Internship Business Development (BDR) – Sales & Lead Generation | TenderLift

📍 Zürich · ⏱ [Workload: 80–100 %] · 📅 Start January 2027 (flexible, by arrangement) · [Duration: 6 months]

About TenderLift
TenderLift is the Swiss platform for public tenders. We turn Switzerland's tender data into clear decisions: which tender fits, who wins with which client, at what price. To do this, we use over 80,000 contract awards and a history since 2007 in all 26 cantons. Our customers are construction, technology, IT, and service companies that want to win public contracts. We are a small founding team and are now systematically building up sales. You will help build it.

Your tasks

1. Lead Generation (Outbound, multichannel)

Identify and qualify target companies, data-based via our own contract award database
Personalized outreach via email, LinkedIn, and telephone
Set up, test, and optimize sequences

1. Lead Management (Inbound)

Follow up on organic leads, website visitors, and trial users
Clarify needs, answer questions, accompany usage during the trial
Clean pipeline management in the CRM

1. Goal: book demo calls

Arrange qualified conversations for the founding team
Weekly numbers, clear goals, direct feedback loops

How we work
AI-driven: Research, personalization, and automation with the best tools (including Claude, HubSpot, Lusha, Apollo)
Direct collaboration with the founders, short paths, fast decisions
You see every day what your work achieves

What you bring

• Native Swiss German, very good English skills, French / Italian an advantage
• Ongoing or completed studies, ideally in Business Administration, Marketing, or a comparable direction
• No fear of the telephone. You call instead of just writing

Interest in sales, tech, and AI

• Structured, persistent, result-oriented

What we offer

• Real responsibility from day 1 instead of intern routine
• Direct collaboration with the founders
• Hands-on experience in building a B2B SaaS sales operation
• Practice with a modern AI and sales stack
• Perspective for a permanent position as a BDR

Interested?
Apply directly via praktikumjobs.ch. Upload your CV and explain to us in three sentences why you want to work in sales and become part of a startup.

Questions about the position? Write to me directly at merlin@tenderlift.ch.