Growth Associate Intern (m/f/d)

The role

You will build an outbound sales engine by prospecting, qualifying leads, and booking demos. You will use cold calls, email, and LinkedIn outreach to work target segments.

What you will do

• Prospect and run outbound every day through cold calls, email, and LinkedIn outreach
• Qualify leads fast, handle objections, and book high-quality demos with decision-makers
• Work clear target segments and ICPs systematically
• Keep your pipeline clean by tracking activity, conversion, and next steps in the CRM
• Learn messaging, objection handling, and call structure with live feedback
• Compete in weekly leaderboards
• Support later-stage calls, run follow-ups, and take on closing responsibilities as a top performer

Required qualifications

• Student or recent graduate
• Competitive and motivated by commissions and performance-based pay
• Resilient
• Coachable
• Organised
• Available full-time for 3+ months
• Fluent in German and English
• Comfortable speaking with strangers on the phone

Nice to have

• you've done something intense before (sports, a side hustle, competitive projects) and thrived

Benefits

• Fixed internship salary plus aggressive performance bonuses
• Top performers unlock additional upside by taking on deal ownership over time
• Real outbound training from the founding team
• Weekly leaderboards with prizes and public recognition
• AI-native sales stack and modern tooling
• A team of insanely ambitious people
• A clear path to return and grow into SDR/AE responsibilities

About the company

A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups, scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent. The A11 Ecosystem is a next-generation procurement platform.