Business Development Intern

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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

We are seeking to hire a Business Development Intern in our Austin office. As part of the Sales team, you will have autonomy to engage with leading enterprise customers, prospects, and partners. You will help foster long-term, sustainable, and mutually rewarding relationships. This is your opportunity to be part of something intellectually stimulating and fast-paced, transform a customer’s business, and earn financial rewards along the way. This six-month internship program provides all the training needed to perform this job and allows the intern to experience all the aspects of an inside sales representative role.

As a Business Development Intern, you will: 

• Be responsible for initiating or guiding the customer conversation and ultimately providing qualifying information to sales. 

• Perform business development activities such as account enrichment, cadence creation/customization, in-depth account research, and lead management.  

• While performing sales development functions, daily work will include working with an assigned ISR to focus on specific accounts and coordinating with marketing on demand-gen efforts. This is a high-performance team, so the ideal candidate should be good at working against goals and be competitive. 

We’re excited about you if you have: 

• Sales experience -Retail, direct sales, customer service, etc.

• A willingness to learn, a curiosity to discover, and a drive to make your customers successful.

• A passion for using technology to make a difference to people and organizations.

• You are passionate about what you do and inspire people around you.

• BA/BS or equivalent educational background (Junior, Senior, or Graduate)  

• Strong communication skills, including setting goals and objectives

• Demonstrated organizational & planning skills

• Technical aptitude

• Required to work in our Austin office  

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