Founder Associate Intern

The Sales People Co.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sales People is seeking a Founders Associate Intern: Sales Tech and AI Automation to support Vion, the Co-Founder, in designing systems that power sales and growth. This role is ideal for someone who loves tinkering with tools, building automations and experimenting with AI workflows.

You will help implement, test and scale systems across sales, operations and hiring, working on real projects used by startup founders and sales teams, with potential to become a full-time role.

Qualifications

• Technical mindset with ability to build and test automations.
• Interest in AI workflows and go-to-market systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing GTM infrastructure and lead generation pipelines.
• Build and test automation and AI workflows.
• Help scale systems across sales, operations and hiring.
• Collaborate with founders on real-world projects.

Skills

Automation tools

APIs

Data enrichment

Workflow design

AI workflows

Sales tech

Education

Pursuing degree in STEM

Tools

n8n

Zapier

Make

Clay

Apify

Instantly

La Growth Machine

OpenAI / GPT

LangChain

Job description

Founders Associate Intern: Sales Tech and AI Automation

The Role

We are looking for a tech-literate builder to support Vion, our Co-Founder (and Go-To-Market Expert), in designing and implementing systems that power sales and growth. This role is ideal for someone who likes tinkering with tools, building automations and experimenting with AI workflows. Vion will lead the projects but we need someone who can help implement, build, test and scale systems that improve efficiency across sales, operations and hiring. This is a paid internship with the potential to become a full-time role for the right person.

What You'll Work On

You will help build systems that support:

• Go-to-Market Infrastructure
• Building and maintaining lead generation pipelines
• Creating data enrichment workflows
• Implementing outbound sales systems
• Supporting account-based marketing (ABM) initiatives
• Automation & AI Workflows
• Building automations that reduce manual work
• Connecting tools across the tech stack
• Testing and deploying AI agents and AI workflows

Operational Efficiency Projects

Examples may include:

• Improving the hiring process
• Automating internal reporting
• Building systems for lead research and prospecting
• Creating tools that help our clients scale sales faster

You will work on real projects used by startup founders and sales teams.

Tools You May Work With

• Automation Platforms: n8n, Zapier, Make
• GTM & Data Tools: Clay, Apify, Instantly, La Growth Machine
• AI & Workflow Tools: OpenAI / GPT, LangChain or AI agents, Notion AI, Airtable, Google Sheets automations
• Other Useful Skills: APIs, Web scraping, Data enrichment, Workflow design

If you love learning new tools quickly, you'll do well in this role.

Who This Role Is For

• Is curious about technology and automation
• Likes building systems and experimenting with tools
• Enjoys solving operational problems
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment
• Wants to understand how startups grow revenue

You don't need years of experience but you should be technical enough to build things and figure things out quickly.

What You'll Gain

• This role offers exposure to:
• How B2B startups build revenue
• Modern go-to-market systems
• AI-driven sales workflows
• Working directly with startup founders
• Building real systems used in live sales environments

You will develop strong business acumen while building technical automation skills.

Working Environment

• Small, ambitious team
• High ownership and autonomy
• Exposure to multiple startups and industries
• Very commercial and execution-focused culture

Opportunity

This internship has the potential to turn into a full-time role as we continue expanding our GTM engineering and automation capabilities.

About The Sales People

The Sales People works with B2B tech startups to help them build and scale their revenue engines. We partner with companies to design and implement the foundations of a scalable sales organisation, from hiring and developing a high-performing sales team to go-to-market strategy and lead generation infrastructure. Our work sits at the intersection of sales and technology, helping startups build the team and systems they need to generate revenue consistently. Because we work with multiple startups across different industries, our team is constantly exposed to new challenges, tools and growth strategies.