Entrepreneur in Residence - Intern

Platoapp; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 11.160 - 20.088; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Plato is seeking an Entrepreneur in Residence Intern to drive growth by supporting critical sales and customer success initiatives and working directly with our leadership team. You will develop your own sales pipeline, conduct customer workshops, onboard users, and help with GTM strategy, investor updates, and PR activities, gaining hands‑on experience in a fast‑growing AI startup.

Join a dynamic team, gain exposure to senior leadership, and have potential to convert into a full‑time role as

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor or Master student in a technical field (industrial engineering, informatics, data science, or similar), or in a business administration degree, with the tech savviness to become an expert in the Plato software.
• 2+ internships and/or work experience in a tech startup, consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a similar field.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to various audiences, including customers, investors, and partners.
• A strong entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to drive your own projects, take ownership of diverse tasks, and embrace ambiguity by being flexible in a fast‑paced startup environment.
• Strong analytical and conceptual capabilities to perform various analyses, tackle complex problems, and ensure high‑quality outputs.
• Extensive experience with Excel (Sheets) and PowerPoint (Google Slides); experience with Google Workspace and CRM systems is a plus.
• Native German speaker (non‑negotiable), with written and spoken English proficiency (C1+).

Aufgaben

• Develop your own and support Plato’s sales pipeline end‑to‑end, including market research, outreach, lead qualification, stakeholder mapping, product demos, and contracting.
• Collaborate with the GTM team on design and implementation of the GTM strategy, and deepen strategic alliances.
• Support top‑of‑funnel sales and marketing activities, such as LinkedIn campaigns and materials, and help organize events with logistics and prospect engagement.
• Tackle customer success activities, including workshops, onboarding sessions, and tracking engagement.
• Act as a point of contact for customers, address inquiries, gather feedback, and escalate issues when needed.
• Acquire an in‑depth understanding of Plato software and technical setup.

Kenntnisse

German (native)

English (C1+)

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Entrepreneurial mindset

Project ownership

Ausbildung

Bachelor/Master student in technical field

Business administration degree (or similar)

Tools

Excel/Sheets

PowerPoint/Google Slides

Google Workspace

CRM systems (experience a plus)

Jobbeschreibung

As an Entrepreneur in Residence Intern at Plato, you will play a key role in driving our growth by supporting critical sales and customer success initiatives and working directly with our leadership team. We are looking for an ambitious and self‑driven individual who thrives in dynamic environments, loves problem‑solving, and is eager to gain hands‑on experience within GTM and operationalizing Plato’s strategy.

You will have the opportunity to develop your own sales pipeline and manage the sales process end‑to‑end. On the customer success side, you will be preparing and conducting customer workshops, facilitating user onboarding, and ensuring our customers achieve measurable value from our platform.

Additionally, you will support strategic projects, including our GTM strategy, investor updates, and PR activities, gaining firsthand experience in shaping the future of a fast‑growing AI startup.

What you’d be working on:

• Develop your own and support Plato’s sales pipeline end‑to‑end, including conducting market research, personalized outreach, lead qualification, stakeholder mapping, product demos, and contracting.
• Collaborate with the Plato GTM team on the design and implementation of our GTM strategy, and deepen strategic alliances.
• Support top‑of‑funnel sales and marketing activities, such as LinkedIn campaigns and sales materials, and help organize Plato’s participation in events by preparing materials, coordinating logistics, and engaging with prospects.
• Tackle key customer success activities, including preparing and conducting customer workshops and onboarding sessions, and tracking customer engagement.
• Act as a point of contact for customers, addressing their inquiries, gathering feedback, and escalating issues to the appropriate teams when necessary.
• Acquire an in‑depth understanding of the Plato software and technical setup.

• Bachelor degree / Master student in a technical field (industrial engineering, informatics, data science, or similar), or in a business administration degree, with the tech savviness to become an expert in the Plato software.
• 2+ internships and/or work experience in a tech startup, consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a similar field.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to various audiences, including customers, investors, and partners.
• A strong entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to drive your own projects, take ownership of diverse tasks, and embrace ambiguity by being flexible in a fast‑paced startup environment.
• Strong analytical and conceptual capabilities to perform various analyses, tackle complex problems, and ensure high‑quality outputs.
• Extensive experience with Excel (Sheets) and PowerPoint (Google Slides); experience with Google Workspace and CRM systems is a plus.
• Native German speaker (non‑negotiable), with written and spoken English proficiency (C1+).

Why us?

• Becoming part of a top tier VC‑funded rocket ship that reinvents the largest B2B software category with AI and decarbonizes the supply chain, granting you a high level of autonomy.
• Create meaningful impact by shaping the future of the wholesale industry, bringing Plato’s software to life in the market, and realizing value in the day‑to‑day work of sales leaders.
• Vast learning opportunities for scaling sales and customer success in a high‑growth AI startup, with close collaboration with the founding team.
• Perfect balance between a high level of ownership and extensive mentorship from an A‑team with experience at leading companies & schools, including McKinsey, Rocket Internet, Celonis, Stanford, CDTM, HSG to name a few.
• Extremely diverse team with a fun and dynamic company culture, featuring weekly team lunches, regular team events, and get‑togethers.
• For outstanding interns, the potential option to convert into a full‑time role, join the Plato journey and enter a generational company as part of it first 20 employees.

About us

Plato is building the AI operating system for distribution. We closed a $14.5M seed round backed by Atomico and Cherry Ventures, and we’re growing fast. Our customers are mid‑market distributors who have never been exposed to cutting‑edge AI software – we’re changing this, starting with sales.

We’re a small, high‑conviction team of engineers and operators. Decisions get made fast, the work is real, and there’s no hiding behind the process.