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Digital Sales Specialist– Entry Level Sales Program 2026

No experience
Technology & Digital
Sales
Posted:
December 29, 2025

IBM

Global technology company
72.1
Palpable Score
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Your role and responsibilities

As a Digital Seller, 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:

•    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.

•    Social Selling: Engage in social selling activities to build thought leadership and influence potential clients.  This could include recording video outreach campaigns, social media posts, etc.

•    Continuous Learning: Stay updated and continually improve your expertise to become a trusted expert for clients.

•    Support Deal Closure: Engage IBM partners and your extended team to jointly progress and close deals.

•    Utilize set of digital sales tools to maximize productivity and effectiveness

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.

•    Aptitude to utilize selling technologies to network, engage clients, and identify new business opportunities.

•    Embrace curiosity and a growth mindset.

Up to 10% travel may be required in this role, based on client needs and needs of the business.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

•    Education: B.S. or M.S. in Business, Communications, International Relations, Management Information Systems (MIS), Engineering or similar disciplines.

•    Self-Starter: Motivated to work with clients and can lead projects independently.  Drive to succeed.

•    Business Acumen: 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.

Preferred technical and professional experience

•    Degree emphasis and or certification in Professional Selling

•    Exposure to lead generation and sales development in the tech industry or a similar complex field.

•    Has met sales targets in fast-paced environments by fostering collaboration.

•    French Fluent Speaker

About the company

IBM

Company overview
IBM is a global technology company that sells software, consulting services, and infrastructure products to large organisations. IBM’s current focus areas include hybrid cloud, AI, cybersecurity, automation, and enterprise IT modernisation. IBM also operates a large consulting arm that delivers transformation programmes for clients across industries. IBM works with customers worldwide, from governments and banks to retailers and manufacturers.

Locations and presence

IBM operates globally with offices and client sites across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. Working patterns vary by role and business unit, and public reporting shows IBM has required in-office or client-site presence (often at least three days a week) for some groups such as US managers and parts of the sales organisation.

Palpable Score

72.1
/ 100
IBM is a strong early-career option for people who want multiple entry doors, because IBM runs internships, apprenticeships, and named entry-level programmes alongside “entry level” job hiring. IBM is also more transparent than many large tech employers about the steps in the hiring process and how assessments work, including accommodations and asking for feedback. The main constraints are uneven pay transparency by country and role, plus limited public outcome data (conversion rates, promotion timelines) for early-career cohorts.
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