Business Development Intern

NextGenEnergyJobs; Miami, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in Miami, FL seeks a motivated student or recent graduate to help build and maintain our pipeline tracking system and forecasting view. You will define workflows, maintain data quality, and produce regular snapshots for leadership.

You will research target energy markets, analyze demand drivers, and contribute to the GTM strategy by translating regulatory insights into actionable recommendations. This role emphasizes hands-on modeling and clear communication.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and comfort with quantitative data.
• First-principles problem solving and reasoning from fundamentals.
• High proficiency in spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets) with formulas.
• Excellent research abilities to synthesize information.
• Strong written communication for actionable briefs.
• AI-native: integrate AI tools and verify outputs.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and self-directed.
• Genuine interest in energy, climate, or hard tech.
• Experience with data center/energy markets and LCOE analysis.
• Exposure to CRM or pipeline tools and forecasting concepts.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a pipeline tracking system with stages, owners, and values.
• Develop a demand forecasting view weighting by stage and probability.
• Define and document workflow: stages, fields, and cadence.
• Produce regular pipeline and forecast snapshots for reviews.
• Research target markets and segments and assess demand drivers.
• Map policy and regulatory landscape and translate to strategy.
• Synthesize findings into briefs, matrices, and recommendations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Spreadsheet proficiency

CRM tools experience

Written communication

AI-native data analysis

Education

Undergraduate or graduate program in business/economics/engineering/energy/environment/public policy

Tools

CRM tools

Data visualization

Dashboard building

Job description

Build and maintain a pipeline tracking system that gives the team clear visibility into every active opportunity, its stage, owner, value, and next step.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a pipeline tracking system that gives the team clear visibility into every active opportunity, its stage, owner, value, and next step.
• Develop a demand forecasting view that weights opportunities by stage and close probability, so leadership can see expected demand
• Define and document the workflow — stages, fields, definitions, update cadence — so the system stays consistent and trustworthy as more people use it.
• Produce regular pipeline and forecast snapshots for internal reviews, and flag risks, gaps, and stale opportunities.
• Research and size new target markets and segments; demand drivers, key players, buying behavior, and where Exowatt fits.
• Build project-economics analyses to help judge whether an opportunity is attractive.
• Map the policy and regulatory landscape relevant to each market — incentives, permitting, interconnection, and tariff structures and translate it into clear implications for our strategy.
• Synthesize findings into concise, decision-ready briefs, comparison matrices, and recommendations for the GTM team and leadership.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (business, economics, engineering, energy/environment, public policy, or a related field), or a recent graduate.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with quantitative data; able to structure a problem and reason through numbers.
• First-principles approach: able to break ambiguous problems down to their fundamentals and reason up from there, rather than relying on assumptions or how things are usually done
• High proficiency in spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets), including formulas and building clean, reusable models.
• Excellent research skills — able to find, vet, and synthesize information from many sources into clear conclusions.
• Strong written communication; can turn analysis into a tight brief a busy reader can act on.
• AI-native: comfortable integrating AI tools into daily work and using them to research faster, build systems, and produce sharper analysis — and able to apply judgment to verify and refine the output.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and self-directed — comfortable building structure where little exists and owning a deliverable end to end.
• Genuine interest in energy, climate, and/or commercializing hard technology
• Exposure to CRM or pipeline tools and an understanding of sales-stage and forecasting concepts.
• Familiarity with data center and energy markets (US ISOs/RTOs), power project economics, or LCOE/levelized-cost-style analysis.
• Understanding of energy policy, incentives, or the regulatory and interconnection landscape (US and/or target international markets)
• Experience with data visualization or dashboards (e.g., building a tracker others actually use)
• Prior internship or project experience in business development, consulting, investing, energy, or a startup environment.
• Bias toward action and a track record of building something from scratch