Graduate Sales Associate 2026

Job Description

Job Title: Graduate Sales Associate 2026

Location: Birmingham, London, Manchester, Woking

Intake Dates: September 2026

Your Role

Your primary responsibility will be to support Sales Representatives/Executives and Account Managers/Executives in pursuing business opportunities. You will get exposure to both client-facing work and Capgemini’s internal business processes.

To give you more of an idea of what’s involved you could be:

• Supporting go-to-market teams with the delivery of growth plans
• Having responsibility for opportunity development, managing it through to closure
• Participating in deploying the Sales strategy for larger opportunities
• Building your own external network and forming valuable client relationships
• Collaborating with Market Unit and Portfolio teams to align client demand and Capgemini Solutions
• Collaborating with the Bid Management team to understand the Bid process
• Collaborating with the Sales Operations team to understand the Sales process (including seeking approvals from internal stakeholders where required)

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini equal opportunities and inclusion are part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your Skills and Experience

You might be a fresh graduate, or you may have already launched your career and are seeking a change. We welcome applications from all graduates, irrespective of when you graduated. We know unicorns don’t exist, so you don’t need to meet every single one of the following requirements(unless marked as mandatory), but if you believe you can meet these or at least have the potential to develop the skills…then apply today:

• A bachelor’s degree (a degree is mandatory, but the subject is not restrictive)
• An interest in industry and technology
• Be organised and enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• A keen willingness to learn
• Excellent communication skills, specifically:
• The ability to communicate clearly and with impact – our clients need to feel confident that you understand their requirements
• The ability to tailor your communication style to each audience, including conveying complex concepts in jargon-free language to a non-technical audience
• Be prepared to challenge and be challenged, to think on your feet, pitch in ideas and work collaboratively
• Have a genuine interest in professional/personal development

Your Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

To be successfully appointed to this role you will need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.

There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last3 years, further checks may be required.

There are other criteria and check required for BPSS, and throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Note: You will have lived in the UK for the last five years with no more than 6 months out of the country (in order to meet security clearance requirements). You may be required to work away from home during the week after the initial training period.

What Does "Get The Future You Want" Mean For You?

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organisations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Impactful Experiences: You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.

Shape Your Path: You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s‘ learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

What You'll Love About Working Here

Join our diverse and vibrant organisation, with a culture that fosters a sense of belonging. Our inclusive environment and employee networks support you, we want you to have opportunities to build a career with meaningful work and strong connections. Experience the benefits of our strong commitment to autonomy and embrace flexible working practices.

Empower Programme

Capgemini’s Empower Programme is designed around 6 Power Skills required to succeed in this rapidly changing world of work, developing skills such as resilience, adaptability, and critical thinking. You’ll experience virtual and in-person workshops, hackathons & business challenges throughout the programme as well as community and volunteering opportunities. With fun as one of our seven core values, we balance work with laughter & celebrations and as a part of Capgemini’s Emerging & Early Talent (E&ET) community you’ll get to enjoy awards, social events, and conferences alongside your structured programme and development.

Why You Should Consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Make it real | www.capgemini.com

Reward

£30,000 plus additional benefits