Intern - Venture Capital Market Development 3 Months Internship 424225

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About the Role

SAPs Private Equity business is seeking a highly motivated and analytical intern to join our team for 3 months focusing specifically on the venture capital (VC) ecosystem. The goal is to identify map and engage with VCbacked portfolio companies to drive the adoption of SAPs Public Cloud ERP solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of enterprise software venture capital and business development while gaining exposure to global gotomarket strategy within a leading tech company.

Location: Rome

Team: SAP Private Equity

Start Date: 16th June 2025

Duration: 3 months (Fulltime/ 40 hours per week)

Key Responsibilities

Market Mapping & Intelligence:

Research and build a comprehensive view of key VC firms their investment focus areas and portfolio companies in relevant growth sectors.

Identify fastgrowing portfolio companies with potential ERP needs.

Engagement Strategy Support:

Assist in developing tailored messaging and value propositions for VCbacked companies.

Help design outreach strategies targeting both VC firms and their portfolio companies.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

Support collaboration with internal SAP stakeholders across sales marketing and partner teams to align on VC engagement strategies.

Coordinate with SAPs industry and cloud solution experts to align customer needs with SAP Public Cloud ERP capabilities.

Data & CRM Management:

Support the tracking of VC firm relationships portfolio engagement status and opportunity pipeline in CRM systems (e.g. SAP CRM Salesforce).

GotoMarket Enablement:

Contribute to the creation of internal enablement materials to support SAP field teams when engaging with VCbacked prospects.

Help organize webinars briefings and marketing activities tailored to the VC ecosystem.

Position Requirements

Student currently pursuing a degree in Business Finance Economics or a related field (MBA or graduatelevel students preferred).

Your Italian and English levels are fully professional spoken and written

Strong interest in venture capital technology startups and enterprise software.

Analytical and structured thinker with strong research and data handling skills.

Excellent communication and presentation abilities.

Proactive entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently.

Familiarity with cloud ERP and/or SaaS business models is a plus.

What Youll Gain

Firsthand experience working with a global enterprise software leader.

Exposure to the venture capital and highgrowth startup landscape.

Opportunity to shape gotomarket strategy for a cuttingedge cloud ERP offering.

Networking opportunities across SAP venture firms and portfolio company executives.

This is an SAP global strategic paid limited placement that provides candidates with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in endtoend business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purposedriven and futurefocused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves.At SAPyou can bring out your best.

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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age race religion national origin ethnicity age gender (including pregnancy childbirth et al) sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 424225 Work Area: Information Technology Expected Travel: 0 10 Career Status: Student Employment Type: Limited Full Time Additional Locations: #LIHybrid.