Business Development Intern - B2B Hiring Solutions

About the Role

This internship is for a confident, ambitious business development professional who wants to work in B2B sales within the recruitment and staffing space. The role focuses on speaking with CXOs, founders, HR leaders, talent acquisition heads, and other business decision-makers to learn about their hiring needs and present suitable recruitment solutions.

Strong prior exposure to B2B sales, lead generation, client discussions, and deal closure will be helpful. Experience in recruitment, staffing, HR tech, consulting, or related services is especially valuable.

Key Responsibilities

• Reach out to CXOs, founders, HR heads, talent acquisition leaders, and other business stakeholders in startups and enterprises.
• Build qualified leads using LinkedIn, referrals, networking, email outreach, and cold prospecting.
• Set up discovery conversations to understand client hiring requirements.
• Pitch recruitment, executive search, contract staffing, and RPO offerings.
• Draft commercial proposals, discuss pricing, and support closure of new business.
• Develop and nurture long-term client relationships.
• Work with the recruitment delivery team to ensure client requirements are fulfilled on time.
• Keep the sales pipeline and CRM updated accurately.
• Meet weekly and monthly business development goals.
• Represent the organization professionally in client interactions and industry events.

Eligibility

Open to MBA students specializing in Marketing or HR, as well as final-year graduates.

Applicants should ideally have internship or work experience in B2B sales, staffing, recruitment, HR tech, SaaS, consulting, or business development.

Candidates must be comfortable engaging with senior leaders such as CXOs and HR heads.

Excellent spoken and written communication, negotiation skills, relationship-building ability, strong ownership, and a results-focused mindset are important.

Preferred Experience

Exposure to selling recruitment, staffing, HR tech, SaaS, or consulting services is preferred.

A network of HR professionals, startup founders, or business leaders will be an added advantage.

Experience in enterprise sales or consultative selling is desirable.

Familiarity with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, CRM tools, and modern sales methods will be useful.

What You Will Learn

• How enterprise B2B sales strategies work in practice.
• Communication with CXO-level stakeholders and relationship management.
• How recruitment and staffing businesses operate.
• Negotiation and commercial discussion skills.
• Sales pipeline handling and forecasting.
• End-to-end client acquisition and account management.

Stipend and Incentives

The internship offers a competitive monthly stipend along with performance-based incentives tied to successful client acquisition and revenue generation.

Additional rewards are available for each successful client acquisition, and further incentives may be linked to revenue from closed accounts.

Growth Opportunity

High-performing interns may be considered for a pre-placement offer or a full-time role.

The role also provides direct exposure to startup founders and senior HR leaders, hands-on enterprise sales experience, mentorship from experienced leaders, and a fast-paced environment with significant ownership. It can lead to careers in business development, enterprise sales, or recruitment consulting.

Location and Duration

This is a remote internship with a duration of 1 to 2 months.