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Territory Sales Specialist (TSS) Select T Co-op - Sales Fall Co-Op Program 2026

IBM

IBM

Sales & Business Development
California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA · Delft, Netherlands
Posted on Feb 25, 2026
Introduction

At IBM Global Sales, we bring together innovation, collaboration, and expertise to help clients solve their most complex business challenges. Working across industries and geographies, you’ll partner with colleagues, clients, and partners to co-create solutions that drive digital transformation and lasting impact. Success in Global Sales is built on curiosity, empathy, and collaboration. You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society. With world-class onboarding, continuous learning, and a supportive culture, IBM offers the tools and opportunities to grow your career. Join us and be part of a global team that’s passionate about driving innovation and making a difference.

This is a 16 week Co-Op position for actively enrolled undergraduate or graduate university students who are graduating between May 2027 and May 2028. Must be eligible and available for full time work (40 hours a week) during fall semester 2026. Students should not be enrolled in classes while working this Co-op.

IBM’s Sales Co-Op Program culture will set you up for positive impact and success, whilst ongoing development will continually advance your skills. Our sales environment is collaborative and experiential. Part of a team, you'll be surrounded by bright minds – always willing to help– 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 Territory Sales Specialist Co-op, you will focus on Select Territory accounts, covering an entire suite of products on both an outbound and inbound basis.


You will understand the client's business needs and align IBM's value proposition based on solution offerings. Your primary responsibilities will include:


Identify and Progress Opportunities: Utilize digital tools to identify and progress opportunities, maintaining a strong understanding of the client's business needs and aligning IBM's value proposition accordingly.

Maintain Product Knowledge: Stay up-to-date on product offering knowledge to act as a trusted advisor, effectively communicating the value of IBM's solutions to clients.

Partner Across Ecosystem: Collaborate with partners across the ecosystem to drive revenue growth and make IBM a vendor of choice.

Drive Revenue Growth: Effectively utilize digital tools and maintain a strong understanding of the client's business needs to drive revenue growth.

Act as Trusted Advisor: Provide guidance and support to clients, acting as a trusted advisor and helping to establish IBM as a preferred vendor.

This is a full-time, on-site position located in one of the following IBM offices: Brookhaven, GA, Austin, TX.

Readiness to travel, if needed.


IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Actively Enrolled: Registered undergraduate or graduate university student eligible and available for full time work (40 hours a week) during fall semester 2026. Students should not be enrolled in classes while working thisCo-op.
  • Technical Education: Seeking B.S. or M.S degree in Business/Communications with a STEM minor, Computer Science, Engineering,Information Systems,orsimilar technical disciplines.
  • 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: Demonstrate steam 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.

Digital Selling knowledge: Exposure to utilizing digital tools to identify and progress sales opportunities, with an understanding of how to leverage technology to drive sales growth.


* Product Offering Knowledge: Experience working with a suite of products, with the ability to maintain up-to-date knowledge of product offerings and effectively communicate their value to clients.
* Client Business Needs Analysis: Exposure to analyzing client business needs and aligning solutions to meet those needs, with an understanding of how to position IBM's value proposition.
* Ecosystem Collaboration: Experience working with partners across an ecosystem to drive revenue growth and achieve shared goals.
* Solution Advisory Skills: Exposure to acting as a trusted advisor, providing guidance and support to clients and helping to establish a vendor as a preferred partner.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Advanced Digital Selling Tools: Exposure to utilizing advanced digital selling tools to identify and progress sales opportunities, with an understanding of how to leverage technology to drive sales growth.
* Industry-Specific Product Knowledge: Experience working with industry-specific product offerings, with the ability to maintain up-to-date knowledge of product offerings and effectively communicate their value to clients.

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.

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

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.