Growth & Business Development Associate

Intramotev; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Intramotev, based in St. Louis, MO, is seeking an early-career Commercial and Business Development Associate to support the company’s sales and marketing efforts for TugVolt. The role focuses on lead sourcing, outreach, and creating compelling selling stories and ROI-driven business cases.

The successful candidate will own customer relationships over time, with initial exposure to commercial tasks, market outreach, and cross-functional collaboration in a growing startup environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build commercial tools and business cases.
• Understanding of operating models and ROI impacts.
• Ability to create financial models.
• Willingness to travel for events and outreach.
• Ability to simplify complex product benefits for customers.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial leadership in the sales motion for TugVolt.
• Create and update prospect lists, leads, and grant opportunities.
• Manage CRM tools and update marketing materials.
• Develop customer business cases including simulations and financial models.
• Present materials to customers in meetings or at events.
• Represent the company at conferences and industry events.
• Communicate customer and industry feedback to Engineering and Design teams.

Skills

Commercial tools

Financial modeling

Operating models

CRM tools

Sales motions

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Bachelor’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

Intramotev builds TugVolt autonomous freight railcars to move the world, one railcar at a time. We deployed the world’s first autonomous freight railcars in revenue service in 2024 and are growing rapidly. By helping us make rail competitive with trucking, you can contribute to work that matters in solving big societal problems like reducing emissions, improving safety, and minimizing road congestion. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Intramotev is seeking an Associate to support Business Development / Commercial functions. This position will play a key role in supporting Intramotev's Commercial efforts at each stage of the sales motion, including lead sourcing, outreach, marketing and selling story creation, business case analysis, and contracting support.

A successful candidate will have some experience through commercial or business internships and the potential to directly own customer relationships in the future.

Position Responsibilities

• Support commercial leadership in the sales motion for Intramotev’s TugVolt product

• Creating and updating lists of prospects, leads, and grant opportunities

• Management of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools

• Creating and updating marketing materials and customer selling stories

• Creating and updating customer business cases, to include operating simulations and financial models

• Presenting materials to customers in direct engagements or at industry events

• Represent Intramotev at conferences, within industry organizations, and at customer events

• Work across Intramotev to communicate customer and industry feedback to Engineering and Design teams

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Ability to build and maintain commercial tools, materials, and business cases

• Strong understanding of operations and processes and how they translate to business cases / ROIs

• Ability to create financial models

• Ability to learn railroad operations, use cases, and networks

• Ability to understand and convey technically complex product benefits and value propositions in simple terms

• Willingness to travel for event support

• Self-starter willing to operate independently with autonomy as well ascross-functionally in small teams.

• Hold at least a Bachelor’s Degree

Typical Education and Experience:

Education/experience typically acquired through education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 0-2 or more years' related work experience.

Working location:

This position is in-person and based in St. Louis, MO.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Intramotev is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Experience Level:

Early-career individual contributor

Schedule:

Full time