Growth Associate Intern (m/w/d)

Job Title: Growth Associate Intern (m/w/d)

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Hamburg, On-site

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: Competitive Intern Salary + uncapped commission scheme

Apply Method: Notion Careers Page: https://applicant.notion.site/careers-at-patterno

About Patterno

We’re digitizing one of the most important and least digitized markets in Europe: public procurement. Our B2B SaaS platform helps companies find and win relevant public contracts. We’re live with paying customers. Now we’re going all in on execution.

The role

This is a Growth Associate Internship for people who want to learn outbound the real way, by doing it, and who are motivated by earning real money through performance.

You will pick up the phone on day one, build pipeline, and book qualified demos. If you perform, you will earn aggressive bonuses and get the chance to step up into closing parts of deals with the AEs (and potentially grow into a full-time role).

What you’ll do

• Prospect and run outbound every day: cold calls, email, and LinkedIn outreach
• Qualify leads fast, handle objections, and book high-quality demos with decision-makers
• Work clear target segments and ICPs systematically, not randomly
• Keep your pipeline clean: track activity, conversion, and next steps in the CRM
• Learn what good looks like: messaging, objection handling, and call structure with live feedback
• Compete in weekly leaderboards and push your numbers with the cohort
• If you’re a top performer: support later-stage calls, help run follow-ups, and take on closing responsibilities over time

What you bring

• You’re a student or recent graduate and you want a sales internship that’s about results, not busywork
• You’re fluent in German + English and comfortable speaking with strangers on the phone
• You’re competitive and motivated by commissions and performance-based pay
• You’re resilient. You can hear “no” all day and still dial with energy
• You’re coachable and you like direct feedback
• You’re organized enough to run a pipeline and keep notes, not just “spray and pray”
• Available full-time for 3 months / > 3 months

You might be a fit if you

• Want to make serious money as an intern by being outstanding, not by being there
• Like the idea of evolving into a more advances sales role if you earn it
• Prefer high standards, clear metrics, and direct feedback over “nice” environments
• Have done something intense before (sports, a side hustle, competitive projects) and thrived
• Want a skill that compounds for the rest of your career, whether you stay in sales or not

Compensation

• Fixed internship salary plus aggressive performance bonuses
• Bonuses tied to output and outcomes (e.g., meetings booked and qualified pipeline)
• Top performers get access to additional upside by taking on deal ownership over time

What we offer

• Real outbound training from the founding team, with daily reps and fast feedback loops
• Weekly leaderboards with prizes and public recognition for results
• AI-native sales stack and modern tooling to move faster (CRM, enrichment, automation)
• A team of insanely ambitious people who push each other to do their best work
• A clear path: strong performers get an offer to return (and can grow into SDR/AE responsibilities)

Why this exists

Most internships teach you how to watch. This one teaches you how to sell. During the internship, you’ll build the fundamentals of outbound, learn how to run a tight qualification process, and develop the confidence to influence real buying decisions.

If you want an internship where your performance directly translates into money and responsibility, this is it.

Building from Europe

What drives us is the belief that Europe’s long-term prosperity depends on a strong, sovereign technology ecosystem. We need more AI-first European companies competing on the global stage.

Our mission is to build a category-defining company from Europe. Our HQ is here, but we benchmark ourselves globally and plan to sell internationally from the beginning.

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