Business Development & Partnerships Intern

Cleve; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleve in Kuala Lumpur is building a go-to-market function and seeks a proactive partner strategist to shape distribution. You’ll hunt for partnership opportunities, reach out to creators, educators, and potential partners, and support enterprise sales conversations with the team.

You’ll conduct market and competitor research that informs strategy and take on operations and cross-company projects as the company grows from the ground up, relying on clear communication and strong initiative.

Qualifications

• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Evidence of initiative: things you've started, led, organised, or built, in or out of school.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify partnership and distribution opportunities.
• Run outreach to content creators, educators, and potential partners.
• Join and support sales conversations with team and enterprise prospects.
• Conduct market and competitor research that feeds directly into strategy.
• Take on operations and business projects across the company.

Skills

Communication

Initiative

Organizational skills

Networking

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

Help decide how Cleve reaches the world. You'll hunt for partnership and distribution opportunities, talk to creators, educators, and enterprise prospects, and shape go-to-market strategy alongside the founders. Real conversations, real deals, real consequences when you get it right.

What you'll be doing

• Research and identify partnership and distribution opportunities


• Run outreach to content creators, educators, and potential partners


• Join and support sales conversations with team and enterprise prospects


• Conduct market and competitor research that feeds directly into strategy


• Take on operations and business projects across the company

What we're looking for

• Exceptional written and verbal communication


• Evidence of initiative: things you've started, led, organised, or built, in or out of school

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the creator economy or SaaS space


• Experience with CRM tools or sales processes


• An existing network in startup, tech, or creator communities in Malaysia or SEA

We're attracted to someone who

• A natural communicator. People enjoy talking to you


• Follows through on everything they say


• Resourceful. Figures things out without a playbook
• Excited to build something from the ground up