Business Development Intern

Vestval Group; Mumbai; On-site; INR 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly stipend

Job summary

Vestval Group is offering a Business Development Intern role in Mumbai, focused on enterprise technology sales—from research to outreach and deal support for software, AI, and product engagements across India and abroad.

You'll learn ICP research, signal-driven outreach, and how to collaborate with engineers, designers, and partners on real deals, with a mentorship track leading toward BD Associate roles in Mumbai and Pune markets; a monthly stipend applies.

Qualifications

• Strong written English and professional communication.
• Research instinct - LinkedIn, company filings, news.
• Spreadsheet competence.
• Bonus: prior sales/marketing internships, technical literacy.

Responsibilities

• Research target accounts and build qualified prospect lists.
• Support outreach campaigns and first-call preparation.
• Help assemble proposals, decks and case-study material.
• Maintain CRM hygiene and pipeline reporting.
• Attend client calls as note-taker and learn account dynamics.
• Help measure outreach experiments - what works, why, what to retire.

Skills

Strong English

Research instinct

Spreadsheet competence

Sales internship

Tools

HubSpot basics

Job description

Learn enterprise technology sales from the inside: research, outreach, proposals and deal support for software, AI and product engagements across India and abroad.

• Research target accounts and build qualified prospect lists
• Support outreach campaigns and first-call preparation
• Help assemble proposals, decks and case-study material
• Maintain CRM hygiene and pipeline reporting
• Attend client calls as note-taker and learn account dynamics
• Help measure outreach experiments - what works, why, what to retire

Required skills

• Strong written English and professional communication
• Research instinct - LinkedIn, company filings, news
• Spreadsheet competence
• Bonus: prior sales/marketing internships, technical literacy

Preferred / bonus

• Exposure to B2B SaaS or services environments
• Basic CRM literacy (HubSpot, Salesforce or equivalent)
• Genuine interest in technology buying behaviour
• Comfort writing cold, value-first emails (not templates)

Who should apply

Commercially-minded students who want to sell complex, high-value technology - not run generic social media accounts.

• You can write a five-sentence cold email people actually reply to
• You read 10-K filings out of curiosity
• You can sit silent in a client meeting and learn from it

What you'll learn

• Enterprise sales motion: ICP definition through close
• Account research and signal-driven outreach
• Working alongside engineers, designers and partners on real deals

Path into Business Development Associate roles with deal ownership, focused first on the Mumbai and Pune markets.

Months 0-3

Own one ICP segment's research and outreach pipeline.

Months 3-6

Co-own deals through qualification with named mentor.

Year 1 (BD Associate)

Carry a small pipeline; own discovery calls.

Years 2+

Account executive track or partnerships track.

Business Development Intern - frequently asked

Yes. All Vestval internships carry a monthly stipend benchmarked to role and city. Stipend is discussed at the offer stage - not the application stage.