Business Development Intern — New Service Launch

Amazon; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 134,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Cape Town offers a 12-month, full-time internship with real responsibility from day one. You will build, test, and learn alongside people who want to see you succeed, while making an impact that reaches far beyond campus.

As an intern, you’ll be matched to a mentor and have opportunities to engage with Amazonians, expand your network, and participate in events with other interns. You must have the right to work in South Africa by the start date; internships commence in Q1 2027.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's Degree with a graduation date of Q1 2027 or a recent 2026 graduate (within the last 6 months)
• Fluent written and verbal communication in English
• Available to complete a full time 12 month internship full time (40h/week).

Responsibilities

• Deliver Results: Identify market segment opportunities for our new service offering.
• Customer relationship management: Building and maintaining strong, trustful relationship with our potential future customers
• Cross-functional collaboration: Relay market segment needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product Management and Tech teams
• Dive deep: Measure performance, articulate root-cause analysis, and link to specific improvement areas
• Invent and Simplify: Analyze current purchasing processes and evaluate opportunities for solutions to improve end user experiences, reduce costs, and accelerate organization performance

Skills

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Job description

Amazon in Cape Town offers a 12-month, full-time internship with real responsibility from day one. You will build, test, and learn alongside people who want to see you succeed, while making an impact that reaches far beyond campus.

As an intern, you’ll be matched to a mentor and have opportunities to engage with Amazonians, expand your network, and participate in events with other interns. You must have the right to work in South Africa by the start date; internships commence in Q1 2027.