Business Strategy & Expansion Intern

Chift is a tech startup that helps software companies unleash their full potential with connectivity. Our clients are B2B tech companies that need to develop integrations with their clients business software (like accounting or e-commerce) and automate data flows seamlessly across platforms. With our unified API one single integration is enough to connect them to their whole European ecosystem.

Founded in 2022 Chift is on a mission to become the European leader in financial software integrations. In just 3 years weve grown to 25 people and work with leading fintechs and listed companies across Europe.

Backed by top tier investors were expanding fast across Europe and were looking for the new stars to join the ride

Tasks

As a Business Strategy & Expansion Intern youll play a hands-on role in supporting Chifts European expansion in the Netherlands and Spain. Working closely with our CEO and the Country Managers youll play a key role in identifying opportunities fine-tuning our sales processes and supporting local teams on the ground.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead generation & outreach: Help craft and execute highly targeted multi-channel outreach strategies to grow our sales pipeline and scale to the moon (no cold calls here everythings automated and data-driven)
• Expansion strategy: Be the right hand of the Sales & Country Managers. Analyze new markets identify key prospects partners & competitors to fuel our expansion playbook.
• Sales ops & automation: Help optimize and automate our internal sales processes to make the team faster and smarter.
• Events & field support: Help organize Chifts events across Europe and support our teams on-site in Paris Madrid or Amsterdam.
• Master B2B sales: From sourcing to qualification and closing a deal: youll gain a full-stack view of how B2B sales work in a fast-growing tech startup.

Youll work directly with our CEO and Growth team in Brussels and gain real exposure to what it takes to scale a startup.

Requirements

We welcome people from all backgrounds who want to make their mark in tech. Here is the kind of profile were looking for:

• A student or recent graduate in Business Marketing or Finance with a strong interest in tech (super important!).
• Startup enthusiast: our environment is more rocknroll than corporate. You need to be super focused having a sens of urgency and ready to hustle.
• A natural doer: youll be the engine of your own internship. Your energy will define your experience.
• You speak English and at least one of the following: French Dutch or Spanish.
• Youre curious about Technology & AI. No need to be an expert but if APIs integrations Fintech sound familiar youre on the right track.

Benefits

What we offer

• An internship in Brussels starting in September or October. With the opportunity to join the team full-time after the internship.
• A real immersion in the heart of the tech industry. Apart from being a tech startup Chift is empowering other tech companies with its integrations
• A 360 view of B2B sales: learn how to identify engage and convert enterprise clients from first touch to signed deal
• Real exposure to C-levels and founders and direct collaboration with our CEO and Country Managers
• The opportunity to travel to Paris Madrid or Amsterdam to support local teams and events
• A culture of ownership and freedom: at Chift you wont be just an intern well treat you like a full team member and expect you to take initiative like its your own company
• Work in a truly innovative AI-driven environment where we constantly test and adopt the best tools to 10x our impact
• A work environment where we help each other grow celebrate every win together and enjoy team lunches afterworks and even sport sessions
• And yes we do team lunches afterworks and celebrate every win

If youre looking for more than just a line on your CV if you want to learn fast take ownership and help build the future of European tech youre in the right place.

At Chift we believe great ideas come from diverse minds. Whatever your background identity or story if youre curious and driven wed love to see you apply.