Federal Associate Consultant, Salesforce

About the Role

IBM's Associate Program for university hires offers an opportunity to collaborate with global clients and contribute to projects focused on digital transformation, cloud strategy, AI adoption, and process redesign. Associates gain access to industry-recognized certifications, digital badges, and a minimum of 40 hours of structured learning annually, supported by coaches, mentors, and professional communities.

About the Team

This role is part of IBM's US Federal team, delivering secure, mission-critical technology solutions for government agencies. You will work with federal, state, and local clients, developing expertise in government compliance and security standards, contributing to public services and government missions.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Federal Associate Consultant - Salesforce, you will:

• Assist clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions, such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, or SharePoint.
• Leverage a growth mindset to deliver business value.
• Assist clients in selection, implementation, and support of packages.
• Make strategic recommendations and leverage business knowledge to drive solutions for clients and their management.
• Run or support workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews.
• Develop process maps to understand As-Is and To-Be scenarios.
• Use IBM's Design Thinking to help solve client's challenges.

Start dates are anticipated between March and August of 2027.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal security clearance.
• Willingness to travel up to 100%.

Qualifications

• Outcome-focused, with a high level of resilience, flexibility, and resolve.
• Ability to understand clients’ needs and challenges and apply creative and logical approaches to identify solutions.
• Openness to assist clients in the design, business architecture, process development, functional implementation, and support of applications.
• Exceptional quantitative and qualitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights and experience mapping capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to build direct working relationships across all levels of IBM and client teams.
• Experience with Salesforce is implied through the job title.