Business Development Intern

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Founded in 1979, we now have 2,600 employees.

The program

Pokhara Technologies is hiring a Business Development Intern for Within 2 weeks. This is a sales internship. You will be on calls and writing outreach messages every day, so please apply only if you are comfortable talking to strangers. Remote, open to candidates across Nepal. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities

• Prepare simple pitch decks and one-page proposals in Google Slides
• Build lead lists of target companies and decision makers using LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Apollo
• Join demo calls as note taker and send the summary to the prospect afterwards
• Make cold calls to qualified leads and book product demos for the sales manager
• Send personalised outreach messages on LinkedIn and email, 40 to 60 a day
• Draft email templates for different customer segments and test them

What we're looking for

• Students or recent graduates of BIT, BCA, BBA, BBS or a related program
• Based in Nepal
• Comfortable making 30 or more calls a day
• Clear spoken and written English. Hindi, Urdu or another local language is a plus for some markets
• Self-motivated and okay with targets. Some weeks will be slow, and that is normal
• Interest in B2B sales or SaaS products

Nice to have

• Knowledge of a second language for international outreach
• Previous sales, telecalling or fundraising experience, even for a college event
• Strong network in college clubs or startup communities

What you'll learn

• Performance-based incentives on top of the stipend
• You will own your own pipeline numbers by the second month
• Cold calling and objection handling, with call reviews from the sales manager
• How to use a CRM properly, which most fresh graduates never learn

Program dates: Within 2 weeks, 4 months.

Compensation: NPR 11,000 - NPR 14,000 a month

What we offer

• 5 days a week
• Flexible work hours
• Internet allowance
• Job offer on successful completion
• Mentorship from senior team members

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pokhara Technologies.