As a participant in this program, you will combine a part-time Master’s degree with exciting projects and cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic work environment. Throughout your studies, you will be actively involved in our company, apply your knowledge in real-world scenarios, and build strong professional connections for your future career.

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.

Your role and responsibilities

You don't just want a front-row seat — you want to shape where things are headed. As part of IBM's enterprise sales team covering Germany and Switzerland, you'll work at the very center of the most exciting IT transformation projects of our time. AI, intelligent automation, digital sovereignty — this isn't the future. This is your day-to-day.

You'll learn the full sales cycle from the ground up: from strategic account preparation and customer engagement to leading negotiations and navigating complex tenders — all within one of the most innovative software portfolios in the industry.

You’ll connect technical understanding with strong people skills, building trusted relationships and shaping solutions that improve business and society.

With continuous learning and a supportive culture, IBM offers the resources 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!

What You Can Expect from Master@IBM work&study:

✅ Financial independence from day one – with an attractive salary

1st year: €1,950 gross/month

2nd year: €2,544 gross/month

3rd year: €2,818 gross/month

✅ An employment contract with a 38-hour workweek, including 10 hours dedicated to university studies!

✅ Master studies at recommended German university (of your choice) offering part-time studies (like ESB Reutlingen, HECTOR School/KIT, FOM and others)

✅ Full coverage of tuition and semester fees, plus travel expenses to your university

✅ State-of-the-art equipment, such as a MacBook, iPhone & more

✅ Personalized development through hands-on training, job shadowing, and career coaching

✅ Master’s thesis in collaboration with your department, ensuring a seamless link between theory and practice

✅ A strong prospect of full-time employment after graduation and promising career opportunities at IBM

Apply now and start your future with Master@IBM! 🚀

To apply for the Master's program at IBM, please submit your CV, your most recent academic certificate, and a letter of motivation. Kindly ensure that all documents are merged into one single PDF file before uploading.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor's degree in Business, (Business) Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent. You are enrolled in or about to begin a Master's program. You think in solutions, know how to inspire people, and are ready to take real responsibility — not just observe from the sidelines.

Confident, professional presence and strong communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills and solid command of MS Office.
Fluency in German and English at business level.
Resilience, a strong sense of ownership, and extraordinary drive to go beyond what's expected.

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.

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