Founder's Associate Intern / Working Student – Enterprise Sales & Outbound
Clera
Job Description
<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">An early-stage <strong>B2B SaaS company in the procurement AI space</strong> is looking for a driven <strong>Founder's Associate Intern / Working Student</strong> to join the founding team in Berlin. You'll work directly with the CEO to build and execute the enterprise sales playbook from the ground up — running high-volume outbound outreach to procurement leaders at industrial manufacturers and helping develop the go-to-market engine.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone early in their career who wants to learn enterprise sales from first principles at a fast-moving startup. You will be expected to be based in Berlin and work primarily from the office (hybrid possible).</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Run outbound outreach at scale across email and LinkedIn to fill the top of the pipeline with qualified enterprise conversations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Research target accounts from the ICP list and identify the right contacts and trigger events for timely outreach.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Write personalized cold emails and LinkedIn messages aimed at procurement leaders at industrial manufacturers — in both <strong>German and English</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Manage and execute multi-touch sequences and follow-ups to maximize reply and conversion rates.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Track open rates, reply rates, and conversion metrics; run A/B tests to improve performance weekly.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Enrich, maintain, and keep target account data clean and actionable in the CRM.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare meeting materials including competitive research, company briefings, and tailored one-pagers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design and iterate on messaging experiments to inform the company's GTM playbook.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sit in on strategy discussions, product demos, and investor conversations to gain full context.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Take on ad-hoc startup tasks such as event prep, partnership research, market analysis, or investor deck updates as needed.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Must-haves:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Based in Berlin and available to work from the Kreuzberg office (hybrid allowed).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience with outbound outreach at scale for enterprise customers — researching target accounts, crafting personalized messages, and managing multi-touch sequences (email + LinkedIn).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong professional writing in both <strong>German and English</strong> — able to write a cold email in German to a Head of Procurement and an investor update summary in Engl
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