Business Development Internship @AI Startup

Lightly; Zürich; On-site; CHF 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Potential full-time employment after 6

Office in the heart of Zurich next to

Company events, retreats, and offsites

Direct exposure to founders

Job summary

Lightly AG is a Zurich-based startup founded as an ETH and HSG spin-off, focusing on machine learning and computer vision. This 6-month internship offers hands-on exposure to entrepreneurship, working directly with founders on business development and growth strategies.

You will conduct market research, identify sales opportunities, support presentations, and help align product offerings with customer needs within a compact, highly impactful team in central Zurich.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and/or English.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong business acumen and a flair for B2B consultative solution selling.
• Exceptional negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for sales, technology, and innovation.
• Advanced MS Office or, preferably, G-Suite skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to identify industry trends, customer needs, and the competitive landscape across key markets.
• Identify and qualify new potential sales opportunities and leads through diverse channels to build sustainable customer relationships.
• Assist in preparing presentations, proposals, and documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to the team.
• Support product management by capturing and analyzing customer feedback in our CRM to align product offering with customer needs.
• Collaborate with strategy, marketing, and operations teams to support business initiatives and accelerate company growth.

Skills

Market research

Lead generation

Sales

Presentation skills

Negotiation

B2B sales

German/English

MS Office / G-Suite

Education

Bachelor's or Master's student

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

Lightly AG is an official ETH and HSG Spin-off in the field of machine learning and computer vision. Its products are used by leading companies in autonomous driving, medical imaging, and visual inspection to curate visual machine learning data.

Lightly consists of a small team of talented developers, researchers, and business developers in Zurich, who all have a massive impact on the business and product. The company is backed by Y-Combinator, Wingman Ventures, and Soma Capital.

Tasks

This job offers you the perfect opportunity to gain insight and first-hand experience into what it is like to build a company from scratch and work as an entrepreneur. The 6-month internship entails various tasks on the business side, ensuring that you are never bored and have a new challenge every day. It's a unique opportunity for candidates who want to work directly with the founders/C-level of a startup. Some of the key responsibilities are:

• Conduct market research to identify industry trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape across our key markets.
• Identify and qualify new potential sales opportunities and leads through diverse channels to build sustainable customer relationships.
• Assist in preparing presentations, proposals, and documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to the team.
• Support product management by capturing and analyzing customer feedback in our CRM to align product offering with customer needs.
• Collaborate with strategy, marketing, and operations teams to support business initiatives and accelerate company growth.

Requirements

Who we are looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and/or English
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong business acumen and a flair for B2B consultative solution selling
• Exceptional negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Passion for sales, technology, and innovation
• Advanced MS Office or, preferably, G-Suite skills

Benefits

• Potential full-time employment as a business development representative or founder associate after completing the internship
• Office in the heart of Zurich next to the central station
• Company events, retreats, and offsites
• As you will work directly with the founders, you will have the opportunity to significantly impact the startup’s overall progress.