BD INTERN

Industry: Career development & EdTech delivering digital career services recruitment enablement and talent acquisition solutions for students and early-career professionals. We operate remotely across India helping organizations and learners connect through data-driven placement and upskilling programs.

Role: Business Development Intern (Remote India)

About the Opportunity

Join a fast-paced remote-first team building growth and partnership channels in the career services space. As a Business Development Intern you will drive top-of-funnel activities qualify opportunities and support outreach that converts prospects into partnerships and paid clients.

Role & Responsibilities

• Research target segments and build high-quality prospect lists using LinkedIn and public databases.
• Execute outbound outreach via LinkedIn personalised email sequences and cold calls to generate qualified leads.
• Manage and update leads in CRM maintain pipeline hygiene and schedule discovery calls or demos.
• Draft outreach messages pitch templates and proposal documents aligned to ICP and campaign objectives.
• Track outreach KPIs prepare weekly performance reports and recommend A/B test improvements.
• Collaborate with marketing and product teams to refine messaging offers and go-to-market lists.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• Current enrolment in or recent graduate of a relevant degree program (India) or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn prospecting and outbound outreach.
• Familiarity with CRM tools and pipeline management (HubSpot or Salesforce).
• Practical knowledge of building and maintaining prospect lists in Google Sheets or Excel.
• Comfortable with cold email outreach and basic call scripts for discovery.
• Strong written communication attention to detail and a results-oriented mindset.

Preferred

• Prior internship or experience in sales business development or recruitment.
• Experience with outreach automation or sequence tools (e.g. Lemlist Apollo).
• Understanding of the higher-education placement or HR/recruiting domain.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• Fully remote internship with flexible hours and mentorship from senior BD leaders.
• Hands-on exposure to end-to-end sales processes CRM best practices and GTM strategy.
• Certificate of internship performance-based stipend and strong potential for full-time conversion.

To apply highlight your most relevant outreach campaigns or sample messages and share a short note on your approach to qualifying enterprise vs. SMB prospects. We prioritize candidates who show initiative strong learning agility and measurable outreach results.

Required Skills:

google sheetsbusiness developmenthubspot crmlinkedin sales navigatorlead generation