Business Development Intern (Go-To-Market)

About Planit

Planit is a fast-growing event planning marketplace startup based in Singapore. We provide a comprehensive Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform specifically designed for the event planning sector, connecting organizers with top-tier vendors and streamlining the entire project management lifecycle. We are looking for a high-energy Business Development Intern to support our Go-To-Market (GTM) team in scaling our footprint across the region.

https://www.planit.sg/

The Role

As a Go-To-Market Intern, you will work closely with the Strategic Partnerships and Market Operations team. You won't just be watching from the sidelines; you will be actively building the lead pipeline, onboarding partners, and ensuring our marketplace operations run smoothly.

What You Will Do

• Market Intelligence: Assist in researching potential business opportunities within the events and entertainment sectors to evaluate and prioritize new business leads.

• Onboarding Excellence: Help onboard new vendors and service providers onto the Planit platform, ensuring they understand our SaaS tools. This includes helping vendors set up their professional profiles to go live.

• Sales Enablement: Prepare high-impact pitch materials, proposals, and presentations for potential partners and corporate clients.

• Market Analysis: Conduct market analysis to identify the latest trends in the event planning landscape and uncover potential growth areas for our SaaS offerings.

• Operational Support: Assist in managing essential administrative tasks, including contracts and invoices related to marketplace merchants.

• Special Projects: Support various vertical-related projects, contributing to project planning, execution, and post-project reporting/analysis.

• Performance Tracking: Use reporting and analytics tools to track the performance of ongoing partnerships.

How We Measure Success

• In this role, your contribution is directly linked to our growth. We evaluate your impact based on:

• Onboarding Targets: The primary metric for success is the number of vendors and service providers successfully onboarded onto the Planit platform compared to your monthly and quarterly targets.

• Pipeline Conversion: Your effectiveness in moving leads through the funnel, from initial market research and lead prioritization to a fully live, professional profile on our SaaS platform.

• Onboarding Excellence: The quality and completeness of partner setups, ensuring that new vendors understand our SaaS tools and are ready to receive project requests immediately upon going live.

• Reporting Accuracy: Your ability to use analytics tools to track and report on partnership performance, ensuring data-driven insights are shared with the Strategic Partnerships and Market Operations team

Who You Are

• You are either currently pursuing a degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or you possess equivalent practical experience in similar roles. We also encourage candidates with a strong interest in learning to apply, even if they are not currently pursuing a degree in a related field, as long as you are keen to learn the ropes of a high-growth SaaS startup.

• A proactive researcher with a keen eye for market trends.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to create polished presentation decks.

• Highly organized and capable of handling administrative tasks with precision.

• Eligibility: Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs). We cannot offer visa sponsorship for this position.

• Can complete the full duration of the internship: 3 Months

• This is a remote position that requires one on-site meeting per week. Candidates must be based in Singapore.
  

Why Join Us?

Gain hands-on experience in a high-growth startup environment.

Direct mentorship

The opportunity to shape the future of the event planning industry in Singapore.

To apply, please submit your CV and a brief cover letter to ••••@planit.sg