Business Development Associate Intern

Role overview

Business development and sales support

• Research target industries, organizations, and decision-makers to identify potential opportunities.
• Support lead generation through outbound calls, emails, LinkedIn, industry events, and other channels.
• Help qualify customers by understanding business requirements, priorities, budgets, and timelines.
• Prepare for customer discovery meetings with research, account information, and briefing materials.
• Participate in customer meetings and assist with follow-ups, proposals, presentations, and sales activities.

Pipeline and learning

• Maintain accurate prospect information, target account lists, and CRM records covering customer activity, opportunity stages, follow-ups, and next steps.
• Help monitor the sales pipeline and support reporting and account management operations.
• Complete agreed customer and internal follow-up actions within required timelines.
• Learn the technology portfolio, prospecting, lead qualification, consultative selling, account management, and opportunity management.
• Develop communication, presentation, negotiation, and customer engagement skills through direct team exposure.

Requirements

• Fresh graduates and candidates with up to one year of internship or early-career experience are encouraged to apply.
• Strong interest in business development, technology sales, or account management.
• Strong verbal and written communication; confidence engaging different stakeholders; good organization and follow-through.
• Proactive, curious, willing to learn, resilient, and comfortable in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree completed or in progress in Business, Marketing, Technology, Engineering, or another relevant discipline.

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