Founder's Associate Intern / Working Student - Enterprise Sales & Outbound

About the role

An early-stage B2B SaaS startup in the AI-powered procurement intelligence space is looking for a Founder's Associate Intern / Working Student to join the team in Berlin. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CEO to build the enterprise sales pipeline from the ground up - running high-volume outbound outreach, shaping the GTM playbook, and learning enterprise sales from first principles. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role ideal for someone early in their career who is curious about how large companies buy software, excited about outbound sales, and eager to operate in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Run outbound outreach at scale across email and LinkedIn to generate qualified enterprise conversations with procurement leaders at industrial manufacturers.
• Research target accounts and identify the right contacts and trigger events for timely, personalized outreach.
• Write and send personalized cold emails and LinkedIn messages in both German and English .
• Manage and execute multi-touch sequences and follow-ups to maximize reply and conversion rates.
• Track and report on open rates, reply rates, and conversion metrics; run A/B tests weekly to improve performance.
• Enrich, maintain, and clean target account data in the CRM to keep the pipeline actionable.
• Help prepare meeting materials including competitive research, company briefings, and tailored one-pagers.
• Design and iterate on messaging experiments to inform the company's GTM playbook.
• Sit in on strategy discussions, product demos, and investor conversations for full business context.
• Take on ad-hoc tasks such as event prep, partnership research, market analysis, and investor deck updates as needed.

Requirements

• Based in Berlin and available to work from the Kreuzberg office (hybrid arrangements possible).
• Current student or recent graduate in business, engineering, or a similarly rigorous field.
• Demonstrated experience with outbound outreach at scale - researching target accounts, crafting personalized messages, and managing multi-touch sequences via email and LinkedIn.
• Strong professional writing skills in both German and English (e.g., able to write a cold email in German to a Head of Procurement and an investor update summary in English).
• Highly organized, reliable, and able to deliver consistent, high-quality work independently.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with evidence of having built, organized, or started something (club, side project, startup, etc.).
• Comfortable making outbound sales work a core part of the role and iterating on outreach performance.
• Experience using CRM systems to manage and track outreach data, metrics, and account information.
• Familiarity with CRM platforms such as HubSpot or Salesforce.
• Some exposure to procurement processes or domain knowledge.
• Interest or experience in B2B enterprise sales or AI-driven software products.
• Location
• This role is based on-site in Berlin, Germany (Kreuzberg), with hybrid flexibility. Candidates must be available to work from the Berlin office regularly. Visa sponsorship is not available - applicants must already have the right to work in Germany.
• Compensation & Benefits
• Competitive working student / internship compensation.
• Direct access to the CEO and exposure to all areas of an early-stage AI startup - strategy, sales, product, and investors.
• Real ownership over pipeline outcomes from day one.
• Fast-paced learning environment with a strong feedback culture.

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