Internship / Trainee – Business Development & Growth

Job Description

We are an international software product engineering company with operations in Australia and Germany, now establishing our development center in Sri Lanka

Location: Hybrid, Kottawa (Colombo)

Stipend: LKR 10K/month (During the internship) + Commission on closed deals 

About the Opportunity

We're an international software engineering company with a presence across Australia and Germany, now building our Sri Lanka development center from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to join at the very start of that build-out - not as employee #500 in an established office, but as one of the founding team members shaping how the Sri Lanka operation grows.

We're looking for a driven Business Development intern to help us find and win our first clients in this market - and to grow into a core part of the team as we scale.

The Career Pathway

Because we're just starting the Sri Lanka center, the people who join now aren't backfilling a role — they're building it. As we land clients and grow, interns who perform well move into paid, permanent positions with real ownership over the region's growth. This is the ground floor of an international company's local presence - where you land early defines how far you grow with it.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and identify potential clients - locally and internationally - who need our software development services
• Run outreach - LinkedIn, email, business communities — to open conversations and build pipeline
• Help prepare pitch materials: case studies, proposals, pricing sheets
• Track outreach and pipeline (we'll train you — no prior CRM experience needed)
• Sit in on client calls with leadership and learn how international deals get pitched and closed
• Help build the company's presence and content — portfolio pieces, case studies, social posts

What We're Looking For

• Studying or recently graduated in Business, Marketing, IT, or a related field
• Clear, confident written and spoken English — you'll be communicating with an international network
• Genuinely curious about how companies find and win clients, not just interested in the title
• Comfortable with rejection — outreach means a lot of "no" before a "yes"
• Organized enough to follow up on time, every time

What's on Offer

• Learn and earn — fixed monthly stipend plus commission on every deal you help close
• Exposure to an international business environment from day one — Australian and German market standards, applied locally
• Direct mentorship from leadership — real deals, real conversations, not theory
• Ground-floor ownership of a growing regional operation
• A genuine, fast-tracked path to a paid, permanent role as the Sri Lanka center scales

How to Apply

Send your CV along with a short note — tell us how you'd find our first 10 potential clients in Sri Lanka. We want to see how you think.

Email: careers@cillex.com.au

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CIBD-L1 : Application for Business Development

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