Business Development & Research Intern (Remote)

About the Internship

We seek a motivated and commercially aware Business Development & Research Intern to assist StratVision Consulting in expanding its business. The intern's core responsibilities involve identifying potential clients, conducting detailed research on companies and decision-makers, managing the business-development pipeline, crafting personalized outreach communications, and supporting client proposals and meetings. This role is distinct from telecalling or mass-selling and demands thoughtful analysis, articulate written communication, as well as targeted outreach aimed at founders, promoters, CXOs, investors, and institutional stakeholders. The intern will collaborate closely with the company founder and gain firsthand insight into consulting, international business, investor relations, and the India-UAE business environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify companies needing guidance on UAE/GCC market entry, global expansion, investor readiness, or strategic alliances.
• Research sectors, target companies, and senior decision-makers such as founders and promoters.
• Develop and maintain organized prospect and stakeholder databases.
• Monitor significant business developments like fundraising, international growth, leadership changes, investments, and regulatory updates.
• Prioritize prospects based on strategic alignment and potential demand for StratVision's services.
• Recognize relevant industry events, forums, business councils, and networking chances.
• Create personalized LinkedIn messages, emails, and follow-ups to nurture outreach.
• Assist with targeted outreach campaigns guided by the founder.
• Maintain CRM records meticulously, tracking all conversations, follow-ups, and actions.
• Follow business-development pipeline stages and coordinate meetings and timely follow-ups.
• Reengage with prospects based on scheduled timelines and create weekly dashboards summarizing outreach, responses, meetings, and opportunities.
• Prepare concise profiles and background information for meetings, research participants and recent developments, and identify business engagement areas.
• Support in crafting proposals, credentials, capability notes, and expressions of interest.
• Translate meeting dialogues into structured notes and follow-up actions, and help develop tailored presentations and maintain a catalog of marketing materials.
• Research topics pertinent to India-UAE trade, international expansion, investment trends, and government initiatives for content creation like LinkedIn posts, articles, and insight notes.
• Track sector trends convertible to business opportunities and help compose anonymized case studies from company experience.
• Collaborate with design and marketing partners when necessary.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance research, account profiling, outreach preparation, and proposal writing; validate AI data against credible sources.
• Create reusable prompts, templates, and workflows; protect confidentiality when using AI and identify repetitive workflows for standardization or automation.

Candidate Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently graduated with a bachelor's or master's degree in business, management, finance, economics, commerce, or related fields.
• Strong analytical and business research skills.
• Proficient in professional English communication, both written and verbal.
• Ability to comprehend various business models and pinpoint strategic needs.
• Experience with LinkedIn and online research about companies and stakeholders.
• Competence in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Highly organized, capable of managing multiple deadlines and follow-ups.
• Demonstrates initiative, curiosity, attention to detail, and sound professional judgment.
• Comfortable with extensive use of AI tools to augment work.
• Proficient in business development practices.

Additional Information

• Fixed monthly stipend ranges between ₹8,000 and ₹15,000.
• Performance incentives offer an additional ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 per month.
• On successful conversion to a permanent employee, the expected annual salary ranges from ₹1,200,000 to ₹1,500,000.
• Interns will receive a certificate, letter of recommendation, and flexible working hours with a 5-day workweek.
• This internship is remote with immediate start and a 6-month duration.