Digital Sales Specialist - Technology Seller

Sales Execution

• Deal progression and co-sales with / lead pass to business partner for focused set of offerings
• Owns Opportunity Identification and solution for winning revenue
• Brings in the right technical resources to drive technical sales win
• Partners with clients to co-create solution leveraging assigned offerings / product
• Leverages tool stack and social selling skills

Managing for Growth

• Responsible for keeping technical proficiency and product knowledge up to date
• Participating in Proof of Concepts of Proof of Technology to Process opportunities
• Manages territory and Strategy

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Proven ability to identify and generate new business opportunities
• Experience collaborating with strategic partners (e.g., IBM Business Partners) in joint client engagements, including pre-sales and co-selling scenarios.
• Demonstrated influence over client and partner technology decisions
• Strong territory planning and partner enablement skills, including the ability to create and execute go-to-market plans, and advise business partners on market strategy and growth.
• Practical knowledge of Design Thinking methodology
• Previous experience working in a channel sales environment
• Fluency in French and English (both written and spoken) is mandatory, due to the role's focus on Quebec-based clients and partners.
• 1+ years of sales experience in the technology industry, such as software, hardware, cloud services, or enterprise IT solutions.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Strong understanding of Data and AI architecture and software capabilities.
• Familiarity with various software deployment models.
• Proven experience in software sales, with responsibility for managing a portfolio of accounts or a defined territory.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.