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Ontario, Canada

Digital Technical 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 Technical Specialist, you'll be a collaborative technical expert and trusted advisor working with and across your clients, IBM's broader sales teams, and Business Partners.  You'll understand clients' business and technical requirements within the current competitive landscape and, combining this with your knowledge of IBM's product suite, you'll present value-driving solutions that compel clients to invest in us.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

•    Collaborating with your squad to design use-cases and proofs of concept in response to prospective clients’ requests for information (RFIs).

•    Prospecting to identify potential new clients and opportunities for expansion with existing clients utilizing video, digital tools, and cold calling techniques.

•    Understanding your prospective clients’ buying cycles to accurately predict the potential and timing of deal closures.

•    Technical Sales - Provide technical support in early tech sales, including demos, proofs of concept, and workshops.

•    Collaboration with IBM Teams: Collaborate with IBM sales teams using various tools.

•    Product Advocacy: Highlight the advantages of IBM’s products.

•    Digital Personal Branding: Build a strong personal brand for trust and credibility on digital platforms.

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.

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

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

•    Technical Education: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent technical experience.

•    Client Focused: Asks open-ended questions and understands needs to address business challenges.

•    Tech Savvy: Conversant about technology, latest industry trends and how it is being applied 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 experience

•    Programming coursework or experience a plus.

•    Prior work experience in client sales or service.

•    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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