Intern, Business Development Support
ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The Business Development Intern supports the Business Development function by structuring, organizing, and visualizing a variety of strategic initiatives and projects. The role contributes to improved coordination, planning and communication across internal stakeholders, while exploring new ideas, topics, and opportunities in a dynamic environment. By doing so, the overall time‑to‑market is supported and improved.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys exploring new topics, thrives in a dynamic, highly-technical environment, and brings structure, clarity, and creativity to complex projects.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS
- Assist in structuring and organizing information related to ongoing initiatives and projects.
- Help maintain internal coordination tools, timelines, and activity trackers.
- Support the BD Manager and team with preparation of project updates and status overviews.
- Coordination of Initiatives
- Coordinate internally across different teams involved in Business Development projects.
- Help track progress, milestones, and interdependencies between initiatives.
- Ensure smooth flow of information, supporting follow‑up actions and alignment between stakeholders.
- Exploratory & Analytical Support
- Conduct exploratory research on new topics, market areas, technologies, or business opportunities.
- Summarize findings into digestible insights and structured briefs.
- Propose new ideas or potential angles based on discovered information.
- Visualization & Presentation Support
- Create clear, visually compelling materials (PowerPoint, dashboards, concept notes, diagrams).
- Support the development of presentation structures for new ideas, opportunities, and initiatives.
- Translate complex or fragmented inputs into professional, coherent visual formats.
- Independence of action – while following internal processes, the role is highly autonomous, demonstrating both helicopter and detailed views, as well as strong exploratory and structuring capabilities.
- Decision Making – while recommendations and proposals from the intern are part of the mission, final decision‑making is done within the management structure of the SES TechCom entity.
- Problem Solving – while not requiring specific technical expertise, an engineering background would be very useful to understand the topics addressed and to support problem‑solving with the appropriate resources.
- Key result areas – proactive structure, coordination, planning*,* and communication of the various business development initiatives resulting in collaboration initiatives, internal technical projects, and/or commercial agreements.
- Supervisory responsibility – none.
COMPETENCIES
- Strong organizational and structuring skills.
- Ability to visualize complex information clearly and effectively.
- Explorative, curious, and analytical mindset.
- High level of independence and initiative.
- Collaborative, positive, and proactive attitude.
- Adaptability and comfort working in a fast‑changing, evolving environment.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Strategy, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong interest in business development, innovation, or strategic initiatives.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
- Good command of English; additional languages are an asset.
OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS
- Key performance indicators: timeliness, and effectiveness of coordination, quality and clarity of deliverables.
- Main interfaces: Business Development, Strategy, Marketing, and other cross‑functional internal teams.
SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
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