Business Development Intern

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India-based · Remote · 6 months · Immediate start preferred
We read every response ourselves!
Picture a nursing school in Frankfurt deciding whether to sign with us this quarter, and a candidate three rounds deep into our hiring pipeline who's waiting to hear back. Both are real people, and both are watching how we show up. If a follow-up slips, if a candidate is left wondering, if a partner conversation goes cold — that's the job not getting done, whatever the to-do list said.
That's the actual job. Building the systems and relationships that make sure nothing falls through the cracks, on either side.
We're a small team, supported by Hessen Government (Germany) and pitching across the EU market.
The Role
You'll work directly with the founders (fully remote) on building systems at Vaeon (our Indian Arm). Some weeks that's sourcing candidates for the tech team. Some weeks it's a partner conversation, a LinkedIn post, or a campaign that needs to go out by Friday. Nobody hands you a fully scoped ticket. You look at what's open, unclear or slipping, clarify and you take it on.
We didn't hire an AI to execute a brief. If we wanted detailed instructions followed precisely, that's a solved problem already. We're hiring someone who can look at a messy process and know what it's missing without being told.
We care far more about what you've done and how you think than where you studied or how long you've been doing this.
What You'll Work On
Hiring: sourcing, screening, interview coordination and candidate experience for our tech, design and development team
Social media & content: LinkedIn as the centre of gravity, English and German
Marketing campaigns: email, website communication, and AI-search visibility
Sales & partner outreach: CRM, target lists, personalised outreach and follow-through
What Actually Matters to Us
Can you look at a messy process — a hiring pipeline, a CRM, a content calendar — and tell us what's actually broken. That's most of the job, not just executing tasks.
Your examples show the decision, not just the result. "I ran the campaign" tells us nothing; "I chose this angle because..." does.
AI is already in your process, not on your to-learn list. Show us a real workflow, don't describe one.
You write competent English. You'll write for candidates, for clients, and for our audience without a translator.
You follow up without being reminded and close loops. This is the single most testable thing about you.
Please Don't Apply If
You want a to-do list handed to you each morning.
You explain your past work by listing the tools you used instead of the outcome you drove.
You've never looked at something messy and thought "this needs a system" and done something about it.
You find CRM hygiene, scheduling and follow-ups beneath you.
Nice to Have
Experience in recruiting, marketing/social media, in an agency or an early-stage startup.
A feel for design or short-form video.
Interest in healthcare, language services or the care sector.
What You Get
Real client and candidate work, not simulations. Lingocare is supported by the Hessen Government, Germany, pitching an EU-market startup, seen by real stakeholders.
Direct access to founders.
You'll sit with experts who've spent decades in nursing and pedagogy studying how learning happens under pressure and exhaustion — domain depth and direct user feedback most people in business development never get close to.
Real exposure to German nursing education: its curriculum, its clinical language, and why trainees actually drop out.
The full lifecycle, from a rough conversation to a partnership or a hire that's actually live. AI used in production, not demos.
We hire very few interns because we want them to become full-time employees.
Stipend starts at ₹15,000/month, moving up based on performance across the rounds.
You're treated as the expert in your field from day one. You make calls with strong reasoning.
Flexible working hours (mostly in CEST), with respecting commitments as first priority.
We grow as a team and believe in sharing success together with everyone who contributed.
How We Hire
After you get shortlisted:
01 Working task (~30 min) A brief built around something we've actually needed done — a hiring pipeline gap, an outreach sequence, a piece of content. Show us your thinking in a 5 min. video.
02 Intro call (~30 min) A conversation with the team. Your story, then ours.
03 Deep dive (~60 min) Deeper conversation with the founder you'd actually report to.
04 Team call (~45 min) You meet the people you'd sit next to. We decide fast, together.
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