Salesforce Consulting & GTM Intern (Jan 2026 - 4 Months - Toronto)

About Business Unit:

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your role and responsibilities

We're looking for a curious, motivated, and people-oriented intern to join IBM's Salesforce practice, supporting our Go-To-Market (GTM) team. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sales, marketing, and technology consulting - with the potential to explore a long-term career in Salesforce and digital transformation.As an intern, you'll work closely with the GTM team to support campaigns, events, and client initiatives, while also learning how IBM helps organizations leverage Salesforce to transform the way they connect with their customers, employees citizens and partners.What You'll Do:

• Support marketing and sales initiatives within the GTM team, including campaigns, client events, and enablement activities
• Assist with the creation of presentations, reports, and Salesforce-related assets
• Conduct research to support client and industry insights, competitive positioning, and thought leadership
• Collaborate with team members across sales, marketing, and consulting to understand how we bring Salesforce solutions to life for clients
• Learn how Salesforce technology helps people and organizations work smarter, and explore opportunities to build future skills in this space

What We're Looking For:

• Curiosity & Inquisitiveness - you ask great questions and are eager to learn across different roles and industries
• Organizational skills - able to manage multiple tasks and keep projects moving forward
• Passion for people - you care about relationships, teamwork, and helping clients succeed
• Interest in technology - especially how platforms like Salesforce can empower organizations
• Strong communication skills - comfortable collaborating, presenting, and sharing ideas
• Growth mindset - adaptable, open to feedback, and excited to explore a career path in Salesforce, marketing, or consulting

Why This Role?
This is more than an internship. You'll gain exposure to sales, marketing, and technology consulting, while working with leaders and peers who are invested in your growth. If you're passionate about people, curious about how technology can transform industries, and eager to explore a career in Salesforce, this is the perfect place to start.

This position is open to applicants who reside in Toronto and is open to applicants seeking a 4-month internship work term, commencing in Jan 2026. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of their work term.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently enrolled in a Business, Marketing, Commerce, or related program
• Coursework or experience in sales, marketing, or business strategy is an asset
• Strong written communication skills, demonstrated through essays, reports, or presentations
• Previous experience in sales, marketing, customer service, or business-related roles (co-op, internships, or extracurricular involvement) is an asset
• Comfortable working with data, research, and technology tools (Salesforce or CRM exposure is a plus, but not required)
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a genuine passion for people and technology

Preferred technical and professional experience

A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
Can translate business requirements into technical solutions
Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to adapt, with willingness to readily take ownership of tasks and problems
Have initiative to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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 500 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 qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship 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.

Client-provided location(s): Toronto, Canada

Job ID: IBM-59942

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-09-23T18:47:57