilize selling technologies to network engage clients and identify
• new business opportunities.
• Embrace curiosity and a growth mindset.

You may work with any of the following technologies: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Automation
Cloud Security Sustainability or Systems Hardware.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Actively Enrolled: Registered undergraduate or graduate university student.
• Education: Seeking B.S. or M.S.degree in Business Communications International Relations Management Information Systems (MIS) Engineering or similar disciplines.
• Client Focused: Asks open-ended questions and understands needs to address business challenges.
• Team Player: Demonstrates team collaboration and can navigate different communication styles.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Possess verbal written and interpersonal skills that are engaging compelling and influential.
• Self-Starter: Motivated to work with clients and can lead projects independently.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Prior work experience in client sales or service.