The role

This is a growth associate internship for people who want to learn outbound the real way, by doing it, and who are motivated by earning real money through performance.

You will pick up the phone on day one, build pipeline, and book qualified demos. If you perform, you will earn aggressive bonuses and get the chance to step up into closing parts of deals with the AEs (and potentially grow into a full-time role).

Aufgaben

What you’ll do

• Prospect and run outbound every day: cold calls, email, and LinkedIn outreach
• Qualify leads fast, handle objections, and book high-quality demos with decision-makers
• Work clear target segments and ICPs systematically, not randomly
• Keep your pipeline clean: track activity, conversion, and next steps in the CRM
• Learn what good looks like: messaging, objection handling, and call structure with live feedback
• Compete in weekly leaderboards and push your numbers with the cohort
• If you’re a top performer: support later-stage calls, help run follow-ups, and take on closing responsibilities over time

Qualifikation

What you bring

• You’re a student or recent graduate and you want a sales internship that’s about results, not busywork
• You’re fluent in German + English and comfortable speaking with strangers on the phone
• You’re competitive and motivated by commissions and performance-based pay
• You’re resilient. You can hear “no” all day and still dial with energy
• You’re coachable and you like direct feedback
• You’re organized enough to run a pipeline and keep notes, not just “spray and pray”
• Available full-time for 3 months / > 3 months

You might be a fit if you

• Want to make serious money as an intern by being outstanding, not by being there
• Like the idea of evolving into a more advances sales role if you earn it
• Prefer high standards, clear metrics, and direct feedback over “nice” environments
• Have done something intense before (sports, a side hustle, competitive projects) and thrived
• Want a skill that compounds for the rest of your career, whether you stay in sales or not

Benefits

What we offer

• Real outbound training from the founding team, with daily reps and fast feedback loops
• Weekly leaderboards with prizes and public recognition for results
• AI-native sales stack and modern tooling to move faster (CRM, enrichment, automation)
• A team of insanely ambitious people who push each other to do their best work
• A clear path: strong performers get an offer to return (and can grow into SDR/AE responsibilities)
• Fixed internship salary plus aggressive performance bonuses
• Bonuses tied to output and outcomes (e.g., meetings booked and qualified pipeline)
• Top performers get access to additional upside by taking on deal ownership over time

Most internships teach you how to watch. This one teaches you how to sell. During the internship, you’ll build the fundamentals of outbound, learn how to run a tight qualification process, and develop the confidence to influence real buying decisions.

If you want an internship where your performance directly translates into money and responsibility, this is it.

Patterno is the operating system for public procurement in Europe. We aggregate every relevant tender from thousands of national, regional and municipal portals into one place, and our AI reads the full documentation to qualify each opportunity against a company's profile, so companies review a short list of realistic deals instead of hundreds of irrelevant hits. Public procurement is a €2 trillion market and one of Europe's most stable revenue channels, yet still one of the hardest to access, and Patterno is built to change that.